The cover of “Girls Talk” has some incredible harmonies.

We saw Nick Lowe live about 2 months ago, he only gets better with age.

merlin:

50,000 Watts…and a Big Acoustic Tower

Nick Lowe - “Cruel to Be Kind” (1979)

See, but, here’s the thing:

Rockpile recorded four albums, though only one (Seconds of Pleasure) was released under the Rockpile banner. Two other albums (Tracks on Wax 4 and Repeat When Necessary) were released as Dave Edmunds solo albums, and one more (Labour of Lust) was released as a Nick Lowe solo album.

It’s just amazing to me that one band managed to put out three of my favorite “solo” records of the 1970s.

That band that did “Cruel to Be Kind?”

That’s also this band:

And, this band:

And, this band:

And, this band:

And, seriously, people. If you’ve shaken off the scanny Tumblr virus and made it all the way down here, please do NOT miss ^^that last one^^. Because “So it Goes” is just a pretty great testament to why a person loves The Rock.

People work so fucking hard to make music this swell. But, having awesome hair and a super-solid rhythm section sure never hurts.

Late ’70s. Helluva time.