Music For Money/( I Love The Sound Of) Breaking Glass/Little Hitler/Shake & Pop/Tonight/So It Goes/No Reason/36 Inches High/Marie Provost/Nutted By Reality/Heart Of The City
Singer songwriter Nick Lowe had been part of the UK rock scene since the late 1960s as a member of Brinsley Schwarz and his later collaboration with Dave Edmunds in Rockpile. Jesus Of Cool was his first solo album and features the UK No. 7 hit I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass. Album renamed Pure Pop For Now People in the USA. (US:127 UK:22)
“I love the sound of Nick Lowe. The album title pretty much tells you everything; he really is the 'Jesus of Cool'. Not only because he's a fab musician, it's also due to the fact that he can freely experiment with any style he wants.”
“Power pop with great catchiness as well as quite tight and technically good playing. This album was quite good to listen to, but also rather easy to forget. After listening to it, there aren't that many bits that actually stuck into your mind, so in a manner it's quite generic as well.”
“Some pretty competent and fun to listen to power pop. It seems like he was trying to revive the old 50s rock ‘n’ roll spirit, yet at the same time drawing some influences from the UK punk scene.”
“This is the sound of Nick Lowe having fun making pop music. Great melodies melded with golden harmonies and zany lyrics, backed by stellar musicianship, are the order of the day.”
“Lowe seems an endless pioneer of lo-fi indie music with his blend of catchy pop hooks, bright and crunchy guitars, acoustic layerings, smooth vocal harmonies, and good-old-fashioned rock and roll.”
“The album is a literal compendium of pop music history. Here, the sweet melodies of pre-Beatles pop, the energy of the British Invasion, the excess of glam and elements of ska and new wave don’t blend but stand side by side on the field of battle, each one willing to lay down his life for the other. Jesus is the crossroads where pop music and pop culture collide, self-aware for the first time, fusing into a white hot chunk of rock ‘n’ roll energy.”
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