Artist	Song
Kippington Lodge	I Can See Her Face
Brinsley Schwarz	Hymn To Me
Brinsley Schwarz	Shining Brightly
Brinsley Schwarz	Country Girl
Brinsley Schwarz	Funk Angel
Brinsley Schwarz	Play That Fast Thing (One More Time)
Brinsley Schwarz	I've Cried My Last Tear
Brinsley Schwarz	(What's So Funny About) Peace, Love & Understanding
Brinsley Schwarz	There's A Cloud In My Heart
Nick Lowe	Rollers Show
Nick Lowe	So It Goes
Nick Lowe	Heart Of The City
Nick Lowe	(I Love The Sound Of) Breaking Glass
Nick Lowe	Little Hitler
Nick Lowe	Marie Provost
Nick Lowe	American Squirm
Nick Lowe	Cruel To Be Kind
Rockpile	Teacher Teacher
Rockpile	Now & Always
Rockpile	When I Write The Book
Nick Lowe	Raging Eyes
Nick Lowe	Maureen
Nick Lowe	Half a Boy & Half a Man
Nick Lowe	The Rose of England
Nick Lowe	I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock 'n' Roll)

Comment:

Nick Lowe is one of those perennial rock & roll survivors who has belted out a fair number of true classics but has generally operated just below the mainstream radar screen. Though he's crossed a fair number of genres -- CSNY-inspired Americana and pub-rock r&b with Brinsley Schwarz, and later a range of rock, rockabilly, and blue-eyed soul on his own and with various side-outfits -- for my money he peaked with the incredible pop on his solo debut, the aptly-titled Pure Pop For Now People (a.k.a The Jesus Of Cool in the UK, where they apparently have fewer hang-ups about hip blasphemy). How can you not love a guy who got out of his record contract to begin a solo career by recording nothing but odes to the Bay City Rollers, until his label had no choice but to let him go? (Only one of those is included here, don't worry.) Many thanks to Sean Lally for sharing his similar mix with me; nonetheless, unlike Sean, I'm less a fan of Lowe's later, more mature work, opting instead for a heftier chunk of tunes from his early Brinsley Schwarz days.

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