The Impossible Bird is an album by British singer-songwriter Nick Lowe. Produced by Lowe and Neil Brockbank, it was released in the United Kingdom in 1994 on Demon Records and elsewhere by Upstart Records.[2]
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| Released | 29 November 1994 | |||
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| Genre | Country rock[1] | |||
| Length | 40:12 | |||
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [3] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[5] |
| The Guardian |  [6] |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer | [7] |
| Q | [8] |
In a contemporary review of The Impossible Bird, Rolling Stone critic Paul Evans said that the album showed Lowe "in excellent form" with songs that "demonstrate a prodigious productivity and an emotional realism that ranges from heartbreak... to a well-earned bittersweet humor".[9] People called it a "high point" for Lowe,[10] while Los Angeles Times critic Mike Boehm wrote: "The only real impossibility on this album lies in trying to resist the gently seductive pop charms of the crafty old bird who made it."[11] Less receptive was Robert Christgau of The Village Voice, who merely gave the album a "neither" rating.[12]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Nick Lowe, unless otherwise noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Soulful Wind" | 3:01 | |
| 2. | "The Beast in Me" | 2:27 | |
| 3. | "True Love Travels on a Gravel Road" | 3:35 | |
| 4. | "Trail of Tears" | 3:25 | |
| 5. | "Shelley My Love" | 3:12 | |
| 6. | "Where's My Everything?" | 2:40 | |
| 7. | "12-Step Program (To Quit You Babe)" | 3:11 | |
| 8. | "Lover Don't Go" | 4:03 | |
| 9. | "Drive-Thru Man" | 2:42 | |
| 10. | "Withered on the Vine" | 3:22 | |
| 11. | "I Live on a Battlefield" |
| 3:23 |
| 12. | "14 Days" | 2:58 | |
| 13. | "I'll Be There" |
| 2:13 |
Personnel
edit- Nick Lowe – bass guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar
- Gary Grainger – guitar
- Bill Kirchen – trombone, electric guitar
- Paul Riley – bass guitar
- Bobby Irwin – drums
- Geraint Watkins – organ, electric guitar
Notes
edit- ^ Bruno, Franklin (February 1995). "Nick Lowe: The Impossible Bird". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 18. p. 38. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Nick Lowe, The Impossible Bird". Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Impossible Bird – Nick Lowe". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ Caro, Mark (15 December 1994). "Nick Lowe: The Impossible Bird (Upstart)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ Cannon, Bob (2 December 1994). "The Impossible Bird". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ Sullivan, Caroline (18 November 1994). "Nick Lowe: The Impossible Bird (Demon)". The Guardian.
- ^ DeLuca, Dan (4 December 1994). "Nick Lowe: The Impossible Bird (Upstart)". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
- ^ "Nick Lowe: The Impossible Bird". Q. No. 100. January 1995. p. 257.
- ^ Evans, Paul (29 December 1994). "Nick Lowe: The Impossible Bird". Rolling Stone. p. 190. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2007.
- ^ "Picks and Pans Review: The Impossible Bird". People. 23 January 1995. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ Boehm, Mike (8 December 1994). "Nick Lowe 'The Impossible Bird' Upstart". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (2000). "Nick Lowe: The Impossible Bird". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
External links
edit- The Impossible Bird at Discogs (list of releases)