Name: The Impossible Bird
Brand: Nick Lowe

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CDYEP2634

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-10-15

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UPC / Barcode

634457062795

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LPYEP2634R

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2022-07-15

634457263437

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Nick Lowe

Genre GB

Classic

Label GB

Yep Roc

Lowe's 1994 <i>The Impossible Bird</i> is a low-key, easy-going album which has a lot more to do with 1956 country music than with his '70s punk roots. Nonetheless the 13 songs--10 Lowe originals and three country chestnuts--are marked by the sort of no-frills arrangements and unpretentious passion that made pub-rock so special in the first place. When Lowe sings a ballad such as "The Beast in Me," "Withered on the Vine," and "Lover Don't Go," the arrangements are so minimalist--just a hint of guitar and drums behind the organ--that the song lives or dies by the vocal. Fortunately, Lowe pulls off the difficult trick of sounding lonely and desperate without sounding self-pitying. Whether it's a tongue-in-cheek rocker such as "12-Step Program (To Quit You Babe)" or one of the many ballads, Lowe hits the mark.

The 2021 reissue of <i>The Impossible Bird</i> is newly remastered from the original tapes.

The Impossible Bird

Music GB