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Studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Released 3 March 2008
Recorded June–July 2007
Genre
Gothic rock[1]post-punk[2]garage rock[3]
Length 53:35
Label
MuteANTI-
Producer Nick Launay, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds chronology
The Abattoir Blues Tour
(2007) Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
(2008) Live at the Royal Albert Hall
(2008)

Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! is the fourteenth studio album by Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. The album was recorded in June and July 2007 at The State of the Ark Studios in Richmond, London and mixed by Nick Launay at British Grove Studios in Chiswick, and was released on 3 March 2008.

It was the last album to feature founding member Mick Harvey, who left the Bad Seeds in 2009, and organist James Johnston, who left the band before the support tour. It was also the second without founding member Blixa Bargeld. Dig features the same personnel as the Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus double album (though the involvement of both Johnston and pianist Conway Savage is dramatically reduced). It is also the first to be released since the Bad Seeds side project Grinderman released their eponymous album. In several interviews Cave stated the album would `sound like Grinderman,` implying a garage rock sound. In line with this approach, the album was recorded in about five days, an uncommonly short period for a full-length album from the band.[4]

Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! features artwork by British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster. At the J Awards of 2008, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.[5]

Concept
On the band`s official website Cave wrote about his inspiration for the album:

Ever since I can remember hearing the Lazarus story, when I was a kid, you know, back in church, I was disturbed and worried by it. Traumatised, actually. We are all, of course, in awe of the greatest of Christ`s miracles—raising a man from the dead—but I couldn`t help but wonder how Lazarus felt about it. As a child it gave me the creeps, to be honest. I`ve taken Lazarus and stuck him in New York City, in order to give the song, a hip, contemporary feel. I was also thinking about Harry Houdini who spent a lot of his life trying to debunk the spiritualists who were cashing in on the bereaved. He believed there was nothing going on beyond the grave. He was the second greatest escapologist, Harry was, Lazarus, of course, being the greatest. I wanted to create a kind of vehicle, a medium, for Houdini to speak to us if he so desires, you know, from beyond the grave.[6]

Singles and promotion
A series of viral video trailers for the album were produced by artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard.

On 18 February the title track `Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!` was released as the first single—on CD, limited edition 7`, and as a digital download—with `Accidents Will Happen` as the B-side. The second single, `More News From Nowhere`, was released on 12 May. It draws its title from News from Nowhere, an 1890 utopian socialist novel by William Morris.

An extended promotional video for `Night of the Lotus Eaters` was also released along with a live studio video of `Midnight Man` and a promotional video for `More News From Nowhere`, all directed by artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard. The `More News From Nowhere` video released in May 2008, features cameo appearances by journalist Will Self, singer Beth Orton, British TV actors Karl Theobald, Michael Higgs and Caroline Catz plus British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster and socialite/ broadcaster Peaches Geldof.

Track listing
All songs written by Nick Cave unless otherwise stated

`Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!` – 4:11
`Today`s Lesson` – 4:41
`Moonland` – 3:53 (Cave, Ellis, Casey, Sclavunos)
`Night of the Lotus Eaters` – 4:53 (Cave, Ellis)
`Albert Goes West` – 3:32 (Cave, Ellis)
`We Call Upon the Author` – 5:11 (Cave, Ellis)
`Hold On to Yourself` – 5:50 (Cave, Ellis, Casey, Sclavunos)
`Lie Down Here (& Be My Girl)` – 4:57
`Jesus of the Moon` – 3:22
`Midnight Man` – 5:06
`More News from Nowhere` – 7:58 (Cave, Ellis, Casey, Sclavunos)

Personnel
Nick Cave – Vocals (1–11), Organ (1,2,6,7), Piano (3,8,9), Tambourine (3,5,11), Sleigh Bells (3,11), Toms (5), Harmonica (5), Electric Guitar (9), Vibra-Slap (11)
Martyn P. Casey – Bass (1–3,6–11)
Thomas Wydler – Brushed Snare (1), Shaker (2,10), Tambourine (2,5,10), Drums (4,8,9), Hand Drums (7)
Warren Ellis – Viola (1,6,9,11), Loops (1,4,6,7,10,11), Fender Mandocaster (2–4,7–10), Tenor Guitar (3,5,8,10), Maracas (3) 12 String Lute (5), Drum Machine (6), Piano (8), Flute (9), Mandolin (9)
Mick Harvey – Electric Guitar (1,4–6,10,11), Acoustic Guitar (2,5,7–9), Bass (4,5), Organ (10)
Jim Sclavunos – Drums (1–3,5–7,10,11), Bongos (1,5), Cowbell (1), Cuica (3), Congas (3,4), Finger Cymbals (4), Shaker (5), Maracas (7), Tambourine (8,9), Sleigh Bells (9)
James Johnston – Organ (2,5,9), Electric Guitar (5)
All backing vocals and handclaps by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds; Conway Savage is listed as a band member but does not play his usual keyboards on the album