Notable was the collaboration between Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue and the resulting hit Where The Wild Roses Grow. In our country this song, which is also on this CD, was good for a top 10 rating. Besides Kylie Minogue, this tenth album by Nick Cave has a number of notable guests: PJ Harvey, former Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan and The Moron Tabernacle Choir. The title of the CD, Murder Ballads,
… carries the weight of the subjects of the songs: death, murder and horror, subjects that, even though Cave's fairly monotonous vocals, do not make you happy. Nevertheless, the CD also contains some nice songs, including the aforementioned hit Where The Wild Roses Grow with Kylie Minogue, Henry Lee, a duet with PJ Harvey and Bob Dylan's Death Is Not The End with Shane MacGowan,more
