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Lowe Profile: A Tribute to Nick Lowe
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Lowe Profile: A Tribute to Nick Lowe
Genres: Country, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
 
  •  Track Listings (15) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (15) - Disc #2

Labour of Love, the other widely available tribute to the music of Nick Lowe, counted Elvis Costello, Tom Petty, and Dar Williams among its contributors. The hitters on Lowe Profile--a two-disc set covering, in the words o...  more »

     
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All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Lowe Profile: A Tribute to Nick Lowe
Members Wishing: 8
Total Copies: 0
Label: Brewery Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2005
Re-Release Date: 11/8/2005
Genres: Country, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Styles: Americana, Tributes, Roots Rock
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 733792609426

Synopsis

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Labour of Love, the other widely available tribute to the music of Nick Lowe, counted Elvis Costello, Tom Petty, and Dar Williams among its contributors. The hitters on Lowe Profile--a two-disc set covering, in the words of executive producer Walter Clevenger, "rock, pop, blues, country, and soul--and that's just the first five songs on disc one!"--aren't quite as heavy. But that's a plus, not a minus, as it allows the diversity of Lowe's songwriting to take center stage. Each of his periods is represented by a standout track. His Brinsley Schwarz bandmate Ian Gomm, who cowrote "Cruel to Be Kind," turns in a heartfelt version of the song accented by some delicious George Harrison-esque slide guitar, and Foster & Lloyd reunite after 15 years to put a smooth country spin on the Rockpile-era "Without Love." Other highlights include Greg Trooper's soulful, Wurlitzer-tinged take on "What's Shaking on the Hill" (the centerpiece of 1990's Party of One) and a rockabilly reimagining by James Intveld of Dig My Mood's "Lonesome Reverie." Nothing can substitute for new music by the Basher, but these 30 tracks might be just enough to hold those who've been waiting four years for a follow-up to The Convincer a little while longer. --Benjamin Lukoff
 

CD Reviews

A must buy for every Nick Lowe fan
I. Gomm | Wales, UK | 01/06/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)

"As tribute albums go this one is very good. Nick's tunes are all given a new dimension by the very fact that he is not singing them!

This is a must buy for every Nick Lowe fan."
Lowe and behold
Travis Dubya McGee Bickle | Texas Quail Hunting Camp | 12/09/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Nicely done tribute to the Jesus of Cool. Particularly nice are the contributions from Dave Alvin, Duane Jarvis, Foster & Lloyd, and Don Dixon. I think the fact that artists of this stature and talent elected to contribute here serves as testimony to the reverence Mr. Lowe commands. Not so nice is the contribution from Nick's adopted daughter, Tiffany Anastasia Lowe. She apparently didn't get the singing gene from her mom, Carlene Carter. But enough carping - if you are a Nick Lowe fan (and if you aren't, why not?) you will find much to enjoy here.



Amusingly, this disc was recorded for the most part in Costa Mesa, where I live. Would that I was able to witness the proceedings..."
Nick the Knife Cuts It
bdlove@earthlink.net | Los Angeles, California | 07/29/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a very fine tribute, and I'm not a tribute fan.



The performances are all heartfelt, zippy, and into the core of the songs, which is what you'd want if you were the songwriter. I've always thought that the mark of a truly great songwriter is that, really, nobody can botch a great song. That's not an issue here, because the musicians are all really fine. But I can imagine some schmoe in a bar someplace singing "Peace, Love and Understanding," and the sedentary crowd awakening for just those three blessed minutes.



Highly recommended. And then some. Nick is an international treasure, and I absolutely adore the various facets, many formerly obscure, in his gem-studded catalog that appear on this disk. Just brilliant. Now, Nick, dammit: Write some more."