I'll be honest, I miss the rollickin, rockin good time smart alec that Nick Lowe once was (check out PARTY OF ONE or COWBOY OUTFIT) but whatever he does, he does it well. Lowe has ever been a bit of a musical chameleon, that was rather the point of JESUS OF COOL, after all. Once upon a time, he did British Invasion pop with Kippenton Lodge (see HENS TEETH by Brinsley Schwarz) then he did Byrds style country rock and psychedelia (early Brinsley Schwarz) and then he did country, pub and rockabilly solo and with Rockpile. Here he has transformed himself into a soulful lounge singer who actually has a soul. Few performers could pull off so many styles and stay true to their muse, but the Basher is a master. Best tracks are `Failed Christian', `What Lack Of Love Has Done', `Man That I've Become' and especially `Faithless Lover'. All are heartfelt, moving songs with a quiet intensity that Nick has hinted at for years (check out `You Make Me' from LABOR OF LUST or 'Heart' on NICK THE KNIFE) but which really came to the fore with the excellent IMPOSSIBLE BIRD. Here the transformation is complete. I'll admit, it took me a while to get into this album, since it was so different from most of his earlier output, but every Nick Lowe gets better with repeated listening. That is what makes him a genius. Reviewer: The Orange Duke "orangeduke" (Cupertino, Ca United States)
musicians:
Robert Treherne: drums / Geraint Watkins: organ, piano, e-guitar, accordion / Steve Donelly: guitar / Nick Lowe: bass, guitar / Nick Pentelow: tenor sax
trax:
1. Faithless Lover 2. Lonesome Reverie 3. You Inspire Me 4. What Lack Of Love Has Done 5. Time I Took A Holiday 6. Failed Christian 7. Man That I've Become 8. Freezing 9. High On A Hilltop 10. Lead Me Not 11. I Must Be Getting Over You 12. Cold Grey Light Of Dawn
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Nick Lowe "Dig My Mood"
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Thanks so much for this one RYP. Very happy holidays to you, and thanks for a great year's worth of kindness and generosity to you and your blogmates.
Iggy
People gonna dig this. "Lonesome Reverie" just swings!
BONUS:
CRAZY HORSE - Crazy Horse (1971) @ 320
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Since Crazy Horse first came to public attention as the backing band for Neil Young in concert and on his albums Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and After the Gold Rush, it makes sense to expect that the band on its own would play something similar to the hard guitar rock and country-rock heard on those albums, albeit without Young's distinctively quirky singing and songwriting, and that is what one hears to a large extent on the debut album Crazy Horse. (Although this is their first recording under that name, core members Danny Whitten, Billy Talbot, and Ralph Molina have appeared previously on record as part of the doo wop group Danny & the Memories and the rock band the Rockets.) But there is more going on than that. Also joining in, as singers and songwriters as well as sidemen, are veteran arranger/producer Jack Nitzsche and guitarist Nils Lofgren, while Ry Cooder adds slide guitar to a number of tracks. The result is a varied group of songs that range in style from rock and country to blues and folk. The overall quality of those songs is quite high, starting with Nitzsche and Russ Titelman's "Gone Dead Train," previously heard being sung by Randy Newman on the soundtrack to Performance. (Nitzsche and Titelman also contribute the pop-ish "Carolay.") The country hoedown "Dance, Dance, Dance" is a good Young cast-off, while the driving "Beggars Day" and "Nobody" were penned by Lofgren. These contributions serve as the supporting material for Whitten's songs, however, as his five numbers are among the album's best, whether he's rocking out on the ominous "Downtown" (which appears to be about scoring dope) or sadly crooning the heartbreaking ballad "I Don't Want to Talk About It." (After being revived by Rod Stewart on Atlantic Crossing in 1975, the song was a chart single for him and went on to become a minor standard with covers by Rita Coolidge, Everything But the Girl, and Ian Matthews, among others.) Crazy Horse made the case for Whitten as a major talent and for the band as a strong act apart from Young. (Allmusic)
That Crazy Horse came as a welcome belated revelation, along with the more of Jack's oeuvre one discovers
A passing glance at the credits would reveal that one of the 'best tracks', 'Failed Christian', identified by reviewer 'Orange Duke', was written by Henry McCullough (ex Grease Band, Wings, solo and a man who suffered a heart attact a year ago, from which he probably won't make a full recovery -according to ex-Wings bandmate Dennye Seiwell).
If you like Lowe, you'll also find something to admire in Henry's solo work.
Love the Crazy Horse album!
Thanx for the Nick album...one of the few left I've been looking for.
By the way...I already own Crazy Horse, second copy of my vinyl still around and also on CD. Great album...
Al
Thanks. Cool album - pnicegreen
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