Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust (CD)

As the bassist and primary songwriter for Brinsley Schwarz, Nick Lowe was one of the catalysts of the pub rock phenomenon in the early 1970s. As the co-founder and house producer at Stiff Records, he would help create the blueprint for the modern indie rock label and usher in British punk and new wave, helming historic recordings for the Damned, Elvis Costello, and the Pretenders. Here, his landmark second solo album LABOUR OF LUST gets the deluxe reissue treatment, sporting an expanded 12 page. Booklet with period photos, new essays and artwork by groundbreaking graphic artist Barney Bubbles. Originally released in 1979 and out of print for nearly twenty years, the album has been re-mastered from the original source, reintroducing this masterpiece to a new generation of pop music obsessive's.

Originally released in 1979 and long-out-of-print, Nick Lowe's Labour of Lust album has been remastered to it's original glory and now includes both the U.K.-only track ""Endless Grey Ribbon"" and the U.S.-only track ""American Squirm,"" along with the bonus B-Side ""Basing Street."" Hailed by Trouser Press as ""a brilliant piss-taker that pairs sprightly pop and savage lyrical wit"" and by Rolling Stone as ""... a hookfest full of barbed wit,"" the album features Nick Lowe's worldwide mega-hit ""Cruel to Be Kind"" amongst other fan-favorites. A1. Cruel to Be Kind A2. Cracking Up A3. Big Kick, Plain Scrap A4. American Squirm A5. Born Fighter A6. You Make Me A7. Skin Deep B1. Switchboard Susan B2. Endless Grey Ribbon B3. Without Love B4. Dose of You B5. Love So Fine B6. Basing Street