Please Don't Ever Change [Import]

Ian Gomm, Nick Lowe, Brinsley Schwarz | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 16, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Edsel Records UK
• ASIN: B0000011T5
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #641,496 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hooked on Love

2. Why Do We Hurt the One We Love?

3. I Worry ('Bout You Baby)

4. Don't Ever Change

5. Home in My Hand

6. Play That Fast Thing (One More Time)

7. I Won't Make It Without You

8. Down in Mexico

9. Speedoo

10. The Version (Hypocrite)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fine Laid Back Fun, February 24, 2001

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The Orange Duke "orangeduke" (Cupertino, Ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Please Don't Ever Change (Audio CD)

Quite a good BS album, not their best but quite fine. In spite of their position as the godfather of pub (or perhaps because of it) they never quite became a pub band, although you can here what is coming in their entire catalogue. They started out trying to be the Dead but here they sound like a decountryfied version of The Flying Burrito Brothers or The Eagles. The best songs on this album `Hooked On Love' and `Play That Fast Thing' have been done better elsewhere, but that does not seriously detract from the appeal of this fine album. It's loose laid back fun.

3.0 out of 5 stars A Musical Change, February 2, 2011

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Morten Vindberg (Denmark) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Please Don't Ever Change (Audio CD)

"Please Don't Ever Change" which was Brinsley Schwarz's fifth album, is somewhat of a disappointment. After two artistically successful albums, "Silver Gun"and "Nervous on the Road", both were strongly influenced by American country music, this album surprisingly is an almost pure r&b album.

The melodious songs from Nick Lowe, Ian Gomm are virtually absent on this album where as much four tracks are cover versions. Nick Lowe's songs come out almost as ironic pastiches of artists like Elvis Presley and Fats Domino. Most memorable is probably "Why do we Hurt the One We Love" which has a surprising reggae-like beat. Reggae music had by this time not really caught on.

The by far the strongest track on the album is Ian Gomm's soulfull "Hooked on Love" which has a nice drive, and may give associations towards the Grateful Dead at their best. Wisely enough, this song was chosen as the opening number, unfortunately the album grauadually loses steam from there.