Tender Prey is the fifth album by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, released in 1988 on Mute Records.

Track listing

1. "The Mercy Seat" - [07:17]
2. "Up Jumped the Devil " - [05:16]
3. "Deanna " - [03:45]
4. "Watching Alice " - [04:01]
5. "Mercy" - [06:22]
6. "City of Refuge" - [04:48]
7. "Slowly Goes the Night " - [05:23]
8. "Sunday's Slave " - [03:40]
9. "Sugar Sugar Sugar " - [05:01]
10. "New Morning " - [03:46]
11. "The Mercy Seat" (video mix) - [05:05]

Credits

Writing

• Tracks written by Nick Cave, except where noted.
• Track 1, 9 & 11 (words: Cave, music: Cave / Mick Harvey)
• Track 2 (words: Cave, music: Cave / Harvey / Roland Wolf / Blixa Bargeld / Kid Congo Powers)
• "City of Refuge" is noted in the credit listing as being inspired by a Blind Willie Johnson song of the same name.

Personnel

• Nick Cave (vocals, harmonica, piano, Hammond organ, vibraphone, tambourine)
• Mick Harvey (acoustic & electric guitar, piano, organ, xylophone, bass, drums, percussion, programming, background vocals)
• Blixa Bargeld (guitar, slide guitar, background vocals)
• Roland Wolf (guitar, piano, organ)
• Kid Congo Powers (guitar, background vocals)
• Thomas Wydler (drums)

Guests

• Hugo Race (guitar, background vocals)
• Gini Ball (strings)
• Audrey Riley (strings)
• Chris Tombling (strings)
• Ian Davis (background vocals).