No More Shall We Part

No More Shall We Part is the eleventh studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 2 April 2001 in the UK (and 10 April in the US). The album came after a 4-year gap from recording, following the much acclaimed album The Boatman's Call. Cave had to overcome heavy heroin and alcohol addictions in 1999–2000 before starting work on the album. It was met with mostly positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 based on reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a generally favourable score of 79, based on 18 reviews.[1]

No More Shall We Part
Studio album by
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Released2 April 2001
RecordedSeptember and October 2000
StudioAbbey Road Studios and Westside Studios, London
Genre
Length67:47
LanguageEnglish
LabelMute
ProducerNick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Tony Cohen
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds chronology
The Best of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
(1998)		 No More Shall We Part
(2001)		 Nocturama
(2003)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyC−[3]
The Guardian[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
NME8/10[6]
Pitchfork7.0/10 (2001)[7]
8.0/10 (2011)[8]
Q[9]
Record Collector[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
Uncut[12]

The album showcases the virtuoso talents of the Bad Seeds, with elaborate instrumental sections on nearly every track. Additionally, Cave's lyrics are less obscure than usual, and he sings in a wider vocal range than he had previously, reaching alto on several tracks.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Nick Cave, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."As I Sat Sadly by Her Side" 6:15
2."And No More Shall We Part" 4:00
3."Hallelujah"Nick Cave, Warren Ellis7:48
4."Love Letter" 4:08
5."Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow" 5:36
6."God Is in the House" 5:44
7."Oh My Lord" 7:30
8."Sweetheart Come"Nick Cave, Barry Adamson4:58
9."The Sorrowful Wife" 5:18
10."We Came Along This Road" 6:08
11."Gates to the Garden" 4:09
12."Darker with the Day"Nick Cave, Warren Ellis6:07
  • "Darker with the Day" utilises the chordal structure and melody of the rearranged piano version of "Papa Won't Leave You, Henry" (from Henry's Dream) performed by Cave in 2000.

A limited-edition version included a bonus disc with two extra tracks, plus multi-media CD-ROM files (the 2 bonus tracks also appeared on the UK double 12" vinyl pressing of the album):

Bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Grief Came Riding"5:07
2."Bless His Ever Loving Heart"4:02
3."As I Sat Sadly by Her Side" (video) 
4."No More Shall We Part EPK" (video) 

The bonus disc also includes an enhanced section featuring lyrics, photo gallery, biography, album discography, interview, and internet links.

Singles
  • "As I Sat Sadly by Her Side" (MUTE 249) (19 March 2001)
    1. "As I Sat Sadly by Her Side" – 6:13
    2. "Little Janey's Gone" – 3:00
    3. "Good Good Day" – 4:05
  • "Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow" (MUTE 262) (21 May 2001)
    1. "Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow" (Single Version) – 4:07
    2. "God Is in the House" (Westside Session) – 5:52
    3. "We Came Along This Road" (Westside Session) – 5:38
  • "Love Letter" (special limited edition Australia-only release, MUTE 284) (25 February 2002)
    1. "Love Letter" – 4:05
    2. "Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow" (Westside Session) – 5:43
    3. "And No More Shall We Part" (Westside Session) – 4:09
    4. "God Is in the House" (Westside Session) – 5:52
    5. "We Came Along This Road" (Westside Session) – 5:38

Personnel
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Guest musicians
  • Jim Sclavunos – drums on track 4, percussion on track 5
  • Kate & Anna McGarrigle – vocals
  • Gavyn Wright, Patrick Kiernan, Jackie Shave, Simon Fischer, Rebecca Hirsch – violins
  • Bruce White, Gustav Clarkson – violas
  • Frank Schaefer, Lionel Handy, Naomi Wright – cellos
  • Paul Morgan, Leon Bosch – basses

Production
  • Produced by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Tony Cohen
  • Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London and Westside Studios, London
  • Engineered by Tony Cohen and Kevin Paul
  • Assistant Engineers: Mirek Stiles (Abbey Road) and Mark Bishop (Westside)
  • Mixed by Tony Cohen, Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld and Mick Harvey at Westside Studios
  • Mastered by Ray Staff at Whitfield Street, London

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[13] Silver 60,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[14] Gold 25,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Exhibitions inspired by the album

In 2019, Greek artist Stefanos Rokos, presented his artistic approach to the album "No More Shall We Part" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, an art exhibition that started its journey in Greece and travelled to Antwerp, Belgium. The NMSWP part project is a testimony of Stefanos Rokos' personal proposal for a dialectic to be developed between two artistic forms- those of painting and songwriting, which have all along constituted the very core of artistic expression and creativity.

Nick Cave said about the paintings: "It was extraordinary to stand in the studio and see the paintings for real – the grandeur of them, with all their congested details and terrifying blank spaces. I feel connected to the essence of them. I feel they are very close to the way I write lyrics – intense bursts of memory, ecstatic detail, sudden erotics, esoteric imagery; the forging of frozen narratives that hover about like dreams, haunted and strange and life-affirming."

References
  1. "Reviews for No More Shall We Part by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds". Metacritic. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  2. Jurek, Thom. "No More Shall We Part – Nick Cave / Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  3. Cherry, Robert (13 April 2001). "No More Shall We Part". Entertainment Weekly. p. 76. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  4. Costa, Maddy (30 March 2001). "A slasher romance". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  5. Hochman, Steve (8 April 2001). "Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, 'No More Shall We Part,' Reprise/Mute". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  6. Dalton, Stephen (31 March 2001). "Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds : No More Shall We Part". NME. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  7. Pritchett, Brad (17 May 2001). "Nick Cave: No More Shall We Part [with The Bad Seeds]". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 9 June 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  8. Berman, Stuart (25 May 2011). "Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Let Love In / Murder Ballads / The Boatman's Call / No More Shall We Part". Pitchfork. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  9. "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: No More Shall We Part". Q. No. 176. May 2001. p. 104.
  10. "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Let Love In / Murder Ballads / The Boatman's Call / No More Shall We Part". Record Collector. No. 389. June 2011. p. 83.
  11. Berger, Arion (10 May 2001). "Nick Cave: No More Shall We Part". Rolling Stone. No. 868. Archived from the original on 5 December 2007. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  12. MacDonald, Ian (May 2001). "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: No More Shall We Part". Uncut. No. 48.
  13. "British album certifications – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – No More Shall We Part". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type No More Shall We Part in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  14. "IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway.
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