Basher: The Best of Nick Lowe

Basher: The Best of Nick Lowe is a 1989 compilation album by British singer-songwriter Nick Lowe.[1]

Basher: The Best of Nick Lowe
Compilation album by
Released20 September 1989
GenreNew wave, pub rock
Length1:16:09
LabelColumbia Records
ProducerNick Lowe

Critical reception

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Duncan Holland of British music newspaper Music Week reviewed the album positively and named this collection "flawless".[2]

Track listing

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All songs by Nick Lowe except where noted.

  1. "So It Goes" – 2:33
  2. "Heart of the City" – 2:01
  3. "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass" (Andrew Bodnar/Steve Goulding/Lowe) – 3:13
  4. "Little Hitler" (Dave Edmunds/Lowe) – 2:59
  5. "No Reason" – 3:32
  6. "36 Inches High" – 2:58
  7. "Marie Provost" – 2:49
  8. "American Squirm" – 2:31
  9. "Cracking Up" – 2:59
  10. "Big Kick, Plain Scrap!" – 2:31
  11. "Born Fighter" – 3:10
  12. "Switch Board Susan" (Mickey Jupp) – 3:49
  13. "Without Love" – 2:29
  14. "Cruel to Be Kind" (Lowe/Ian Gomm) – 3:28
  15. "When I Write the Book" (Lowe/Rockpile) – 3:17
  16. "Heart" – 3:42
  17. "Raging Eyes" – 2:38
  18. "Time Wounds All Heels" (Carlene Carter/Simon Climie/Lowe) – 2:45
  19. "Maureen" – 3:07
  20. "Half a Boy and Half a Man" – 2:56
  21. "7 Nights to Rock" (Henry Glover/Louis Innis/Buck Trail) – 2:47
  22. "She Don't Love Nobody" (John Hiatt) – 3:23
  23. "The Rose of England" – 3:26
  24. "I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll)" – 4:27
  25. "Lovers Jamboree" (Paul Carrack/Lowe) – 3:42

References

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  1. ^ "Basher: The Best of Nick Lowe". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  2. ^ Holland, Duncan (24 June 1989). "Review: Nick Lowe — The Best of Nick Lowe" (PDF). Music Week. London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 24. ISSN 0265-1548. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2022 – via World Radio History.