Nick Lowe - The Impossible Bird (1994)

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Nick Lowe - The Impossible Bird (1994)

Recorded: The Turk's Head Function Room (Winchester Hall), St. Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex; The Old Cinema (Broadvale Centre), Brentford, Middlesex and The Bonaparte Rooms, St. Margaret's, Twickenham, Middlesex.

A founding member of the legendary early '70s pub rockers Brinsley Schwarz, singer-bassist Nick Lowe later helped godfather punk by setting up the trailblazing British indie label Stiff and by producing Elvis Costello, the Damned, the Pretenders, Ian Dury and the Blockheads and a host of others.

Then, with guitarist Dave Edmunds, a fellow rock & roll true believer, and on scads of drolly titled solo albums ("Jesus of Cool," "Pinker and Prouder Than Previous," "Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit"), Lowe tirelessly turned out scads and scads of perfect ramshackle pop. Part of the rootsy supergroup manque Little Village (along with John Hiatt, Ry Cooder and Jim Keltner), which fizzled after releasing one fine album in 1992, Lowe now returns on his own in excellent form.

"The Impossible Bird" has a pungent, country flavor (great covers of Buck Owens' "True Love Travels on a Gravel Road" and Ray Price's "I'll Be There"), and its sharpest cut is "The Beast in Me," the terrifying Lowe original that provides a highlight on Johnny Cash's monumental "American Recordings." Crammed with clever wordplay and novel hooks, Lowe's songs demonstrate a prodigious productivity and an emotional realism that ranges from heartbreak ("Withered on the Vine" and "I Live on a Battle").

Nick Lowe's best records have always been full of clever lyrics and undeniable pop craftsmanship; the exception is The Impossible Bird. For most of the 1980s, Lowe had been appropriating country and R&B influences, but The Impossible Bird is where he fully incorporates those styles into his songwriting. Lowe doesn't abandon his gift for melody; "Soulful Wind" and "12-Step Program (To Quit You Babe)" are as catchy as anything he's ever written. The difference is haunting songs like "The Beast in Me" and "Withered on the Vine," two rich, sad, introspective numbers that Lowe would never have put on previous albums. And that's what makes The Impossible Bird his best album since Labour of Lust. It's the most focused, mature, personal music of his career, without a single throwaway!

Contemporaries
► Leonard Cohen
► Elvis Costello
► Graham Parker
► Dave Edmunds

Followers
• Jellyfish
● Aimee Mann
● John Wesley Harding

Influences
★ The Everly Brothers
★ Serge Gainsbourg
★ Brinsley Schwarz

♬ ♪ ♫ True Love Travels On A Gravel Road ♫ ♪ ♬

Tracklist:
01. Soulful Wind (03:01)
02. The Beast In Me (02:28)
03. True Love Travels On A Gravel Road (03:37)
04. Trail Of Tears (03:18)
05. Shelley My Love (03:15)
06. Where's My Everything (02:42)
07. 12-Step Program [To Quit You Babe] (03:16)
08. Lover Don't Go (04:07)
09. Drive-thru Man (02:41)
10. Withered On The Vine (03:23)
11. I Live On A Battlefield (03:23)
12. 14 Days (02:58)
13. I'll Be There (02:18)

Total Playtime: 40:27

| Genre: Singer/Songwriter | Label: Demon Records/Upstart Records | MP3: VBR0 (245~320kbps) | Lyrics: ☑ 10 | Scans: ☑ Front @1500px | Size: 80.58 MB |

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