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Carnage
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Studio album by
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
Released25 February 2021 (2021-02-25)
Length40:04
LabelGoliath
Producer
  • Nick Cave
  • Warren Ellis
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis chronology
Kings (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(2017) 		Carnage
(2021)

Carnage (stylised in all caps) is a 2021 studio album by Australian musicians Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. Longtime collaborators in Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Grinderman, Carnage is their first full-length studio album as a duo, apart from their extensive work in film music. It was recorded during the COVID-19 lockdown. Carnage was released digitally on 25 February 2021, and will be released in CD and vinyl format on 28 May 2021 by Goliath Records.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.7/10[2]
Metacritic92/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash9/10[4]
The Daily Telegraph[5]
The Guardian[6]
The Independent[7]
NME[8]
The Observer[9]
Pitchfork8.0/10[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
The Sydney Morning Herald[12]
The Times[13]

Carnage received universal acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the release received an average score of 92, based on 16 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[3]

Andrew Trendell of NME gave the album a perfect score, writing, "Carnage is arguably Cave and Ellis' best record since The Bad Seeds' latter day reinvention on 2013's Push the Sky Away, or maybe even Abattoir Blues. It's certainly two master craftsmen at the peak of their melodramatic powers."[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Hand of God"5:17
2."Old Time"5:16
3."Carnage"4:47
4."White Elephant"6:08
5."Albuquerque"3:57
6."Lavender Fields"4:34
7."Shattered Ground"5:35
8."Balcony Man"4:30
Total length:40:04

Charts

Chart performance for Carnage
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 3
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16] 113
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[17] 87
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[18] 66
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 27

References

  1. ^ Minsker, Evan (25 February 2021). "Nick Cave and Warren Ellis Release New Album Carnage: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  2. ^ "CARNAGE by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Carnage by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  4. ^ Murray, Robin (25 February 2021). "Nick Cave + Warren Ellis - CARNAGE". Clash. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  5. ^ McCormick, Neil (25 February 2021). "Nick Cave & Warren Ellis's Carnage will be our greatest lockdown album". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  6. ^ Petridis, Alexis (25 February 2021). "Nick Cave and Warren Ellis: Carnage review – vivid visions of apocalypse and absolution". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  7. ^ Brown, Helen (25 February 2021). "Nick Cave review, Carnage: Blunt, hopeful and full of flesh and spirit". The Independent. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  8. ^ a b Trendell, Andrew (25 February 2021). "Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – 'Carnage' review: master craftsmen at the peak of their powers". NME. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  9. ^ Empire, Kitty (27 February 2021). "Nick Cave and Warren Ellis: Carnage review – the firebrand returns". The Observer. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  10. ^ Cush, Andy (2 March 2021). "Nick Cave / Warren Ellis: Carnage Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  11. ^ Grow, Kory (25 February 2021). "Nick Cave and Warren Ellis Find Hope Amid Today's Sorrows on 'Carnage'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  12. ^ Boulton, Martin (26 February 2021). "Nick Cave and Warren Ellis create Carnage together". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  13. ^ Hodgkinson, Will (25 February 2021). "Nick Cave & Warren Ellis: Carnage review — gothic gold spun from global chaos". The Times. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  14. ^ "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Ultratop.be – Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – Carnage" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Ultratop.be – Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – Carnage" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  17. ^ "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 19.Týden 2021 on the field besides the words "CZ – ALBUMS – TOP 100" to retrieve the correct chart. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  18. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – Carnage" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  19. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – Carnage". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
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