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Why we feature this artist The documented duet behind Where the Wild Roses Grow The combined Leonard Cohen–Nick Cave archive credit is attached to Where the Wild Roses Grow. The documented original is the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds duet with Kylie Minogue, pr…
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Why we feature this artist
The documented duet behind Where the Wild Roses Grow
The combined Leonard Cohen–Nick Cave archive credit is attached to Where the Wild Roses Grow. The documented original is the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds duet with Kylie Minogue, preserved in the band’s official video and Murder Ballads catalogue. Those sources establish the released performance’s principal identities.
The original recorded song
The Murder Ballads album appeared in 1996, and Cave’s own anniversary account identifies Minogue as the duet partner. The two voices give the song’s dark narrative separate perspectives, making the exchange part of the ballad’s construction.
The limits of the retained name
The old combined artist string includes Cohen’s name, but the original-song sources do not establish him as a performer on that duet. The retained entry does not identify a separate alternate master that would explain the additional name. Its historical context therefore rests on the documented Cave–Minogue recording, with the combined archival attribution left unresolved.
Essential releases
Where the Wild Roses Grow — Murder Ballads album appearance
The original album catalogue identifies the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds duet with Kylie Minogue.