| After heavy touring throughout 2005 with The Bad Seeds in support of Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus, Nick Cave began writing songs on guitar, an instrument he'd rarely played. | После продолжительных гастролей Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds в поддержку альбома Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004), Кейв начал писать песни на гитаре, инструменте, на котором он довольно редко играет. |
| It is a double album with a total of seventeen songs-nine on Abattoir Blues and eight on The Lyre of Orpheus. | Двойной альбом, состоящий из 17 песен: 9 на Abattoir Blues и 8 на The Lyre of Orpheus. |
| The music online magazine Pitchfork Media placed Abattoir Blues/ The Lyre of Orpheus at number 180 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s. | Журнал Pitchfork разместил Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus на 180 номере в списке 200 лучших альбомов 2000-х. |