{"product_id":"jesus-of-cool-digipak-reissue","title":"Jesus Of Cool [Digipak] [Reissue]","description":"Amazon.com\n\nIf you have a dog-eared copy of Nick Lowe’s Pure Pop for Now People, here is your chance to revitalize. That 1978 record, an ingenious and melodic pop gem, is really the Americanized version of Jesus of Cool, Lowe’s European debut, released the year after his departure from pub-rockers Brinsley Schwarz. This 30th-anniversary edition combines the original Jesus, extra songs that appeared on Pure Pop, and seven bonus tracks (including the original version of Lowe’s most successful single, \"Cruel to Be Kind\"). The collection is without an Achilles heel, from \"I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass,\" with its Bo Diddley riff, on through Lowe’s experimentation with pre-Beatles pop (\"Little Hitler\"), glam rock (\"So It Goes\"), new-wave rock (\"Shake and Pop\"), and even disco (\"Nutted by Reality,\" a jocular salute to Fidel Castro). The morbidly funny \"Marie Provost,\" a power-pop tale of the tragic silent-film actress, ranks with the best in Lowe's stash and serves as the anchor for the record, which features guest players Dave Edmunds, Billy Bremner, and the Attractions. --Scott Holter\n\nProduct Description\n\n2008 marks the 30th anniversary of Nick Lowe's seminal 1978 album JESUS OF COOL. The album, released in the U.S. as PURE POP FOR NOW PEOPLE, marks the beginning of one of the most storied and influential solo careers in pop music and marks the true emergence of a songwriting monolith. The album is a literal compendum of 25 years of pop music histroy. Here, on this 30th anniversary edition of the album, the original and U.S. versions of the album are combined to include all material ever available on either release. In addition, seven bonus cuts are included making this the definitive version of this undisputed pop masterpiece.\n\nReview\n\nFor his first solo album, Nick Lowe completely abandoned the rootsy underpinnings of his work with Brinsley Schwarz and refashioned himself as a pop craftsman -- or, as the original British title put it, the Jesus of Cool. Lowe tries anything and everything on the record, from the sweet pop of 'Tonight' to the blinding rock of 'Heart of the City.' It's a veritable tour de force of his songwriting talent, as well as his wit. Not only does he turn in a set of wildly eclectic pop songs, he writes lyrics that slyly and gleefully subvert and pervert rock \u0026amp; roll tradition. Pure Pop for Now People sounds like '60s pop from an alternate universe, where hit singles are about actresses who are eaten by their pet dogs, castrating Castro, and grown men who write odes to teen idols. He also writes about the sleaziness of the music business itself with unrestrained joy. If Lowe's sense of humor wasn't so sharp and his melodies weren't so catchy, the amalgam of pop music and pop culture wouldn't have been so successful. However, he not only can write pop songs, he knows how to record them -- each song sounds like an individual single, and the cheap production means that the album sounds like it's coming out of tinny radio speakers. And that also means that it doesn't matter what sequence these songs are put in -- the album is like a jukebox, where different musical styles can follow each other and all make perfect sense.\n\nFive Stars (highest rating): Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide --All Music Guide\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B000YNFY1S\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: LFV.B000YNFY1S.N\u003cbr\u003eCondition: New\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Nick Lowe\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio cd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Books for Life","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46652744794309,"sku":"LFV.B000YNFY1S.N","price":39.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/2914\/4773\/files\/B000YNFY1S-0.jpg?v=1785690755","url":"https:\/\/www.booksforlife.store\/products\/jesus-of-cool-digipak-reissue","provider":"Books for Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}