Godina izdanja: 2004
Žanr: Alternativni Rok, Rok
Izdavač: Mute
Poreklo: Strani izvođač

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus

Made in the EU.
Booklet na 24 strane.
Booklet: 5
Diskovi: 4+, 5-

Label: Mute – CDStumm233, Mute – 0724386467003
Format: 2 x CD, Album, Enhanced
Country: Europe
Released: Sep 20, 2004
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock

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. Included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus holds a score of 88 out of 100 from Metacritic, indicating `universal acclaim`. Susan Carpenter of the Los Angeles Times described the album as `a bounty of gothic rock` and noted that `the more driving, menacing numbers have been separated from the slow and scurrilous in a double album that is not two-halves of a whole so much as two distinct records released simultaneously and in one package.` Thom Jurek of AllMusic described Abattoir Blues as `a rock & roll record... a pathos-drenched, volume-cranked rocker, full of crunch, punishment – and taste` and The Lyre of Orpheus as `a much quieter, more elegant affair... more consciously restrained, its attention to craft and theatrical flair more prevalent.`. Greg Simpson of Punknews.org said that Abattoir Blues `is very bluesy indeed, a rock and roll album with many angry songs and booming bass lines,` while The Lyre of Orpheus `insists on being a separate album, due to its completely different more gentle feel.` Dan Lawrence of Stereogum ranked the album at fifth in their list of best albums in Cave`s discography, and described it musically as `riotous gospel rock`.