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pinker and prouder than previous LP

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"Pinker" is a great addition to any record collection. Yes, even a record collection that for some reason does not contain any Nick Lowe. As a fan for only about 4 years (and i've only been alive for 21. The first 17 were a bit dull - no Nick Lowe), it was not an album that cried "buy me", instead I went for things like the Impossible Bird. But "Pinker" is a reminder of his more rocky, tongue in cheek efforts, and the best of these by far. I don't know why more of these are included in the Best of/ live set. Lowe's recent transformation into some sort of introspective, romantic balladeer has won him new fans and critical appraisal aplenty. I hope these fans do not sneer at this 1980s (VERY 1980s - listen to Big Hair) album, that carries just as much personality as Dig My Mood etc.

Underated! Overlooked! Absolutely!
I wish all of Mr. Lowe's catalog would be re-released. Please!

This album contains some of Lowe's best work, in my opinion.
"Big Hair" and "Black Lincoln Continental" really rock, and "Love gets strange" and "Wishing Well" also have the sound fans have come to expect from Nick Lowe.
I'll admit this isn't his best work, but it's still a solid effort and worth adding to your collection.

One of his more overlooked albums (I came across it in a used record store after hearing nothing about it) Pinker is almost as good as Party of One. Nothing earthshaking here, just a likable collection of originals and covers. It's the covers that really standout---"Love Gets Strange" would, in a better world, have been a big radio hit. And it's hard to believe Lowe DIDN'T write the leering "Big Big Love." The main weaknesses of this album are extramusical: An ugly front cover and a dumb title. But don't let them stop you.

Nick Lowe, it seems, just can't make a bad album, despite what critics might tell you. Pinker made the Rolling Stone list of worst albums of all time, but I honestly don't think the critics bothered to listen to it. "Lover's Jamboree' is as jumpin and catchy as anything on LABOR OF LUST and `Black Black Lincoln Congenital' is just fabulous. As a founding member of Brinsley Schwartz and producer of Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe practically invented pub. His hooky roots rock is the definition of cool, and he is unafraid to acknowledge rock's debt to country music. Also worthy of note `Geisha Girl' and `Cry It Out'. Got it? Good!

Not as great as his 1st two or the excellent 'Party of One' but also, definitely NOT one of the "worst albums of all time" (as a similarly-titled book opined a few years ago). If you like Nick Lowe you'll enjoy this CD. In fact, "Lovers Jamboree" (which features some fine Travis-style rockabilly pickin') & "Love Gets Strange" would be standouts on any Lowe album, although I prefer the Don Dixon verion of the latter, a John Hiatt tune.