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Track Listings
1 | Cruel to Be Kind |
2 | Cracking Up |
3 | Big Kick, Plain Scrap |
4 | American Squirm |
5 | Born Fighter |
6 | You Make Me |
7 | Skin Deep |
8 | Switchboard Susan |
9 | Endless Grey Ribbon |
10 | Without Love |
11 | Dose of You |
12 | Love So Fine |
13 | Basing Street |
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As the bassist and primary songwriter for Brinsley Schwarz, Nick Lowe was one of the catalysts of the pub rock phenomenon in the early 1970s. As the co-founder and house producer at Stiff Records, he would help create the blueprint for the modern indie rock label and usher in British punk and new wave, helming historic recordings for The Damned, Elvis Costello, and The Pretenders. Here, his landmark second solo album Labour of Lust gets the deluxe reissue treatment, sporting an expanded 12pg. booklet with period photos, new essays and artwork by groundbreaking graphic artist Barney Bubbles. The reissue also includes Nick's biggest US hit "Cruel To Be Kind," the originally U.K.-only "Endless Grey Ribbon" and U.S.-only "American Squirm" plus bonus B-side "Basing Street." LOL is the only of Lowe's solo albums to hold the distinction of featuring Nick's Rockpile cohorts Dave Edmunds, Billy Bremner and Terry Williams on every track. Originally released in 1979 and out of print for nearly twenty years, the album has been remastered from the original source, reintroducing this masterpiece to a new generation of pop music obsessives.
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 4.96 x 5.51 x 0.28 inches; 1.48 ounces
- Manufacturer : Yep Roc Records
- Original Release Date : 2011
- Date First Available : January 22, 2011
- Label : Yep Roc Records
- ASIN : B004K9HIXO
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #34,699 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #380 in New Wave
- #1,117 in Pop Singer-Songwriters
- #1,525 in Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) (CDs & Vinyl)
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Though it must be said, this record is far more than its hit single. It's Nick Lowe's variety show and it's swarming with hooks. Revel in a bit of Dave Edmunds' Delta blues guitar on "Cracking Up" or hear the band detour into rockabilly on the vulnerable "Without Love". The quirky "Big Kick, Plain Scrap" is great new wave. Nick's one solo moment, "You Make Me" is folky with a slight Phil Spector touch. There's the extended metaphor in "Switchboard Susan" and there's when he's put in a bad spot in the full down low immersion of "Dose of You".
Finally, come the pop sensibilities, complete with exhilarating harmonies, of "American Squirm", "Born Fighter" and "Skin Deep". They're amongst the most finely crafted pop songs available. All have melody but with punk attitude.
I've always felt that "Labour of Lust" was that link between Elvis Presley's "Sun Sessions" and 1979. It was pure pop for now people back then. Forty years later, it continues to ring true. And Yep Roc's CD-reissue is punchy without making the music sound sanitized. I'm sure glad, at long last, I realized I was in need of an upgrade.
Why only four stars then? That would make it as good as Revolver or Blonde on Blonde or a few others and it's not quite there. It is, however, a fine collection of varied musical directions given a consistent sound by the performers and one that this reviewer has returned to over and over since its original release on vinyl in 1979.
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しかも最新リマスターが施され音質は抜群ときてる。ニック・ロウのコアなファンならずとも、学生時代、「恋する二人」をリアルタイムで聴いて心を揺さぶられ、そのシングルレコードを今でも大切に持っている私のようなオールドな洋楽マニアにとっても、この復刻は嬉しかった。
Amazonで検索し、皆さんのレビューを参考にしつつ、大好きな「恋する二人」も収められているベスト盤を買うべきか、オリジナルの本盤を買うべきか、さんざん迷ったのだが、名盤の誉れ高く、「恋する二人」以外の収録曲も聴いてみたかったので、結局本盤を購入する事にした。
ロックパイルで活躍していたにせよ、ソロ・ミュージシャンとしてのニック・ロウの名を世に知らしめ、多くのファンを獲得するに至った本盤「レイパー・オブ・ラスト」。改めて聴いてみると、アレンジや曲構成、ミキシングなど、非常に洗練されていて、今聴いてもまったく遜色なく、むしろ新鮮な感じさえする。
楽曲はいい意味であっけらかんとした、エンタメに徹した軽快なナンバーのオンパレードで、「恋する二人」をはじめ、思わずエアギターでストロークのまねをしたくなるようなナンバーがずらりと並んでいる。これこそがニック・ロウの個性であり、本質でもあり、だからこそ好きなのだと言いたい。
今の若いポップスファンが聴いても、こんな曲が聴きたかったと思わせる曲をこのアルバムの中に見いだせるかもしれない。
「レイパー・オブ・ラスト」が気に入れば、ニック・ロウの他のアルバムも聴いてみたくなる方もきっといると思う。
私もそのひとり(^^)
それほど魅力的なアルバムという事である。
次はベスト盤を買おうか、オリジナル盤を集めていくべきか、迷っているところ(^^;