Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsThe Boatman's Call

Hushed and candlelit, this is Cave's voice and a lone piano close enough to feel like a confession across a kitchen table. "Into My Arms" opens with "I don't believe in an interventionist God" and nothing but that piano, the song he sang at Michael Hutchence's funeral with the cameras shut off. "Far from Me" lays his split with PJ Harvey bare in real time, while "(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?" warms the room with brushed drums and organ. He traded murder ballads for grey morning light. His most personal record. Drop the needle and sit in the quiet.