Jesus Of Cool (30th Ann. Ed)

Product Details

Artist : Nick Lowe
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0634457262027
Label : Outside Music
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 2008-02-19
UPC : 634457262027

ASIN : B000YNFY1S

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Music for Money
2. I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass
3. Little Hitler
4. Shake and Pop
5. Tonight
6. So It Goes
7. No Reason
8. 36 Inches High
9. Marie Provost
10. Nutted by Reality
11. Heart of the City [Live]
12. Shake That Rat
13. I Love My Label
14. They Called It Rock
15. Born a Woman
16. Endless Sleep
17. Halfway to Paradise
18. Rollers Show
19. Cruel to Be Kind [Original Version]
20. Heart of the City
21. I Don't Want the Night to End

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

If you have a dog-eared copy of Nick Lowe's Pure Pop for Now People, here is your chance to revitalize. That 1978 record, an ingenious and melodic pop gem, is really the Americanized version of Jesus of Cool, Lowe's European debut, released the year after his departure from pub-rockers Brinsley Schwarz. This 30th-anniversary edition combines the original Jesus, extra songs that appeared on Pure Pop, and seven bonus tracks (including the original version of Lowe's most successful single, "Cruel to Be Kind"). The collection is without an Achilles heel, from “I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass,” with its Bo Diddley riff, on through Lowe's experimentation with pre-Beatles pop (“Little Hitler”), glam rock (“So It Goes”), new-wave rock (“Shake and Pop”), and even disco (“Nutted by Reality,” a jocular salute to Fidel Castro). The morbidly funny “Marie Provost,” a power-pop tale of the tragic silent-film actress, ranks with the best in Lowe's stash and serves as the anchor for the record, which features guest players Dave Edmunds, Billy Bremner, and the Attractions. --Scott Holter

Customer Reviews

Masterpiece now enhanced (2008-04-11)

This arresting 1978 album has been substantially enhanced with the addition of 10 tracks. It was one of that year's best offerings and has grown in stature. The music covers a wide variety of pop and rock styles but every song is blessed with a catchy tune and witty, intelligent lyrics. In addition, the album has a sharp punk edge to it that made it stand out then and now. The only other artist doing more or less the same thing back then was Elvis Costello. So It Goes is a bouncy little pop tune, whilst I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass has an eerie air of desperation about it, like it was the answer to David Bowie's Breaking Glass on his Low album from 1977. Tonight is beautiful melodic pop and Marie Provost is a weird tale of the silent screen actress who fell into obscurity when the talkies came in and how she was nibbled on by her lapdog when they found her. If it weren't for the engaging melody and lyrical twists the song would have been rather macabre. His interpretation of Halfway To Paradise is awesome, Heart Of The City is heavy rock, and Little Hitler (co-written by Dave Edmunds) is a quirky little pop song in the same vein as Elvis Costello's Two Little Hitlers on his Armed Forces album from around the same time. Nutted By Reality and Rollers Show are further witty, humorous pop ditties with great tunes while Music For Money has a pounding rock beat. The early version of his later hit Cruel To Be Kind is included here.I think Nick Lowe was a member of a UK pub-rock band Rockpile before he went solo with this classic album, which was released under different titles in the UK and USA. The US version was called Pure Pop For Now People. I subsequently rediscovered Nick Lowe in the 1990s when I heard his brilliant work The Impossible Bird, an album of totally unique country music containing some of that decade's most memorable and well crafted songs. You just cannot keep a true genius down!

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