Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

For the novel, see Abattoir Blues (novel).

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Studio album by
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
ReleasedSeptember 20, 2004 (2004-09-20)
RecordedMarch–April 2004
StudioStudio Ferber in Paris, France
Genre
Length82:30
LabelMute
ProducerNick Launay, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds chronology
Nocturama
(2003) 		Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
(2004) 		B-Sides & Rarities
(2005)
Singles from Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
  1. "Nature Boy"
    Released: 6 September 2004
  2. "Breathless / There She Goes, My Beautiful World"
    Released: 15 November 2004
  3. "Get Ready for Love"
    Released: 14 March 2005

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.

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