Track Listing

1. Homewrecker
2. Only A Fool Breaks His Own Heart
3. Lately I've Let Things Slide
4. She's Got Soul
5. Cupid Must Be Angry
6. Indian Queens
7. Poor Side of Town
8. I'm A Mess
9. Between Dark And Dawn
10. Bygones (Won't Go)
11. Has She Got A Friend?
12. Let's Stay In And Make Love

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21049 in Music
• Released on: 2001-11-09
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .16 pounds

From Amazon.co.uk
The Convincer is a welcome return from Nick Lowe. Perhaps best known for his late-70s work with Brinsley Schwarz such as "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding" and as one of the more raffish denizens of the pub-rock scene, Nick Lowe is a long-established purveyor and distiller of an adult blend of country, R&B and MOR. Though The Convincer features covers of Johnny Rivers' "Poor Side of Town" and the ballad "Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart", this is all self-penned, continuing in the vein of 1998's Dig My Mood. On the opener "Homewrecker", with its broody and distant roll of slide guitar, Lowe comes on like a cuckolded Elvis. "Cupid Must Be Angry", meanwhile, melds epic MOR with raggedly glorious country and western. "Lately I've Let Things Slide" is also excellent, a vivid study of a man gone to seed, searching his laundry basket for the cleanest shirt and typical of The Convincer--lonesome melancholia tempered by a sly and knowingly intelligent lyrical sensibility. --David Stubbs

Album Description
Nick continued his hot streak of warm, introspective recordings with this 2001 release, which beautifully balances wry wit and stark emotional honesty. He taps soul, blues, R&B and country as he charms with Has She Got a Friend? Homewrecker; I'm a Mess; Bygones (Won't Go); Cupid Must Be Angry ; Johnny Rivers' Poor Side of Town , and more on CD or vinyl!