Nick Lowe - Nick The Knife (1982) [VINYL] (CD rate and 24bit)

It wasn't "Labour Of Lust II", but really what could have been?.

Like everyone else, I was waiting for "Labour Of Lust II". Didn't get it. Fair enough, but when "Abominable Showman" came after this one, we kinda walked away. Am I wrong?

No. I'm not wrong. But we still love Nick. Forever! And this LP sounds great. Jump in and immerse yourself on Lowe-ism. It's fun. Trust me.

Review
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Following the dissolution of Rockpile, Nick Lowe recorded Nick the Knife with the group's guitarist, Billy Bremner, and drummer, Terry Williams, accentuating the real reason behind the band's split – the difference between Dave Edmunds' rigid roots-rock and Lowe's carefree, funny revisionism. Nick the Knife may work in the conventions of classic rock & roll and pop, but it never sounds enslaved to his roots – any record with a song as infectiously ridiculous as "Ba Doom" can't take itself too seriously, and that's the charm of the album. While the songs aren't as consistently strong as those on Labour of Lust, Lowe contributes a handful of classics, including "Heart," "Stick It Where the Sun Don't Shine," "Too Many Teardrops," "Burning," "Queen of Sheba," "Couldn't Love You (Any More Than I Do)," and the silly "Zulu Kiss." And even in its weakest moments, Nick the Knife has a sunny, relaxed charm that makes the album a thoroughly enjoyable listen.

01 - Burning.flac
02 - Heart.flac
03 - Stick It Where The Sun Don't Shine.flac
04 - Queen Of Sheba.flac
05 - My Heart Hurts.flac
06 - Couldn't Love You (Any More Than I Do).flac
07 - Let Me Kiss Ya.flac
08 - Too Many Teardrops.flac
09 - Ba Doom.flac
10 - Raining Raining.flac
11 - One's Too Many (And a Hundred Ain't Enough).flac
12 - Zulu Kiss.flac




LP > Rega P1 with Ortofon Super 30 > TC-750LC > E-Mu 0202 > Adobe Audition 3 (AA) @ 96kHz 32bit float > Manual click removal in AA > Click Repair set @ 20 > Equalizer (from the ClickRepair guy) used to combine into mono) > AA used to split tracks, fade in/out, and for manual click removal > RX Advanced to resample > RX Advanced to dither MBIT+ > TLH to FLAC and sector align (16bit, pad) > MP3 Tagger to edit tags.

"16bit" = 16bit at 44.1kHz
"24bit" = 24bit at 96kHz

No music was harmed in the making of this vinyl rip.