Nick Lowe - Pinker & Prouder - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

NICK LOWE / DIG MY MOOD - Three decades on, Nick Lowe has evolved from British pub-rock pioneer (with Brinsley Schwarz) to new wave godfather (producing Elvis Costello, among others) to postrock crooner. It's a surprising but convincing transformation, begun with the country-inflected minimalism of 1994's superb The Impossible Bird and pared to an even leaner chamber pop on this subdued charmer. Bird found Lowe damping his jokester's instincts to dig deeply and soberly into romantic despair and a gnawing, midlife confrontation of self. While the tracks on Dig My Mood suggest that some of the wounds have healed, there's still an elegiac air to songs like InchFaithless Lover,Inch InchWhat Lack of Love Has Done,Inch and InchFailed ChristianInch that qualifies these as songs of experience. Lowe's baritone has deepened and acquired a deft finesse with redeeming glimmers of wit and no loss of intelligence. Digitally remastered edition of this 1998 album from the veteran British singer/songwriter. Album Tracks 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

Nick continued his hot streak of warm, introspective recordings with this 2001 , which beautifully balances wry wit and stark emotional honesty. He taps soul, blues, R&B and country as he charms with Has She Got a Friend? Homewrecker; I'm a Mess; Bygones (Won't Go); Cupid Must Be Angry ; Johnny Rivers' Poor Side of Town, and more on CD or vinyl! Album Tracks 1. Homewrecker 2. Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart 3. Lately I've Let Things Slide 4. She's Got Soul 5. Cupid Must Be Angry 6. Indian Queens 7. Poor Side of Town 8. I'm a Mess 9. Between Dark and Dawn 10. Bygones (Won't Go) 11. Has She Got a Friend? 12. Let's Stay in and Make Love

For 1990's Party of One, the personnel was drawn from Nick's bandmates on 1987's John Hiatt masterpiece, Bring the Family (Lowe on bass, Jim Keltner on drums and Ry Cooder on guitar) combined with the twin heads of the band The Moonlighters (Austin DeLone - ex of Eggs Over Easy and Bill Kirchen - original Lost Planet Airman and twang kingpin). Nick brought in Dave Edmunds to produce and play even more guitar. They rip through a fantastic batch of original songs highlighted by InchAll Men Are LiarsInch and InchWhat's Shakin' on the HillInch which are still staples of Nick's live show. This strong effort led into the Little Village project and can be considered the final chapter in the first half of Nick's career. Album Tracks 1. You Got the Look I Like 3 24 2. (I Want to Build a) Jumbo Ark 3 32 3. Gai-Gin Man 2 47 4. Who Was That Man? 3 05 5. What's Shakin' on the Hill 4 02 6. Shting-Shtang 3 23 7. All Men Are Liars 3 24 8. Rocky Road 3 25 9. Refrigerator White 3 08 10. I Don't Know Why You Keep Me on 3 18 11. Honey Gun 2 31