Idiot Prayer was recorded in June 2020 as the UK slowly emerged from lockdown, and was conceived as a reaction to the confinement and isolation of the preceding months.
On Idiot Prayer, Nick Cave plays his songs alone at the piano in a rarely seen stripped back form, from early Bad Seeds and Grinderman, right through to the most recent Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds album, Ghosteen.
Side A
1. Spinning Song 1:48
2. Idiot Prayer 3:09
3. Sad Waters 3:43
4. Brompton Oratory 3:21
5. Palaces Of Montezuma 3:44
6. Girl In Amber 4:31
Side B
1. Man In The Moon 3:03
2. Nobody's Baby Now 3:57
3. (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For 4:29
4. Waiting For You 3:02
5. The Mercy Seat 4:55
6. Euthanasia 2:58
Side C
1. Jubilee Street 4:31
2. Far From Me 4:13
3. He Wants You 2:52
4. Higgs Boson Blues 6:59
5. Stranger Than Kindness 3:33
Side D
1. Into My Arms 4:53
2. The Ship Song 3:08
3. Papa Won't Leave You, Henry 4:31
4. Black Hair 3:02
5. Galleon Ship 3:31