Nick Lowe – Nick Lowe And His Cowboy Outfit (CD)
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By 1984, Nick Lowe had already helped architect pub rock and power pop, produced landmark records for Elvis Costello and the Pretenders, and co-founded Rockpile. The Cowboy Outfit era finds him leaning into American roots influences with the ease of someone who'd absorbed Stax, Sun, and the Brill Building long before it was fashionable, making this a natural pivot rather than a reinvention.
While Cowboy Outfit has a slightly different meaning as UK Slang, Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit marks a turn towards a more rootsy persona for our hero. Anchored by the international number one Half a Boy and Half a Man, the album introduces a tex-mex/roller-rink organ sound, although the lineup of Bobby Irwin, Paul Carrack, Martin Belmont and Lowe is essentially unchanged. Newly discovered Johnny Horton covers Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor and Walk on By (included here as bonus tracks) show that there may have been a more twangy intention to the record- but as it is full on rockers like Maureen and Mickey Jupps You'll Never Get Me Up (in One of Those) rub shoulders with pop like Dusty Springfields Breakaway and Nicks own L.A.F.S. (featuring the TKO Horns who had recently punched up arranger Elvis Costellos own Everyday I Write the Book).
Tracklist
Disc 1
Bonus Tracks:
UPC: 634457240025
Label: Yep Roc Records
Release Date: 8.25.17
Format: CD