- Audio CD (23 Jun 2003)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: City Slang/Labels UK
- ASIN: B000040OXF
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 66,345 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The southern states of the US have a reputation for producing gothic writers--dark, florid and atmospheric. Few would argue that Nashville's pre-eminent 13-piece collective, Lambchop, follow in that tradition, in both word and music. On Nixon, group songwriter Kurt Wagner serves up 10 soul-wrenching moments and wraps them in the lush hands of his compatriots. Though long associated with the alt. country scene, Lambchop have never been purists (witness the Jackson 5-ish "Your Fucking Sunny Day" from Thriller), and here they dig deeper into psyche-out music, dark head-trips that culminate in tracks like "Nashville Parent". Not the easiest band to get into, Lambchop nonetheless reward listeners with some of the most intriguing albums around; Nixon--which comes with a suggested reading list--is no different. --Randy Silver
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album won the Uncut album of the year award a decade ago and has proven to be the best of a very high quality set of albums by Lambchop.It's a very polished cross betwen alt country, soul and gospel that has if anything improved with age. 10 stunning tracks.
Probably the most thrilling thing about this deluxe version is the full length concert from the Royal Festival Hall, London on DVD which covers the material from the 'Nixon' era, with not only some great songs from their back catalogue, but also a couple of classic tracks 'New Cobweb Summer' and 'My Blue Wave'from the follow up 'Is A Woman' album.
This is a truly great deluxe version with both the classic original album and the excellent live concert performance on DVD, making it a 'must have' reissue both for existing fans, and for anyone who has yet to experienced the sublime Lambchop masterpiece. Highly recommended and one of the top reissues from 2010, in my opinion.
Probably the most thrilling thing about this deluxe version is the full length concert from the Royal Festival Hall, London on DVD which covers the material from the 'Nixon' era, with not only some great songs from their back catalogue, but also a couple of classic tracks 'New Cobweb Summer' and 'My Blue Wave'from the follow up 'Is A Woman' album.
This is a truly great deluxe version with both the classic original album and the excellent live concert performance on DVD, making it a 'must have' reissue both for existing fans, and for anyone who has yet to experienced the sublime Lambchop masterpiece. Highly recommended and one of the top reissues from 2010, in my opinion.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Lambchop are one of those bands that cannot be pigeonholed easily. They take their influences from many genres of music, the result being an explosion of various sounds focused to expressing one emotion at a time. Nixon is the album where this is most evident.
Kurt Wagner is a master songwriter, and knows just how to play on the emotions of his listeners. Nixon takes us down many different, intervening paths. The opening track 'The Old Gold Shoe" is an easy-paced relaxing number. From there the songs varied. 'Up With People' is bright and uplifting, whereas 'The Butcher Boy' much darker and celebrates a fascination with all thing morbid. Each track, however, complements each other to produce an work of essential listening for all music fans, no matter where your taste in music lays.
Lambchop's latest album, Is a Woman, is a far more focus, finely tuned affair. But it lacks the sense of mystery that makes this a winner. If Nixon was the album the band made to find their sound, and Is a Woman the result of that search, then we can say the journey was more rewarding than the goal.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The evolution of Lambchop from the wistful alt.country of the magnificent How I Quit Smoking album to the majestic soul of Nixon has been a joy to witness. Nixon furthers the Curtis Mayfield influences guiding Kurt Wagner's collective on What another Man Spills, offering lavish, rounded songs that make Nixon Lambchop's best album to date. Up with People is the ultimate party anthem (!), whilst The Book I Haven't Read and The Distance From Her To There are quite exquisite in their delicacy. Better than the last two years best alternative efforts by Mercury Rev, Eels, Wheat and the Flaming Lips, this is an absolute masterpiece.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
a class act
I brought this album when it first came out .Can't quite remember maybe 98 .It was well reviewed then & time hasn't taken anything from it. Read more
Published 12 months ago by D. S. Sample
Dull!
I guess I am out of step here, but I am completely baffled by all the rave reviews.
Turgid wispy meaningless dross. Zero punch. Read more
Turgid wispy meaningless dross. Zero punch. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Sigrid
'painfull southern bliss'
The music of Lambchop from Nashville Tennessee provides an unique and appropriate atmosphere not only to the vocal lines of Kurt Wagner its main creative force, but to all of us... Read more
Published on 7 Dec 2009 by Deven Gadula
Timeless classic (9/10)
Nixon was the record that got me into alt-country, even if it was the Lambchop album that saw the band off on a tangent too far for some fans of the scene. Read more
Published on 15 April 2008 by Demob Happy
Almost perfect is good enough for me.
This album is so nearly perfect. Tracks one to eight are a joy and flow into each other in a beautiful and soulful manner. Read more
Published on 11 April 2007 by G. Irwin
I'm the first?
What? No-one's reviewed this? Surprising. I thought Kurt Wagner had a global audience of die-hard obsessives, relentlessly spreading the word about him. Read more
Published on 14 Nov 2006 by alantheHašek
Superb - Utterly Superb
As a long-time Tom Waits fan, and newcomer to Lambchop, this album stunned me. It's gorgeous. Atmospheric, gentle, mysterious songwriting. A gem.
Published on 8 Jan 2003 by Freedom Man
Experimental Genius
Lambchop are one of those bands that cannot be pigeonholed easily. They take their influences from many genres of music, the result being an explosion of various sounds focused to... Read more
Published on 9 Dec 2002 by Damien Foley
Fusion of the disparate
There are many reasons to buy this album, many of which have been ably mentioned above. For me it is that bizarrely beautiful alchemy of country and soul - a hybrid jewelled... Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2001 by Edward Barry
Definitely the album of the year
I had never heard Lambchop before 'Nixon'. The first time I played it, skipping tracks to get a general feeling of the album, all the sounds were so hip that the subsequent... Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2001 by Joao Branco Tordo
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