When I first heard Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit’s “I Knew
\nThe Bride (When She Used To Rock ‘N’ Roll),” I just had to get it!
\nI rushed out and picked up the 45 single, and played it over and
\nover. Then, out of curiosity, (like everyone else was, back in the
\ndays of 45 rpm records), flipped the single over and listened to
\nthe B-side, an instrumental track, entitled “Long Walk Back”.<\/p>\n
Man! Was I amazed! Both songs were from the 1985 release,
\nThe Rose Of England<\/i>. Years later, I was lucky to find a
\nvinyl copy of the album at a local flea market (for what was it?
\n$2.50?) So, when looking for it on CD, it wasn’t available. But,
\nthanks to AB-CD, I was able to find it on CD for only 10 bucks. I
\ndid notice that there was a
\nGreatest Hits<\/i> CD of Lowe’s, but much to my disappointment,
\n“Long Walk Back” was not included. Having this CD, I can easily
\npush the repeat button on the CD player for both of these
\nsongs.<\/p>\n
Well, in listening to this album, I found out that some songs
\nkind of sound alike. The album as a whole matches each song, but
\nafter listening to “I Knew The Bride” and “Long Walk Back,” I
\nexpected a lot more.<\/p>\n
“Darlin’ Angel Eyes” starts the album out on a good note; it’s a
\nnice bouncy tune to get things going. “She Don’t Love Nobody” is
\nanother great tune. So far, so good.<\/p>\n
“7 Nights To Rock” is a fast-paced boogie-woogie tune, but after
\nawhile, it gets kind of tiring. In fact, some of the other tunes,
\n“Lucky Dog,” “(Hope To God) I’m Right” and “Everyone” all start
\nsounding alike, in one way or another.<\/p>\n
“Long Walk Back” was next; now we’re back on track. This song is
\nthe main reason why I have this CD instead of getting the
\nGreatest Hits<\/i> compilation. It reminds me of the 60s great
\nguitar instrumental sound; I would have to compare the style of
\nthis song to the great guitarist Duane Eddy. I JUST LOVE THIS
\nSONG!<\/p>\n
The title track, “The Rose Of England,” is next, and as this
\nhot-potata, as the lyric says, doesn’t really agree with me. This
\ntrack is just oksy.<\/p>\n
“I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock ‘N’ Roll)” was next.
\nThis song is great, and it features Huey Lewis & The News on
\nbackground vocals. This song was also produced by Lewis. Originally
\nwritten by Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds recorded his own version in the
\n70s; and in comparing the two, Lowe’s version truly stands out as
\nthe better one.<\/p>\n
Things get a little mellow with the Elvis Costello-penned tune
\n“Indoor Fireworks”. Elvis featured this song on his
\nKing Of America<\/i> album. As the song starts, you can easily
\ntell that this song is definitely written by Costello (if you’re
\nfamiliar with him), without even looking at the notes to see who
\nwrote each song.<\/p>\n
“I Can Be The One You Love” is another mellow tune. It makes you
\nwant to pick up your two index fingers and imagine you’re playing
\nthe drums, as your head bounces back and forth slowly to the beat.
\nPretty cool.<\/p>\n
Lastly, “Bo Bo Skediddle” is a down-and-dirty boogie woogie
\nnumber, that makes you feel like you’re a bad little boy or girl. A
\ngood way to end the album.<\/p>\n
Each song on the album makes your head bop up and down, or
\nmostly sideways in some instances. All of the songs match the
\nconcept of the album. Even though the title has the word “rose” in
\nit; in the end, it doesn’t smell like one. Sweet as it may smell,
\nthis album isn’t
\nthat<\/i> bad, it just feels that after you’ve heard the songs
\nyou really like, you kind of expect the rest of the album to be
\nmore of the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":27841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7464],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-39226","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-nick-lowe","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39226"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}