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Nick Cave Music Art Print | Discography Tube Map

Studio albums are stations, musicians are transit lines. Discographies mapped for fans of real music.

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Why is this Nick Cave Music Art Print a perfect gift for Nick Cave fans?

Most Nick Cave fans have the Bad Seeds records and perhaps one or two by The Birthday Party. My Nick Cave art print puts the whole run under all four band names on one sheet, with each credited musician as their own line, so you can see who carried through and who dropped away. It is the shape the records never show, from Door, Door to Wild God.

Giclée on 230gsm premium fine art paper, textured matte, archival and acid-free. Produced unframed or framed. Deeply researched and designed by me in East Sussex.

I plot these in CAD software. Every credited musician becomes a transit line, every album becomes a station, and anyone who appears only once gets a branch line of their own.

The stations run chronologically from Door, Door in 1979 with The Boys Next Door, through The Birthday Party, the long Bad Seeds run and both Grinderman records, to Wild God in 2024.

Cave's career has run under four different names, and most fans clearly recognise only one or two of them. The map puts them all on one sheet, so you can see who carried through and who did not.

Working from liner notes and session archives, I traced each player across the records they actually appear on. The full story on your wall, rather than four separate stories on four separate shelves.

Contributing musicians on the discography tube map

Mick Harvey has the longest reach on the map. His line runs from Door, Door in 1979, all the way to Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! in 2008, with a single break at Grinderman in 2007.

Warren Ellis has the longest unbroken run. He joined Let Love In in 1994 and has not missed a record since, fourteen albums through to Wild God.

Blixa Bargeld, of Einstürzende Neubauten, holds twelve albums from From Her to Eternity in 1984 to Nocturama in 2003. Thomas Wydler and Martyn P. Casey are the other two long lines, both threading through the Bad Seeds era with occasional gaps.

The two extremes of the map sit close together. Murder Ballads in 1996 is the busiest station on the print with 24 credited musicians, and CARNAGE in 2021 is the emptiest with just two.

Murder Ballads is also where the shortest branch lines cluster. PJ Harvey, Kylie Minogue and Shane MacGowan each appear on that record and on no other in the catalogue.

Art Print Specifications:

Each one is a Giclée on 230gsm premium fine art paper with a textured matte finish, archival and acid-free, so the colours hold for years. Choose A3, A2 or A1 unframed or framed, ready to hang in a hallway, living room or studio.

Size UK USA / CAN / AUS equivalent Orientation
A3 420 x 297 mm (16 x 12 in) 16 x 12 in Landscape
A2 594 x 420 mm (23 x 16 in) 24 x 18 in Landscape
A1 841 x 594 mm (33 x 23 in) 36 x 24 in Landscape

FAQ

How many albums are on the map?
25, spanning The Boys Next Door, The Birthday Party, the Bad Seeds and Grinderman, from 1979 to 2024.

How are the maps drawn?
In CAD software, plotted line by line. Every credited musician is a transit line, every album a station, and one-off contributors branch off the main routes.

Who are the longest-serving collaborators?
Mick Harvey has the longest reach, from Door, Door in 1979 to Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! in 2008. Warren Ellis has the longest unbroken run, joining at Let Love In in 1994 and staying to Wild God.

Did Kylie Minogue really record with Nick Cave?
Yes, on Murder Ballads in 1996, and nowhere else in the catalogue. PJ Harvey and Shane MacGowan are also single-station lines on that same record.

Which album used the most musicians?
Murder Ballads, with 24 credited players. CARNAGE in 2021 sits at the other extreme with two.

What are the framing options?
Unframed, or supplied framed and ready to hang.

Is the Nick Cave map a poster?
It is an art print rather than a poster: a museum-quality Giclée on 230gsm premium fine art paper, textured matte and archival acid-free. I offer it in A3, A2 or A1, unframed or in a wood frame, so it can go straight on the wall.

Explore Nick Cave’s Discography for FREE

I am turning the research behind these maps into FREE interactive radar charts, where you pick a musician and follow their line around the albums. I have not charted Nick Cave yet, so request it here and I will research the most requested artists first. The David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Rolling Stones, and Steely Dan charts are free to use now.

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Music wall art gift for Cave and Bad Seeds fans - A2 (594 x 420 mm) Giclée music art print showing Mick Harvey, Warren Ellis, Thomas Wydler, and Martyn Casey as the long backbone lines through the Bad Seeds catalogue. From Mike Bell&
Nick Cave discography tube map in A1, framed Giclée wall art print hung on a wall, showing the studio albums from Door, Door (1979) to Wild God (2024) across The Boys Next Door, The Birthday Party, the Bad Seeds and Grinderman, designed by Mike Bell.
Nick Cave discography tube map in A2 size (594 x 420 mm), Giclée wall art print shown unframed at an angle on a cutting mat by Mike Bell.
Close-up of the Nick Cave discography tube map showing Warren Ellis&
Nick Cave discography tube map in A1 size (841 x 594 mm), Giclée wall art print shown unframed at an angle on a cutting mat by Mike Bell.
Nick Cave discography tube map in 24x18in (A2 equivalent), framed Giclée wall art print hung on a wall, designed by Mike Bell.
Nick Cave discography tube map in 24x18in size (A2 equivalent), Giclée wall art print shown unframed at an angle on a cutting mat by Mike Bell.
Nick Cave discography tube map in 36x24in (A1 equivalent), framed Giclée wall art print hung on a wall, music wall art for fans, music lovers and vinyl collectors, designed by Mike Bell.
Nick Cave discography tube map in 36x24in size (A1 equivalent), Giclée wall art print shown unframed at an angle on a cutting mat by Mike Bell.
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Tube map art print gift for fans by Mike Bell - wall art sizes and frame options compared on a wall.