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"...growing ever richer with age"
"Lowe remains sweetly lethal with a tune"
"...as rewarding as a fresh pint or a long bath for aching bones"
"Lowe remains sweetly lethal with a tune"
"...as rewarding as a fresh pint or a long bath for aching bones"
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"I'm sixty-one years old now, Lord I never thought I'd see 30," Nick Lowe sings on "Checkout Time," a song from his first new studio album in over four years, 'The Old Magic,' set for September release on Proper. The line cuts right to the quick. For though he spent his 20s "busy not fitting into three successive movements: pub rock, punk and new wave", Lowe has mined fertile new creative ground in recent years and the eleven tracks on 'The Old Magic' dig deeper still. 'The Old Magic' was recorded in London with Lowe's crack backing band anchored by Geraint Watkins (keyboards), Steve Donnelly (guitar), and Robert Treherne (a.k.a. Bobby Irwin, drums). Additional musicians include Ron Sexsmith, Paul Carrack, and Jimmie Vaughan among others. The album was co-produced by Lowe, Neil Brockbank, and Treherne. Amidst urbanely insistent grooves ("Sensitive Man"), and spare-yet-imposing shuffles (the aforementioned "Checkout Time"), 'The Old Magic' features three exceptional, recently road-tested Lowe ballads - album opener "Stoplight Roses," "House for Sale" and "I Read A Lot." Then there's "Restless Feeling," a shimmering dance tune worthy of the roller rink that Lowe wrote for a fictional band he calls Coastline. As is his custom, Lowe also peppers 'The Old Magic' with three covers - by Elvis Costello, Tom T. Hall and Jeff West - that fit seamlessly with his originals.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Soundwise it's very much in the same vein as the previous 4 albums from 'Impossible Bird' onwise - another set of very fine songs, some of which would rank in his 'alltime great' category.
Highlights include all the uptempo numbers - Checkout time, Sensitive man, Restless Feeling and Somebody cares for me, plus a couple of standout ballads - I read a lot and 'Til the real thing comes along. Well crafted, arranged and executed songs.
Highlights include all the uptempo numbers - Checkout time, Sensitive man, Restless Feeling and Somebody cares for me, plus a couple of standout ballads - I read a lot and 'Til the real thing comes along. Well crafted, arranged and executed songs.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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This is Nick Lowe revealing who he is, putting into straightforward words and music what so many of us experience in life. And he hits the nail right on the head every time for me. Honest simple, beautifully crafted songs, this is what I listen to Nick Lowe for. As always, the recorded sound is real and uncluttered, and the musicianship is brilliant. Not only that Nick puts his songs over beautifully with his dry, resigned sense of conviction. Knowing what he's produced in the distant past, including 2 of the best Dr Feelgood albums in my opinion ("Case of the shakes" & "Be seeing you") and the stuff he turned out with Rockpile, and knowing what a "full" life he has led, I'm just grateful that he made it to this point in time to give us these wonderful mellow reflections on what it's like to be a bloke in your sixties (like me!!)
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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A classic for nick's contemporary audience. So much of new music is aimed at the teens & twenty somethings. It is brilliant to have a new album and not have to rely on reissues for those lighter moments. What do younger listeners make of these master musicians?
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A Comfortable Groove
Despite the title, Nick Lowe's latest album THE OLD MAGIC doesn't offer a trip back to Nick Lowe's late 70s "heyday. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Richard Hine
Less than four stars! Give me a break
Gave Nick's new outing a few plays, not an instant hitter for me but neither were the previous few releases. Anyway cutting to the chase the album is great. Read more
Published 2 months ago by thestylusgeneration
Brilliant album
Nick Lowe does just get better and better, he IS like a fine wine. I first saw him in the Brinsleys, then on the Stiff tour, then last year in his Brentford home town. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. S. Dodson
Nick Lowe
Another good album from Nick Lowe. If his previous few albums hadn't been so great I would rave about this CD, which, although very enjoyable didn't move me as much as the others.
Published 7 months ago by Kevin Barry
Just gets better with age
Ah,Nick Lowe who has been about a while,and has captured what it means to be "maturing" ie like a fine wine,he improves with age.Nice mix of songs and emotions.
Published 7 months ago by mbiv
Sure brilliance
Once again Nick Lowe continues to show that advancing years only add to his songwriting skills. Ably accompanied by his trusted band, Nick croons his way through an effortless... Read more
Published 7 months ago by ootyowl
Better With Age
I've reached a certain age, and I still play in a band Mr Lowe was big in the late new wave/punk thing back in the seventies, during the eighties & nineties he learnt his craft... Read more
Published 7 months ago by M. J. Gray
Mr Chicka-boom
Another example of musical craftsmanship of the highest order and a fine set of songs and lyrics moulded ever closer to the "boom chick-boom" sound of his ex Father in Law - Johnny... Read more
Published 8 months ago by CRB
A Return To Form
In the mid - nineties Nick Lowe was a forty something rocker who, in the seventies, had been in the vanguard of punk and pub rock. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Angel Delta
Too old to R&R
C'm on Nick, you not that old. What is this? Now music for old people's home? I hope you still can do better...
Published 8 months ago by Blue Bottazzi
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