Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
| Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus | ||||
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| Released | September 20, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | March–April 2004 | |||
| Studio | Studio Ferber in Paris, France | |||
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| Length | 82:30 | |||
| Label | Mute | |||
| Producer | Nick Launay, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | |||
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| Singles from Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus | ||||
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Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus is the thirteenth studio album by the Australian alternative rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 20 September 2004 on Mute Records. It is a double album of seventeen songs.
Released to critical acclaim, the album reached the top 10 in thirteen countries, largely in Europe. Pitchfork named it the 180th-best album of the 2000s, and it found inclusion in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.