Sketches from the Book of the Dead

Sketches from the Book of the Dead
Sketches from the Book of the Dead
Studio album by Mick Harvey
Released	2011
Studio	Grace Lane Studio and Atlantis Sound, Melbourne
Genre	Pop, Rock
Length	41:00
Label	Mute
Producer	Mick Harvey
Mick Harvey chronology

Released2011

StudioGrace Lane Studio and Atlantis Sound, Melbourne

GenrePop, Rock

Length41:00

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Sketches from the Book of the Dead is the fifth studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Mick Harvey, released in 2011 through Mute Records.^[3] The album is Harvey's first solo release following his departure from Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds in 2009 and the first to only feature original material.^[4] The album's songs explore the themes of death and passing, with "October Boy" being a homage to Harvey's former bandmate Rowland S. Howard, who died in 2009.^[5]

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"October Boy"	3:27
2.	"The Ballad of Jay Givens"	5:08
3.	"Two Paintings"	3:49
4.	"Rhymeless"	3:14
5.	"Frankie T. & Frankie C."	4:04
6.	"A Place Called Passion"	4:15
7.	"To Each His Own"	2:14
8.	"The Bells Never Rang"	4:04
9.	"That's All, Paul"	3:11
10.	"How Would I Leave You?"	4:32
11.	"Famous Last Words"	2:36
Total length:		41:00

v t e Mick Harvey
Studio albums	Intoxicated Man (1995) Pink Elephants (1997) One Man's Treasure (2005) Two of Diamonds (2007) Sketches from the Book of the Dead (2011) Four (Acts of Love) (2013) Delirium Tremens (2016) Intoxicated Women (2017)
Related articles	The Birthday Party Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Crime & the City Solution

Sketches from the Book of the Dead

Personnel

References

Related Articles