Labour of Lust (1969) Album Review

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Rolling Stone

Rock & roll offers no precedent for Nick Lowe. Which isn't to say thatLabour of Lustsounds unfamiliar. Quite the opposite. The three-o'clock-in-the-morning strains of "Basing Street," the C&W mournfulness of "Endless Grey Ribbon," the good-natured
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Yahoo! Music

A strong follow-up to Pure Pop For Now People containing Lowe's top 15 hit "Cruel To Be Kind," this disc didn't boast the same wide variety of musical styles as did its predecessor, suffering as a result.
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Jesus of Cool was a jukebox, spinning out a series of perfectly crafted -- and decidedly quirky and subversive -- pop singles. In contrast, Nick Lowe's second album, Labour of Lust, is the work of a bar band, in this case Rockpile, playing the hell out
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Music Album Reviews: Labour of Lust

Labour of Lust

by Nick Lowe

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1960's

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1969

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