> Switch to Advanced Search

New & Current Releases
Archives: A-Z Index
Advanced Search

Upcoming Release Calendar
All-Time High (And Low) Scores
Best Of 2007
Best Of 2006
Best Of 2005
Best Of 2004
Best Of 2003
Best Of 2002
Best Of 2001
Best Of 2000
How Metascores Are Calculated
Discuss Music In Our Forums

sort by name

sort by score

80 American Music Club
61 Anti-Flag
71 Apes
69 The Apples In Stereo
81 Atlas Sound
68 Atmosphere
71 Autechre
79 Kevin Ayers
62 B-52s
82 Erykah Badu
68 Bauhaus
70 Be Your Own Pet
73 Beach House
72 Bell X1
65 The Big Sleep
74 The Black Crowes
77 The Black Keys
88 Bon Iver
75 Boris
71 Born Ruffians
72 Billy Bragg
74 The Breeders
50 The Brian Jonestown Massacre
80 British Sea Power
73 Cadence Weapon
67 Mariah Carey
87 Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
68 Clinic
78 The Constantines
74 Elvis Costello & The Impostors
63 Counting Crows
74 Crystal Castles
59 Danity Kane
53 Craig David
75 Ray Davies
80 Death Cab For Cutie
61 Gavin DeGraw
69 Del The Funky Homosapien
78 Destroyer
79 DeVotchKa
77 diskJokke
81 The Dodos
59 Does It Offend You, Yeah?
57 Mike Doughty
67 Justin Townes Earle
74 Kathleen Edwards
82 Elbow
66 Elf Power
72 Estelle
70 Evangelista
66 The Feeling
77 Tim Fite
79 Flight Of The Conchords
54 Flo Rida
77 Flogging Molly
75 Foals
82 Frightened Rabbit
80 Fuck Buttons
61 Ghostland Observatory
76 Gnarls Barkley
78 Goldfrapp
66 The Gossip
70 Grand Archives
60 Adam Green
61 Guillemots
80 The Gutter Twins
77 Headlights
86 Hercules And Love Affair
78 Howlin Rain
68 Alan Jackson
61 Janet Jackson
58 Junkie XL
74 The Kills
79 Kaki King
65 The Kooks
54 Kula Shaker
69 Lady Antebellum
66 Ladyhawk
71 Daniel Lanois
77 The Last Shadow Puppets
63 Leona Lewis
71 Jamie Lidell
73 The Long Blondes
79 Los Campesinos!
64 Lyrics Born
71 M83
66 Madonna
76 Stephen Malkmus
75 Man Man
80 Matmos
83 James McMurtry
70 Colin Meloy
72 Tift Merritt
83 Meshuggah
65 Kylie Minogue
63 Moby
67 Allison Moorer
63 Morcheeba
69 Van Morrison
74 The Mountain Goats
75 Murder By Death
75 Mystery Jets
79 Neon Neon
79 The Night Marchers
64 Nine Inch Nails
76 Nine Inch Nails
78 No Age
68 No Kids
80 Jim Noir
70 Panic At The Disco
73 Dolly Parton
74 Pete & The Pirates
75 Phantom Planet
74 Plants and Animals
85 Portishead
56 The Presidents Of The United States Of America
76 Pride Tiger
65 The Proclaimers
78 Prodigy [of Mobb Deep]
79 R.E.M.
76 The Raconteurs
72 The Raveonettes
87 Robyn
69 Pete Rock
74 The Rolling Stones
80 The Roots
59 Rick Ross
77 The Ruby Suns
81 Santogold
76 She & Him
51 Simple Plan
65 Ashlee Simpson
71 Snoop Dogg
81 Sun Kil Moon
67 Supergrass
79 Switches
72 The Sword
70 Tall Firs
61 Tapes 'n Tapes
64 The Teenagers
76 These New Puritans
71 These United States
78 Thrice
69 Tokyo Police Club
78 Jim White
76 Why?
62 Widespread Panic
76 Young Knives

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed albums.

No More Shall We Part
by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds


8.9

based on 18 reviews
Read critic reviews
How did we calculate this?

based on 31 votes
Read user comments
Rate this album

MUSIC:

Grinderman: Grinderman

The first new album from Cave and his band since 1997's well-received 'The Boatman's Call.'

LABEL:	Warner Brothers
RELEASE DATE:	10 April 2001
DISCS:	1 disc
GENRE(S):	Alternative, Rock

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

Mojo

Incredibly, No More Shall We Part is as urgent and vital as Cave has ever been.... Raging and delicate, complex as faith and simple as a goodnight kiss, it is an incredible summation of a singular career.

Splendid

No More Shall We Part is a beautiful, elegant record, capably fulfilling the promise of The Boatman's Call, but it exacts a harrowing toll from the listener. This is not a record to which you can listen lightly; if used as background music it will gradually darken your mood, like poison seeping slowly into a well.

All Music Guide

Simply the finest effort yet from the Bad Seeds; one which leaves the listener in awe, full of complex emotions and pondering the fact that they've just been in the presence of great art...

The Wire

A highlty nuanced album which is at once razor sharp, and rich in new openings and possibilities. [#206, p.60]

Magnet

A total triumph. [#50, p.82]

Wall of Sound

The biggest surprise here is Cave's singing. Forsaking the bluesy moans and wails of older works like The First Born Is Dead and Kicking Against the Pricks, he pushes his voice in new directions...

Dot Music

What makes 'No More...' Cave's best album since 'Henry's Dream' (which it most clearly resembles), is a return to melodrama (or rather the juxtaposition of melodrama with the album's ballads) where Cave crafts a deliciously potent mix of the visionary, the bizarre and the everyday...

Almost Cool

In terms of sheer weight alone, the album can almost be a bit crushing. With 12 songs that run nearly 70 minutes of time, Cave takes his time getting there, but you really don't mind.

The Onion (A.V. Club)

Another welcome sign of the bright light at the end of Cave's dark tunnel is the involvement of folk sisters Kate and Anna McGarrigle, who not only counterbalance Cave's rich, dramatic baritone, but also demonstrate his continued desire to work with artists outside his usual circle of fiends. Cave has built his coffin and now he has to lie in it, but these tiny stylistic shifts bode well for his future.

Neumu.net

Cave's latest finds the singer in perhaps the finest voice of his career, armed with a set of melodic ballads and mid-tempo rockers which exemplify his dedicated, traditionalist's approach to the songwriter's craft.

Q Magazine

Melody rarely comes easily, but this is a flamboyantly musical record that creates the perfect backdrop for Cave's theological, metaphysical musings.

Rolling Stone

Cave has transformed his mournful voice into a thing of wonder...

Pitchfork

Goddamn if he doesn't sing like a cranky Neil Diamond here...

Alternative Press

Occasionally he resembles a Pakistani Bryan Ferry. Is this a good thing? It is if you like Pakistani Bryan Ferrys. [#155, p.70]

Nude As The News

Possibly a step forward from The Boatman's Call, but far from being a return to form.

Entertainment Weekly

Cave's songs once conjured eternity. Now they just feel like one. [13 Apr 2001, p.76]

Blender

No More suffers from a relentless sense of goth gloom that's as claustrophobic as a church confessional. [Jun/Jul 2001, p.107]

Launch.com

While he's an adept moodist (but not a great singer), most often, the tunes are more artifice than art and he fails to make his misery convincing.

The average user rating for this album is 8.9 (out of 10) based on 31 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

mads l gave it a4:
It's simply beyond me while a lot of cave fans cherish this close-to-rubbish album of boring, theatrical and self-centred songs so far removed from the organic vitality and crackling inspiration of earlier cave masterpieces. But hey, his brand new side project, Grinderman, is a return to form. So buy that one instead!

Pete F gave it a9:
I think that Nick Cave one of the few true artists in the modern rock music. Everything he does deserves attention and this album is no exception. I guess in ten years or more some of his records may be recognized as classic and this one can be a strong candidate for that.

Daizy X gave it a10:
it's like the album has its magic that you'll keep on looking back to it and drown yourself in all its awesome songs.

Spiris L gave it a10:
Ten, ten, ten! Just 10

Ioannis L gave it a10:
Three days before I have my first performance on stage, Ibought this record and I invariably decided to play and sing 2 songs from this, No more... & Sweetheart Come. This record reminds me of Cohen. And that's good. It will never become apalling to me, 'cause it's just invigorating and depressing at the same tine! Thanks Nick!!!

Jasper B. gave it a10:
My first Nick Cave album, and I like it a lot. Besides, I got it from my Baby, and "Sweetheart Come" sounds like it was written especially for us, sad though it may seem.

theriddler f gave it a 10:
The best record of the Bad Seeds...read "And the Ass Saw the Angel" written by Nick Cave!

No More Shall We Part by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

No More Shall We Part
by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds