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Jesus of Cool

by Nick Lowe

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  • In true Stiff Records fashion, Jake Riviera (Stiff's founder) and Nick Lowe were looking for any opportunity to mess with music journalists ahead of the release of Nick's debut solo record. Jake and Nick had already learned that the album title, Jesus of Cool, would not be appropriate for the US release on Columbia; stateside it would be known as Pure Pop for Now People. Jake and Nick loved that the album would have two titles because it would lead to confusion. But then they thought "why stop at two titles?" Jake and Nick made it their goal to feed as many conflicting stories as possible to journalists, including giving fake album titles for Nick's debut to interviewers. This resulted in one paper "exclusively revealing" to readers that Nick's solo debut would be titled Wireless World. While Jesus of Cool and Pure Pop for Now People gave Nick his rightful place on the power pop plateau, the whispers of Wireless World faded away as mysteriously as they appeared. Now, for the first time ever, Wireless World is being issued on LP more than 40 years after first being reported. The album combines the tracklisting of Jesus of Cool and Pure Pop for Now People into one studio album. ... more
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  • Cassette + Digital Album

    For the 40th anniversary of Nick Lowe’s solo debut Jesus of Cool, the album will be released on cassette for the first time in the U.S. as part of Cassette Store Day 2018! Jesus of Cool is still heralded as a new wave and pub rock masterpiece, featuring some of Lowe’s biggest hits like “So It Goes” and “I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass,” both of which remain staples of Nick’s live show. The tracklisting includes all eleven tracks found on the U.K. edition of Jesus of Cool, as well as the three additional tracks found on the U.S. version of Jesus of Cool, titled Pure Pop for Now People. This cassette features the combined U.K. and U.S. tracklisting, features a lime green cassette shell, and includes a digital download.

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    2008 marked 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 compendium of 25 years of pop music history. Here, the sweet melodies of pre-Beatles pop, the energy of the British Invasion, the excess of glam and elements of ska and new wave don't blend but stand side by side on the field of battle, each one willing to lay down his life for the other. Jesus is the crossroads where pop music and pop culture collide, self-aware for the first time, fusing into a white hot chunk of rock n' roll energy.

    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.

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  • 30th Anniversary Double Vinyl LP
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

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released February 19, 2008

2008, 2008 Yep Roc Records

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Nick Lowe London, UK

Nick Lowe has made his mark as a producer (Elvis Costello-Graham Parker-Pretenders-The Damned), songwriter of at least three songs you know by heart, short-lived career as a pop star, and a lengthy term as a musicians’ musician. But in his current ‘second act’ as a silver-haired, tender-hearted but sharp-tongued singer-songwriter, he has no equal. ... more

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