Labour of Lust (Redirected from Cracking Up (Nick Lowe song))

Labour of Lust
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 9, 1979[1]
Recorded1978-1979
StudioEden Studios, London, England; Love Studios, Helsinki, Finland (except: "American Squirm": 1978)
GenreNew wave, pub rock
Length32:40
LabelRadar (UK)
Columbia (US)
Demon (UK reissue)
Proper Records (2011 UK reissue)
Yep Roc (2011 US reissue)
ProducerNick Lowe
Nick Lowe chronology
Jesus of Cool
(1978)
Labour of Lust
(1979)
Nick the Knife
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic5/5 stars[2]
American Songwriter4/5 stars[3]
The A.V. ClubA−[4]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 stars[5]
Pitchfork8.4/10[6]
Rolling Stone4/5 stars[7]
Spin7/10[8]
The Village VoiceA[9]

Labour of Lust is an album by British singer-songwriter Nick Lowe. Also 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.

The American version of this record had a slightly different track listing, with "Endless Grey Ribbon" being deleted and replaced with the UK single A-side, "American Squirm." The latter song includes members of Elvis Costello & The Attractions, namely Elvis on backing vocals, Bruce Thomas on bass and Pete Thomas on drums. Credited to "Nick Lowe and His Sound," the B-side of this single was Elvis & The Attractions' version of the Lowe-penned "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding?" "Endless Grey Ribbon" was later issued in America as the B-side of the "Cruel to Be Kind" single.

Labour of Lust was released on CD in 1990 by Demon/Fiend in Europe and Columbia in North America, but quickly fell out of print. Yep Roc Records reissued the album on CD on March 15, 2011, containing all tracks from the US and UK versions, as well as "Basing Street," the B-side of both the UK single "Cracking Up" and the North American single "Switchboard Susan."

Track listing

U.K. version

All written songs by Nick Lowe except where noted.

  1. "Cruel to Be Kind" (Lowe, Ian Gomm) – 3:31
  2. "Cracking Up" – 2:59
  3. "Big Kick, Plain Scrap!" – 2:28
  4. "Born Fighter" – 3:09
  5. "You Make Me" – 1:53
  6. "Skin Deep" – 3:12
  7. "Switch Board Susan" (Mickey Jupp) – 3:50
  8. "Endless Grey Ribbon" – 3:17
  9. "Without Love" – 2:29
  10. "Dose of You" – 2:21
  11. "Love So Fine" (Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Billy Bremner, Terry Williams) – 3:52

U.S. version

  1. "Cruel to Be Kind" – 3:31
  2. "Cracking Up" – 2:59
  3. "Big Kick, Plain Scrap" – 2:28
  4. "American Squirm" – 2:29
  5. "You Make Me" – 1:53
  6. "Skin Deep" – 3:12
  7. "Switch Board Susan" – 3:50
  8. "Dose of You" – 2:21
  9. "Without Love" – 2:29
  10. "Born Fighter" – 3:09
  11. "Love So Fine" – 3:52

2011 Yep Roc Records

  1. "Cruel to Be Kind" – 3:31
  2. "Cracking Up" – 2:59
  3. "Big Kick, Plain Scrap" – 2:28
  4. "American Squirm" – 2:29
  5. "Born Fighter" – 3:09
  6. "You Make Me" – 1:53
  7. "Skin Deep" – 3:12
  8. "Switchboard Susan" – 3:50
  9. "Endless Grey Ribbon" – 3:17
  10. "Without Love" – 2:29
  11. "Dose of You" – 2:21
  12. "Love So Fine" – 3:52
  13. "Basing Street" (Bonus Track) - 2:32

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Album

Album Charts

  • Sweden-20
  • United States-31
  • United Kingdom-42


Single

Year Song UK singles chart US singles chart
1979 "Cruel to Be Kind" 12 12

Certifications

Canada-Gold (50,000 copies sold)[10]

References

  1. ^ "Random Notes". Rolling Stone. Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. (293): 46. June 14, 1979.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Labour of Lust – Nick Lowe". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  3. ^ Berick, Michael (15 March 2011). "Nick Lowe: Labour of Lust". American Songwriter. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  4. ^ Phipps, Keith (15 March 2011). "Nick Lowe: Labour Of Lust". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  6. ^ Bevan, David (22 March 2011). "Nick Lowe: Labour of Lust". Pitchfork. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  7. ^ Hermes, Will (15 March 2011). "Nick Lowe: Labour of Lust". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  8. ^ Hultkrans, Andrew (April 2011). "Reissues". Spin. 27 (3): 80. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  9. ^ Christgau, Robert (30 July 1979). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  10. ^ https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/certification/gold-albums/page/515

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