Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsThe Boatman's Call

Hushed and candlelit, just Cave's voice and a lone piano close enough to feel like a confession across the kitchen table. "Into My Arms" opens with nothing but that piano and a line about not believing in an interventionist God, the song he sang at Michael Hutchence's funeral with the cameras 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. His most personal record. Sit in the quiet.