What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Los Straitjackets

Los Straitjackets

May 19, 2017

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2	All Men Are Liars All Men Are Liars	2:33	Listen Now $0.99 In MP3 cart View MP3 Cart
3	Lately I've Let Things Slide Lately I've Let Things Slide	2:28	Listen Now $0.99 In MP3 cart View MP3 Cart
4	You Inspire Me You Inspire Me	3:21	Listen Now $0.99 In MP3 cart View MP3 Cart
5	Rollers Show Rollers Show	2:56	Listen Now $0.99 In MP3 cart View MP3 Cart
6	(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding	3:15	Listen Now $0.99 In MP3 cart View MP3 Cart
7	I Read a Lot I Read a Lot	2:58	Listen Now $0.99 In MP3 cart View MP3 Cart
8	Half a Boy and Half a Man Half a Boy and Half a Man	2:45	Listen Now $0.99 In MP3 cart View MP3 Cart
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Original Release Date: May 19, 2017
Release Date: May 19, 2017
Label: Yep Roc Records
Copyright: 2017 Pacifica Music LLC
Total Length: 34:46
Genres:
- Miscellaneous
- Rock
ASIN: B01N5V5QPO
Average Customer Review: 3 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,901 Paid in Albums (See Top 100 Paid in Albums)
- #2110 in Digital Music > Albums > Miscellaneous
- #8607 in Digital Music > Albums > Rock

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Los Straitjackets go Lowe (and it's the best of two genius worlds)!

ByTheNoomz83on May 20, 2017

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Brilliant adaptations of Nick Lowe's brilliant pop-rock originals into stirring surf-style instros.

On the more relaxed, dreamy and gorgeous side I'll choose for favorites an inspired "You Inspire Me," "I Read a Lot" and "Cruel to Be Kind" (love the original - one of my favorite singles of the late '70s - as well as the transformation it gets here, which totally works).

On the ultra-energetic and propulsive side you can't beat "I Live on a Battlefield" and the album opener "Shake & Pop" (whose title tells the story!).

For midtempo excellence, "Lately I've Let Things Slide," "Rollers Show" and the title track lead the way.

I can't wait to find out where Los Straitjackets will decide to take us next!

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It takes a quirky band to cover a quirky man

Byhyperboliumon May 24, 2017

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As his career matured, Nick Lowe developed a measure of respectability that might have surprised his younger self; particularly the irreverent Nick Lowe who recorded as The Tartan Horde and titled his solo debut The Jesus of Cool. Lowe’s lyrics have always drawn listener attention, but his melodies, as emphasized in these instrumental treatments, deserve their share of the limelight. By reimagining each song, sometimes quite radically, Los Straitjackets have freed the melodies to strike entirely new moods. Pathos is turned on its head with a snappy arrangement of “Lately I’ve Let Things Slide,” and the dark emotional territory of “I Live on a Battlefield” is brightened with a vintage dance beat. “Heart of the City” is still upbeat, but now with Duane Eddy-styled twang, and the relentlessly ebullient “Rollers Show” is crossed between a Shadows-styled bandstand piece and something Chet Atkins might have recorded for teenagers. Lowe’s lone worldwide hit, “Cruel to Be Kind,” is taken downtempo to a very contemplative place, and the folk-rock treatment of the title track is more reminiscent of Lowe’s later solo work than the song’s origin. This is a delightfully original twist on Nick Lowe tributes that have included Lowe Profile,Labor of Love and Lowe Country; all that’s missing is Lowe’s own instrumental, “Shake That Rat," which the band covered on 2001's Sing Along with Los Straitjackets [©2017 Hyperbolium].