- rock, new wave, power pop, pop rock
- 33 min
- 11 tracks
- Columbia
Labour of Lust is an album by British singer-songwriter Nick Lowe. Produced by Lowe, it was released in 1979 by Radar Records in the UK and Columbia Records in the US. It was recorded and released at the same time as Dave Edmunds' Repeat When Necessary and features the same Rockpile personnel. It led off with "Cruel to Be Kind," Lowe's only major US hit.
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Spare, classical in form, character-led and intimate.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- warmbleak
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Tracks
- 1Cruel to Be Kind3:27
- 2Cracking Up2:57
- 3Big Kick, Plain Scrap2:27
- 4American Squirm2:29
- 5You Make Me1:51
- 6Skin Deep3:13
- 7Switchboard Susan3:47
- 8Dose of You3:18
- 9Without Love2:27
- 10Born Fighter3:08
- 11Love So Fine3:51
11 tracks, 33 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Nick Lowe
- Label
- Columbia
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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