The Impossible Bird
Studio album by
Nick Lowe
Released29 November 1994 (1994-11-29)
Studio
  • The Turk's Head Function Room (Winchester Hall), St. Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex
  • The Old Cinema (Broadvale Centre), Brentford, Middlesex
  • The Bonaparte Rooms, St. Margaret's, Twickenham, Middlesex
GenreCountry rock[1]
Length40:12
Label
Producer
Nick Lowe chronology
Party of One
(1990) 		The Impossible Bird
(1994) 		Dig My Mood
(1998)

The Impossible Bird is an album by British singer-songwriter Nick Lowe. Produced by Lowe and Neil Brockbank, it was released in the United Kingdom in 1994 on Demon Records and elsewhere by Upstart Records.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Chicago Tribune[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB[5]
The Guardian[6]
The Philadelphia Inquirer[7]
Q[8]

In a contemporary review of The Impossible Bird, Rolling Stone critic Paul Evans said that the album showed Lowe "in excellent form" with songs that "demonstrate a prodigious productivity and an emotional realism that ranges from heartbreak... to a well-earned bittersweet humor".[9] People called it a "high point" for Lowe,[10] while Los Angeles Times critic Mike Boehm wrote: "The only real impossibility on this album lies in trying to resist the gently seductive pop charms of the crafty old bird who made it."[11] Less receptive was Robert Christgau of The Village Voice, who merely gave the album a "neither" rating.[12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Nick Lowe, unless otherwise noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Soulful Wind" 3:01
2."The Beast in Me" 2:27
3."True Love Travels on a Gravel Road"
3:35
4."Trail of Tears"
3:25
5."Shelley My Love" 3:12
6."Where's My Everything?" 2:40
7."12-Step Program (To Quit You Babe)" 3:11
8."Lover Don't Go" 4:03
9."Drive-Thru Man" 2:42
10."Withered on the Vine" 3:22
11."I Live on a Battlefield"
3:23
12."14 Days" 2:58
13."I'll Be There"
2:13

Personnel

Notes

  1. ^ Bruno, Franklin (February 1995). "Nick Lowe: The Impossible Bird". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 18. p. 38. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Nick Lowe, The Impossible Bird". Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  3. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Impossible Bird – Nick Lowe". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  4. ^ Caro, Mark (15 December 1994). "Nick Lowe: The Impossible Bird (Upstart)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  5. ^ Cannon, Bob (2 December 1994). "The Impossible Bird". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  6. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (18 November 1994). "Nick Lowe: The Impossible Bird (Demon)". The Guardian.
  7. ^ DeLuca, Dan (4 December 1994). "Nick Lowe: The Impossible Bird (Upstart)". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  8. ^ "Nick Lowe: The Impossible Bird". Q. No. 100. January 1995. p. 257.
  9. ^ Evans, Paul (29 December 1994). "Nick Lowe: The Impossible Bird". Rolling Stone. p. 190. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2007.
  10. ^ "Picks and Pans Review: The Impossible Bird". People. 23 January 1995. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  11. ^ Boehm, Mike (8 December 1994). "Nick Lowe 'The Impossible Bird' Upstart". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  12. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000). "Nick Lowe: The Impossible Bird". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved 28 May 2020.

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