| Artist: | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds |
| Studio: | 17 |
| Live: | 4 |
| Compilation: | 4 |
| Ep: | 3 |
| Video: | 5 |
| Music Videos: | 38 |
| Singles: | 38 |
The discography of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, a rock band with multi-national personnel, consists of 17 studio albums, 12 of which have reached the UK top 40, the last four going Top 5; four live albums; four compilation albums; 36 singles, 16 of which reached the UK Indie Top 10; five video albums and 38 music videos.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [1] | AUT [2] | FIN [3] [4] | GER [5] | NL [6] | NOR [7] | NZ [8] | SWE [9] | UK [10] | UK Indie [11] | US [12] | |||||
| From Her to Eternity | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | 1 | — | ||||
| The Firstborn Is Dead |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 53 | 2 | — | |||
| Kicking Against the Pricks |
| — | — | — | — | 48 | — | — | 49 | 89 | 1 | — | |||
| Your Funeral... My Trial |
| 98 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |||
| Tender Prey |
| 109 | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | 67 | 2 | — |
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| The Good Son |
| 93 | — | 39 | — | 44 | 19 | — | 38 | 47 | 2 | — |
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| Henry's Dream |
| 41 | 40 | 38 | 59 | 70 | — | 47 | 49 | 29 | 3 | — |
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| Let Love In |
| 8 | 14 | 21 | 34 | 57 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 12 | 1 | — |
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| Murder Ballads |
| 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 2 | — |
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| The Boatman's Call |
| 5 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 58 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 155 |
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| No More Shall We Part |
| 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 180 |
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| Nocturama |
| 8 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 2 | — | 7 | 20 | 3 | 182 | |||
| Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 11 | — | 126 |
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| Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! |
| 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | — | 64 | |||
| Push the Sky Away |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 29 | |||
| Skeleton Tree |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 27 |
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| Ghosteen |
| 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 108 |
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| Wild God |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | AUT | GER | NL | POR [30] | UK | UK Indie | |||
| Live Seeds |
| 47 | — | — | 88 | 14 | 67 | 8 | |
| The Abattoir Blues Tour |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Live at the Royal Albert Hall |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Live from KCRW |
| — | 24 | 51 | 46 | — | 81 | 5 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | AUT | FIN | GER | NL | NOR | NZ | SWE | UK | UK Indie | ||||
| The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds |
| 2 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 90 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 2 |
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| B-Sides & Rarities |
| 36 | 38 | — | 60 | 67 | 26 | — | 60 | 74 | — | ||
| 8 | 8 | — | 10 | 12 | — | 15 | — | 8 | 2 |
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| B-Sides & Rarities Part II |
| 38 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 17 | — | — | — | 27 | 3 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT | DEN [32] | GER | SWI [33] | UK | UK Indie | |||
| European Tour '92 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| iTunes Live: London Sessions |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 67 | 34 | 82 | 66 | 74 | 8 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | AUT | FIN | GER | NL | NOR | NZ | SWE | UK [34] | UK Indie [35] | |||||
| "In the Ghetto" | 1984 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 84 | 1 | From Her to Eternity | ||
| "Tupelo" | 1985 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | The Firstborn Is Dead | ||
| "The Singer" | 1986 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | Kicking Against the Pricks | ||
| "The Mercy Seat" | 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 86 | 3 | Tender Prey | ||
| "Deanna" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | ||||
| "The Ship Song" | 1990 | 138 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 84 | — | The Good Son | ||
| "The Weeping Song" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Straight to You"/"Jack the Ripper" | 1992 | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68 | 7 | Henry's Dream | ||
| "I Had a Dream, Joe" | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 85 | 7 | ||||
| "Do You Love Me?" | 1994 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68 | 6 | Let Love In | ||
| "Loverman" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 88 | 8 | ||||
| "Red Right Hand" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 |
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| "Where the Wild Roses Grow" (with Kylie Minogue) | 1995 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 1 | Murder Ballads | ||
| "Henry Lee" (with PJ Harvey) | 1996 | 73 | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | 33 | 36 | 7 | |||
| "Into My Arms" | 1997 | 26 | — | 10 | — | — | 8 | 41 | 46 | 53 | 9 |
| The Boatman's Call | |
| "(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 67 | 10 | ||||
| "As I Sit Sadly by Her Side" | 2001 | 80 | 24 | 20 | — | 71 | 11 | — | 46 | 42 | 6 | No More Shall We Part | ||
| "Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 52 | 5 | ||||
| "Love Letter" | 2002 | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Bring It On" | 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 58 | 8 | Nocturama | ||
| "He Wants You"/"Babe, I'm on Fire" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Rock of Gibraltar" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 136 | — | ||||
| "Nature Boy" | 2004 | 88 | 17 | 16 | 89 | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus | ||
| "Breathless"/"There She Goes My Beautiful World" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | — | ||||
| "Get Ready for Love" | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 62 | — | |||
| "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | — | Dig, Lazarus, Dig | ! | |
| "More News from Nowhere" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 171 | — | ||||
| "Midnight Man" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "We No Who U R" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | Push the Sky Away | ||
| "Jubilee Street" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Mermaids" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Animal X" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan="2" | |||
| "Give Us a Kiss" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Jesus Alone" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Skeleton Tree | ||
| "Skeleton Tree" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "I Need You" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Rings of Saturn" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Frogs"[38] | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Wild God | ||
| "Long Dark Night"[39] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Song | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | "Rye Whiskey" | N/A | traditional cover released as a flexidisc with a 1989 issue of Reflex magazine[40] |
| 1991 | "Tower of Song" | I'm Your Fan | Leonard Cohen cover |
| "(I'll Love You) Till the End of the World" | Until the End of the World | original song |
| Year | Song | Album | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | "I Put a Spell on You" | Department of Enjoyment | radio broadcast of Screamin' Jay Hawkins cover, as Nick Cave and the Cavemen[41] | |
| 2003 | "I Feel So Good" | The Soul of a Man | J.B. Lenoir cover[42] | |
| 2004 | "Supernaturally" | The Big Ask Live - Artists Taking Action On Climate Change | Theatre de la Mutualite, Paris, November 2004 |
| Year | Title | Director | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | "In the Ghetto" | Evan English, Paul Goldman | From Her to Eternity | |
| 1985 | "Tupelo" | Christoph Dreher | The Firstborn Is Dead | |
| "Wanted Man" | Mick Harvey | |||
| 1986 | "The Singer" | Christoph Dreher | Kicking Against the Pricks | |
| 1988 | "The Mercy Seat" | Christoph Dreher | Tender Prey | |
| "Deanna" | Mick Harvey | |||
| 1990 | "The Ship Song" | John Hillcoat | The Good Son | |
| "The Weeping Song" | Angela Conway | |||
| 1992 | "Straight to You" | Anton Corbijn | Henry's Dream | |
| "Jack the Ripper" | John Hillcoat | |||
| "I Had a Dream, Joe" | ||||
| 1994 | "Do You Love Me?" | John Hillcoat | Let Love In | |
| "Loverman" | ||||
| "Red Right Hand" | Jesse Dylan | |||
| 1995 | "Where the Wild Roses Grow" (with Kylie Minogue) | Rocky Schenck | Murder Ballads | |
| 1996 | "Henry Lee" (with PJ Harvey) | |||
| "Stagger Lee" | Emma Davis | |||
| 1997 | "Into My Arms" | Jonathan Glazer | The Boatman's Call | |
| "(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?" | Angela Conway | |||
| 2001 | "As I Sat Sadly by Her Side" | John Hillcoat | No More Shall We Part | |
| "Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow" | ||||
| 2002 | "Love Letter" | Tony Mahony | ||
| 2003 | "Bring It On" | John Hillcoat | Nocturama | |
| "Babe, I'm on Fire" | ||||
| 2004 | "Nature Boy" | Grant Gee | Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus | |
| "Breathless" | Ben Dawkins | |||
| 2005 | "Get Ready for Love" | David Barnard | ||
| 2008 | "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" | Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard | Dig, Lazarus, Dig | ! |
| "More News from Nowhere" | ||||
| "Midnight Man" | ||||
| "Night Of The Lotus Eaters" | ||||
| 2012 | "We No Who U R" | Gaspar Noé | Push the Sky Away | |
| 2013 | "Jubilee Street" | John Hillcoat | ||
| "Higgs Boson Blues" | Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard | |||
| 2016 | "Jesus Alone" | Andrew Dominik | Skeleton Tree | |
| "I Need You" | ||||
| "Girl in Amber" | ||||
| "Magneto" |