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The Impossible Bird by Nick Lowe.

Tracks:
Soulful Wind
Beast In Me, The
True Love Travels On a Gravel Road
Trail of Tears
Shelley My Love
Where's My Everything?
12-Step Program (To Quit You Babe)
Lover Don't Go
Drive-Thru Man
Withered On the Vine
I Live On a Battlefield
14 Days
I'll Be There

Performer Notes:

• Personnel: Nick Lowe (vocals, guitar, bass); Bill Kirchen (guitar, trombone); Gary Grainger (guitar); Geraint Watkins (organ, guitar); Paul "Bassman" Riley (bass); Robert Trehern (drums); Paul Laventhol (shakers).
• Recorded at The Turk's Head Function Room, The Bonaparte Rooms, St. Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex, and The Old Cinema, Brentford, Middlesex.
• After a near half-decade absence Nick Lowe returned with this album in 1994, which quite deservedly topped many critics polls for the year. With a consummate band on hand (who also hit the road with him, resulting in the EP LIVE! ON THE BATTLEFIELD), the subdued set is rich with musings on loss and longing as seen from the weary but wise perspective of a middle-aged man. Accompanied by just his acoustic guitar, "The Beast In Me" shows another facet of the character that ex-father-in-law Johnny Cash also brought to life on his AMERICAN RECORDINGS. "Shelley My Love" can turn even the hardest heart to tears. Ray Price's "I'll Be There" closes the set and is as fine a reason as any why Nick Lowe deserves an honorary American citizenship.

Professional Reviews: Rolling Stone (12/29/94-1/12/95, p.190) - "...THE IMPOSSIBLE BIRD has a pungent country flavor....Crammed with clever wordplay and novel hooks, Lowe's songs demonstrate a prodigious productivity and an emotional realism that ranges from heartbreak...to a well-earned bittersweet humor..."

Q (1/95, p.257) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...redefines Lowe's position as a first-rate songwriter of classic themes and emotional punch....The sound of the album is raw, lean and stripped of superfluous candyfloss--intensifying the impact of both voice and songs..."

Musician (3/95, p.82) - "...It might be his masterpiece.... Lowe's put something extra into the mix this time: his soul. The songs frequently address tender matters of the heart, sometimes with gospel affirmations... sometimes with a rue....Even Lowe's humor is darker than usual..."

Format: Vinyl (1 Disc); Stereo

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Studio

Guest Artist: Paul Carrack; Bill Kirchen

Release Date: 21 September, 2010

Label: Yep Roc

• Personnel: Nick Lowe (vocals, guitar, bass); Bill Kirchen (guitar, trombone); Gary Grainger (guitar); Geraint Watkins (organ, guitar); Paul "Bassman" Riley (bass); Robert Trehern (drums); Paul Laventhol (shakers).
• Recorded at The Turk's Head Function Room, The Bonaparte Rooms, St. Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex, and The Old Cinema, Brentford, Middlesex.
• After a near half-decade absence Nick Lowe returned with this album in 1994, which quite deservedly topped many critics polls for the year. With a consummate band on hand (who also hit the road with him, resulting in the EP LIVE! ON THE BATTLEFIELD), the subdued set is rich with musings on loss and longing as seen from the weary but wise perspective of a middle-aged man. Accompanied by just his acoustic guitar, "The Beast In Me" shows another facet of the character that ex-father-in-law Johnny Cash also brought to life on his AMERICAN RECORDINGS. "Shelley My Love" can turn even the hardest heart to tears. Ray Price's "I'll Be There" closes the set and is as fine a reason as any why Nick Lowe deserves an honorary American citizenship.