Carnage (Nick Cave and Warren Ellis album)

Upon its release, Carnage received widespread acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the release received an average score of 91 (the only album of 2021 to achieve this feat other than American musician Taylor Swift's ''Red (Taylor's Version)''), based on 21 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Mark Deming claimed that "There is greater sense of spontaneous energy in Carnage than in much of Cave's music of this period, and that doesn't blunt the craft of this album. It's the work of two collaborative artists who are in the midst of a later-period renaissance that has spawned powerful, evocative music that speaks to its time without being confined to the crises that sparked its creation." In Hot Press Pat Carty concluded that "Carnage is a phenomenal piece of art, where these two giants, these wizards of Aus and old and odd, surpass themselves, again." Year-end lists == Track listing ==

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes and Tidal. • Nick Cave – vocals, background vocals, percussion, piano, synthesizer, arrangements, production, mixing, sleeve design • Warren Ellis – background vocals, autoharp, drum machine, alto flute, glockenspiel, tenor guitar, harmonium, loops, piano, synthesizer, viola, violin, arrangements, production, mixing • Strings (tracks 1–6, 8) • Eloisa-Fleur Thom – violin • Alessandro Ruisi – violin • Luba Tunnicliffe – viola • Max Ruisi – cello • Choir (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8) • Hannah Cooke • Nicholas Madden • Amy Carson • Timothy Dickinson • Sarah Dacey • Esmeralda Conde Ruiz – choir conductor • Thomas Wydler – drums (track 2) • Matt Colton – mastering • Luis Almau – drums (track 4), acoustic guitar (track 4), arrangements, mixing, engineering • Ben Jones – assistance • Ramera Abraham – assistance • Colin McIlhagga – assistance • Hingston Studio – sleeve design ==Charts==

Weekly charts Year-end charts == References ==