Lowe Profile: A Tribute to Nick Lowe

Various Artists (Artist), Nick Lowe (Composer), Walter Clevenger (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 8, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Brewery Records
• ASIN: B000BTJCHW
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #251,703 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. 12 Step Program (To Quit You Babe) - Eric Ambel

2. Cruel to Be Kind - Ian Gomm

3. Without Love – Foster & Lloyd

4. Failed Christian – Dave Alvin

5. True Love Travels on a Gravel Road - Don Dixon

6. (I Love the Sound Of) Breaking Glass – Steve Allen

7. There's a Cloud in My Heart – Walter Clevenger & The Dairy Kings

8. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding – Michael Carpenter

9. You Got the Look I Like – Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass-Kickin Team

10. Couldn't Love You (Anymore Than I Do) – Bryan Shaddix

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Disc: 2

1. I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock & Roll) – Ron Flynt & The Bluehearts

2. American Squirm - Jamie Hoover

3. Ugly Things - Eugene Edwards

4. What's Shaking on the Hill - Greg Trooper

5. When I Write the Book – sparkle*jets u.k.

6. Lonesome Reverie - James Intveld

7. Heart - Tiffany Anastasia Lowe

8. Cupid Must Be Angry - Duane Jarvis

9. Love So Fine - Robbie Rist

10. You Make Me - Kim Shattuck

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

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

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must buy for every Nick Lowe fan, January 6, 2006

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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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nick the Knife Cuts It, July 28, 2006

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[e-mail] "aka B. D. Love" (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Lowe Profile: A Tribute to Nick Lowe (Audio CD)

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.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lowe and behold, December 9, 2005

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Travis Dubya McGee Bickle "elitist duffer" (Texas Quail Hunting Camp) - See all my reviews

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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...