Lowe, Nick - Labour Of Lust

En välkommen nyutgåva av Nick Lowes klassiska album från 1979, »Labour of Lust«. Lowe backas av Dave Edmunds, Terry Williams och Billy Bremner, det vill säga Rockpile, ett av de hetaste banden i slutet på 70-talet.

»Labour of Lust« innehåller band annat Nick Lowes kanske största hit »Cruel To Be Kind« och andra höjdpunkter som »Cracking Up«, »American Squirm« and »Without Love«. Ett bonusspår får vi i form av »Basing Street«


By mid-1978 “Dave Edmunds’ Rockpile», or “Nick Lowe’s Rockpile« depending on who was that week’s headiest honcho, had consolidated their sound and guaranteed a top night out. For the uninitiated, imagine a sort of Beatles-with-muscles, due in no small part to the thundering, rock-solid drums of Terry Williams and the fretboard dexterities of Billy Bremner and Dave Edmunds. Abetted by bassist Nick Lowe, the group boasted three lead vocalists and a dependable song supply chain.

Labour Of Lust was released in June 1979 in a Barney Bubbles-designed package. Rockpile undertook an extensive UK tour and then took off once again for the USA, where they opened for Blondie. Reflecting on the Labour Of Lust era, Nick says, “Arriving in America and hearing ‘Cruel To Be Kind’ on several Los Angeles radio stations was a trip.
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