"Love Letter" is a song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds from their 2001 album, ''

No More Shall We Part ''No More Shall We Part'' is the eleventh studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 2 April 2001 in the UK (and 10 April in the US). The record, which was well received critically, came after a 4-year gap from recording, following ...

''. A ballad written by Cave, it features him on vocals and piano with backing vocals by

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. "Love Letter" was first released as one of the songs on Nick Cave's 2000

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, '' The Secret Life of the Love Song''. Since its release by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on their 2001 album, ''

'', ''

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'' magazine has placed "Love Letter" at number 14 in its list of Nick Cave's greatest songs. The song was singled out for praise by author Jonathan Lethem, who says the "shattering simplicity" of its lyrics is "worthy of Shakespeare". In

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's review of ''No More Shall We Part'', "Love Letter" is described as a "tenderly daunting, haunted house". Author Robert Mighall described it as "a staggeringly beautiful song of forlorn love and a broken heart." Musician Victor Krummenacher described “Love Letter” as “extraordinary.”

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