Love Letter (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds song)

"Love Letter" is a song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds from their 2001 album, No More Shall We Part.^[1] A ballad written by Cave, it features him on vocals and piano with backing vocals by Kate & Anna McGarrigle.

"Love Letter" was first released as one of the songs on Nick Cave's 2000 spoken word album, The Secret Life of the Love Song.^[2] Since its release by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on their 2001 album, No More Shall We Part, Uncut magazine has placed "Love Letter" at number 14 in its list of Nick Cave's greatest songs.^[3] The song was singled out for praise by author Jonathan Lethem, who says the "shattering simplicity" of its lyrics is "worthy of Shakespeare".^[3] In AllMusic's review of No More Shall We Part, "Love Letter" is described as a "tenderly daunting, haunted house".^[4] Author Robert Mighall described it as "a staggeringly beautiful song of forlorn love and a broken heart."^[5] Musician Victor Krummenacher described “Love Letter” as “extraordinary.”^[6]

References

↑ Cave, Nick (2013). The Complete Lyrics: 1978-2013. UK: Penguin. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
↑ "CMJ New Music Report". cmj.com. 62 (661). 10 April 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
1 2 "Nick Cave's 30 Greatest Songs". Uncut. IPC Media. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
↑ Jurek, Thom. "No More Shall We Part". allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
↑ Mighall, Robert (2008). Sunshine: One Man's Search for Happiness. John Murray. p. 150. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
↑ Sforzini, Hank (12 February 2013). "14 Musicians Discuss Love Songs". pastemagazine.com. Paste Media Group. Retrieved 8 May 2016.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Barry Adamson Martyn P. Casey Nick Cave Warren Ellis Conway Savage Jim Sclavunos George Vjestica Thomas Wydler Blixa Bargeld Mick Harvey James Johnston Anita Lane Kid Congo Powers Hugo Race Roland Wolf

Studio albums	From Her to Eternity The Firstborn Is Dead Kicking Against the Pricks Your Funeral... My Trial Tender Prey The Good Son Henry's Dream Let Love In Murder Ballads The Boatman's Call No More Shall We Part Nocturama Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Push the Sky Away Skeleton Tree

Live albums	Live Seeds Abattoir Blues Tour Live at the Royal Albert Hall Live from KCRW

Compilations	The Best of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds B-Sides & Rarities

Singles	"In the Ghetto" "Tupelo" "The Singer" "The Mercy Seat" "Deanna" "The Ship Song" "The Weeping Song" "Straight to You" "I Had a Dream, Joe" "What a Wonderful World" "Do You Love Me?" "Loverman" "Red Right Hand" "Where the Wild Roses Grow" "Henry Lee" "Into My Arms" "(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For" "As I Sat Sadly by Her Side" "Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow" "Love Letter" "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" "More News from Nowhere" "Midnight Man" "We No Who U R" "Jubilee Street"

Other songs	"From Her to Eternity" "The Carny"

Cave and Ellis	The Proposition The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford The Road Lawless West of Memphis

Grinderman	Grinderman Grinderman 2 "Get It On" "No Pussy Blues" "(I Don't Need You To) Set Me Free" "Heathen Child" "Worm Tamer" "Palaces of Montezuma" "Evil" Grinderman discography

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