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Palaces of Montezuma
"Palaces of Montezuma" is a song by the alternative rock band Grinderman. It is the eighth track and third single from the band's second and final studio album, "Grinderman 2", and was released on 14 March 2011 on Mute Records. Produced by Nick Launay and written collectively by vocalist Nick Cave, multi-instrumentalist Warren Ellis, bassist Martyn P. Casey and drummer Jim Sclavunos, the song has been described as an "atypically straightforward love song" and was written for Cave's wife
and Steve McQueen'" and called it "unhinged and unerringly beautiful." and Sean O'Neill of "The A.V. Club" said the song was "even breaking the band's own 'No love, no piano' creed" and referred to it as "grandiloquent."
Track listing.
- Digital download and 12-inch single
2. "Palaces of Montezuma" (Cenzo mix) – 3:15
3. "Palaces of Montezuma" (Barry Adamson remix) – 4:58
4. "Palaces of Montezuma