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Whistle Stopper - Jesus of Cool
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List Price: $15.99
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Manufacturer: Yep Roc Records
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0634457262027
Label: Yep Roc Records
Manufacturer: Yep Roc Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Yep Roc Records
Release Date: 2008-02-19
Studio: Yep Roc Records
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Summary: Nick Lowe is the greatest
Comment: When I first heard So it Goes on the Bay Area's KSAN, I was hooked. I had my sister visiting London, get me the single and the LP. Nick Lowe rules.
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Summary: Great clever fun
Comment: I bought this to replace a cassette that I had made from the original vinyl LP and from vinyl 45s. Often collections of this type have a lot of filler that would best be left off. Not so here. If anything, I wish they had added one or two more B-sides from that period. This is great album packaged up to make a great collection. The result is a very enjoyable listen.
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Summary: British Punk Reinvasion
Comment: This is the original UK version, released in US as "Pure Pop for Now People," with a few differences in songs. It also has quite a bit in bonus recordings. The old title is appropriate, due to Lowe's influence on the punk scene-this recording feels light and happy even when dealing with the worst humans can offer. I much prefer its feel to the sad, always-down music that followed the punk era. We need more Rock messiahs like Nick Lowe.
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Summary: 1970s avante garde rock
Comment: This was one of the best albums of its era, if you missed out but love Elvis Costello, I'd say you'd like this one. Not all the rock of the Nixon-Ford years stood the test of time, but this one still makes for a good listen in the 21st Century, because, well, you know, "they call it rock!"
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Summary: Too Cool for School
Comment: Wow - what can you say? Aside from the blatant blasphemey in the title and the way the disc liner folds out (where were the zealots when this came out?), you got Nick Lowe at the height of songwriting and singing career (his role as a producer for myriad other artists is another story in of itself). Some of the best songs he's written, some of coolest melodies and singing with real emotion ranging from sarcastic twit, just because he can be, to a man with a hole in his heart, it's one of the best collections Lowe has ever put together. As much as I like the "smoothness" that permeates his latest release ("At My Age"), this is Nick in his prime and you shouldn't miss it.
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Editorial Reviews:
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2008 marks the 30th anniversary of Nick Lowe's seminal 1978 album Jesus of Cool. The album, released in the U.S. as Pure Pop for Now People, marks the beginning of one of the most storied and influential solo careers in pop music and marks the true emergence of a songwriting monolith. The album is a literal compendium of 25 years of pop music history. Here, the sweet melodies of pre-Beatles pop, the energy of the British Invasion, the excess of glam and elements of ska and new wave don t blend but stand side by side on the field of battle, each one willing to lay down his life for the other. Jesus is the crossroads where pop music and pop culture collide, self-aware for the first time, fusing into a white hot chunk of rock n roll energy.
Here, on this 30th anniversary edition of the album, the original and U.S. versions of the album are combined to include all material ever available on either release. In addition, seven bonus cuts are included making this the definitive version of this undisputed pop masterpiece.
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