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Labour of Lust
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Labour of Lust was released in 1979 on Radar Records in England and on Columbia in the United States. Nick Lowe produced it himself. The album was recorded and released at the same time as Dave Edmunds's Repeat When Necessary and has the same Rockpile line-up: Edmunds and Billy Bremner on guitar and Terry Williams on drums. The opener Cruel to Be Kind became Lowe's only big hit in America.
The American release had a different track list. Endless Grey Ribbon was dropped and American Squirm, the British single, was added. On that song Elvis Costello and two members of The Attractions sing and play. Barney Bubbles, who also worked for Costello and Ian Dury, designed the sleeve. The New York Times called it one of the most exuberant and carefully made rock albums of 1979, and The Globe and Mail compared Lowe's feel for arrangements to that of Phil Spector.
Listening
Track list
- 1Cruel to Be Kind3:30Apple Music ↗
- 2Cracking Up2:59Apple Music ↗
- 3Big Kick, Plain Scrap2:27Apple Music ↗
- 4American Squirm2:31Apple Music ↗
- 5Born Fighter3:09Apple Music ↗
- 6You Make Me1:53Apple Music ↗
- 7Skin Deep3:15Apple Music ↗
- 8Switchboard Susan3:49Apple Music ↗
- 9Endless Grey Ribbon3:17Apple Music ↗
- 10Without Love2:29Apple Music ↗
- 11Dose of You3:21Apple Music ↗
- 12Love So Fine3:55Apple Music ↗
- 13Basing Street (Bonus Track)2:32Apple Music ↗
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