Brinsley Schwarz

Product Description
11 Tracks. Robertinho Silva (Percussions), Lincoln Cheib (Drums), Luis Alves (Bass), Nivaldo Ornellas (Flute and Accordion) and Tulio Mourao (Piano).

Brinsley Schwarz,Brinsley Schwarz,One Way Records Inc,Country-Rock,Pop,Pub Rock,Rock,World Music

Average customer rating: Pub rock's highpoint Beesley Shorts The best of pub rock and early Nick Lowe

Nervous on the Road/New Favorites Brinsley Schwarz Manufacturer: Bgo - Beat Goes on ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Silver Pistol/Please Don't Ever Change Brinsley Schwarz/Despite It All Ducks Deluxe/Taxi to the Terminal Zone Original Golden Greats/Fifteen Thoughts of Brinsley Schwarz Surrender to the Rhythm ASIN: B0000011OD Release Date: 2002-02-15

Tracks:

1. It's Been So Long
2. Happy Doing What We're Doing
3. Surrender To The Rhythm
4. Don't Lose Your Grip On Love
5. Nervous On The Road (But Can't Stay At Home)
6. Feel A Little Funky
7. I Like It Like That
8. Brand New You, Brand New Me
9. Home In My Hand
10. Why, Why, Why, Why, Why
11. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love And Understanding
12. Ever since You're Gone
13. The Ugly Things
14. I Got The Real Thing
15. The Look Tha'ts In Your Eye Tonight
16. Now's The Time
17. Small Town, Big City
18. Trying To Live My Life Without You
19. I Like You, I Don't Love You
20. Down In The Dive

Customer Reviews:

Pub rock's highpoint.......2005-07-16

Having found more original footing than their earlier attempts at CSN&Y styled folk-rock, Brinsley Schwarz made good on the roots-rock promise of pub rock with their fourth album, "Nervous on the Road." Nick Lowe dominates the 1972 album's songwriting credits, and though he went on to greater fame as a pure popster, he may never have authored such a singularly solid collection of songs. Ian Gomm and Bob Andrews each kick in for one apiece, with Gomm's excellent 50s-styled "It's Been So Long" taking the opening slot. Lowe's songs range from the twangy blue title song to organ-lined soul and country ballads. The album's covers are perfect fits, including a slightly ragged take of Chris Kenner's "I Like It Like That" and Ronnie Self's rockabilly "Home in My Hand." In a sense, Brinsley Schwarz showed itself to be the UK analog of Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen - a band whose roots took in country, soul, funk and early rock and strained them all through a really good time.

BGO's two-fer also includes the band's sixth (and final) release, 1974's "The New Favourites of Brinsley Schwarz." Lowe's original vision of "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding" opens with some overly aggressive percussion, but the laid-back vocal (and the chorus harmonies) give the song a tone very unlike the subsequent Elvis Costello cover. Once again Lowe's songs dominate the set list, but seem to cut a less-inspired middle-ground between the rootsy invention of "Nervous" and the quirky pop breakthrough of 1978's "Jesus of Cool." Most satisfying is the band's funky cover of the Hi Records (by way of Otis Clay and O.V. Wright) classic "Trying to Live My Life Without You." Overall, the album's production feels crowded, with instruments and voices fighting for space. The balance that was found on "Nervous" seems to have been lost; apparently producer Dave Edmunds still hadn't completely figured out Spector's wall of sound.

Nervous: 5-stars. New Favorites: 3-1/2 stars.

Beesley Shorts.......2002-12-03

"Nervous on the Road" is the only essential album by this group. Their first album sounded like Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young or someone--an unpleasant thing indeed. "Despite It All" has some decent country-rockin' tunes; "Silver Pistol" is all right but just about ruined by too much organ. "New Favourites" is their attempt at soul-music-lite, I suppose, and they don't do a half-bad job on the Hi Records classic "Trying to Live My Life Without You." "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding" is a great song but Elvis Costello did it far better. But it is basically an English version--as is pub-rock in general--of music done much better by Americans, which I believe the perpetrators themselves would readily admit. However, "Nervous" does add a certain pawky humor to the basic r&b/soul/country template; no American artist would have started out a song, as does Nick Lowe, by asserting that he is "scumbag bound." And for once, the keyboardist doesn't overpower the music, leaving room for Mr. Schwarz to indulge himself with his very best Robbie Robertson imitations. They confuse the lyrics on Chris Kenner's "I Like It Like That" and bring in some pretty amusing astrological stuff on "Don't Lose Your Grip on Love." In general, "Nervous" works where most Brinsley Schwarz and pub-rock doesn't because it contains an undercurrent of something real, something very post-'60s, rueful but funny, and the unpretentiousness of its models suggests a way out of hippiedom, which of course is satirized in "Peace Love and Understanding." But as an American, I hardly see how most "pub-rock" is an improvement on the real thing; makes you ponder how the rock and roll era obscured American music like Otis Clay while upholding dreck like Jethro Tull or Yes as worthwhile stuff, and why it took English musicians to hip us to what we were doing in our own country.

The best of pub rock and early Nick Lowe.......1999-07-20

This CD combines two of the best Brinsley Schwarz albums and ("New Favourites") the best produced. The Brinsleys always were at their rocking sexiest live ("Down in the Dive") and the numbers they played best are here ("Feel a Little Funky", "Surrender to the Rhythm"). Watch out for Nick Lowe's "What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding", often wrongly attributed to Elvis Costello. I can hear the Brinsleys now rehearsing it in the basement of the Hope & Anchor, Islington. It's summer outside, I've got my first pint and about two hours to enjoy before the gig begins...

Average customer rating:

Uncut - Across the Great Divide - Music Inspired By the Band Mercury Rev , Little Feat , Brinsley Schwarz , Wilco , Will Johnson , Grandaddy , Ray LaMontagne , Corey Harris , The Gourds , and Procol Harum Manufacturer: Uncut ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Till the Sun Turns Black Endless Highway - The Music Of The Band Sky Blue Sky ASIN: B000O14WR2

Product Description

Uncut - Across The Great Divide - Music Inspired By The Band // 1. Mercury Rev - Opus 40 2. Drive-by Truckers - Danko/Manuel 3. Little Feat - Rag Mama Rag 4. Brinsley Schwarz - Silver Pistol 5. Wilco - Theologians 6. Will Johnson - Just to know what you've been dreaming 7. Grandaddy - Lost on yer merry way 8. Ray LaMontagne - Narrow Mistake 9. Corey Harris - Frankie Doris 10. The Gourds - Dying of the pines 11. Procol Harum - The Devil came from Kansas 12. Ben Weaver - Old Mule 13. Marc Carroll - No time at all 14. Sparklehorse - Painbirds 15. Sufjan Stevens - For the widows in Paradise, for the fatherless in Ypsilanti 16. The Band - King Harvest (Has surely come)

Average customer rating: Sounds Like A Great Crosby, Stills And Nash Album Two Great Albums, One Great CD

Brinsley Schwarz/Despite It All Brinsley Schwarz Manufacturer: Bgo - Beat Goes on ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Silver Pistol/Please Don't Ever Change Nervous on the Road/New Favorites Original Golden Greats/Fifteen Thoughts of Brinsley Schwarz Ducks Deluxe/Taxi to the Terminal Zone What IS So Funny About Peace Love & Understanding? ASIN: B0000011NN Release Date: 2002-02-15

Tracks:

1. Hymn to Me
2. Shining Brightly
3. Rock and Roll Women
4. Lady Constant
5. What Do You Suggest?
6. Mayfly
7. Ballad of a Has Been Beauty Queen
8. Country Girl
9. Slow One
10. Funk Angel
11. Piece of Home
12. Love Song
13. Starship
14. Ebury Down
15. Old Jarrow

Customer Reviews:

Sounds Like A Great Crosby, Stills And Nash Album.......2001-10-17

Most of what I have read from critics indicates that the debut album, "Brinsley Schwarz", is this band's weakest album, while praising the second album, "Despite It All", as being a classic of the pub-rock genre. (Both are included on this generous "twofer".) But I disagree entirely with the critical consensus. My favorite Brinsley Schwarz album is the debut. Stylistically it is quite different from their subsequent albums. It lopes along at a languid pace, with lovely harmonies that sound remarkably close to those of Crosby, Stills and Nash. Some of the songs stretch out into lengthy jam sessions, while rarely straying from the relaxed tempos. It sounds a lot like the Grateful Dead, circa "American Beauty"/"Workingman's Dead". The first four songs - Hymn To Me, Shining Brightly, Rock And Roll Woman, and Lady Constant - are terrific. By the second album, "Despite It All", their sound had changed. The songs are shorter, the tempos are faster, the country music influence is more overt. This really is the blueprint for all subsequent Brinsley Schwarz albums. "Country Girl" is generally considered the standout track, although it's a bit too "Hee Haw" for my tastes. Still, all Brinsley Schwarz albums are good, and to get the great debut and the good second album on one CD is a bargain.

Two Great Albums, One Great CD.......2001-02-23

Brinsley Schwartz are best known as the founders of the pub movement, but these albums come from their early country rock period, and surprisingly, they are both excellent. Fans of classic rock artists like The Band, The Dead and The Byrds will find much to admire here, as will fans of modern alt country acts like Wilco and Son Volt. DESPITE IT ALL is better than the eponymous album, because the psychedelic influence is less, but it's a fairly small difference. Tracks of note include `Slow One', `Hymn To Me' `Funk Angel' and especially `Country Girl'. These old albums are hard to find, even in good second hand record shops, so I suggest if you want em, buy em here.

Average customer rating: Pub rock legends 3rd and 5th LPs

Silver Pistol/Please Don't Ever Change Brinsley Schwarz Manufacturer: Beat Goes On ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Nervous on the Road/New Favorites Brinsley Schwarz/Despite It All Ducks Deluxe/Taxi to the Terminal Zone Original Golden Greats/Fifteen Thoughts of Brinsley Schwarz Cruel to Be Kind ASIN: B0002X4TSO Release Date: 2004-10-11

Tracks:

1. Dry Land
2. Merry Go Round
3. Silver Pistol
4. Last Time I Was Fooled
5. Unknown Number
6. Last Time I Was Fooled
7. Unknown Number
8. Range War
9. Egypt
10. Niki Hoeke Speedway
11. Ju Ju Man
12. Rockin' Chair
13. Hooked on Love
14. Why Do We Hurt the One We Love?
15. I Worry ('Bout You Baby)
16. Don't Ever Change
17. Home in My Hand
18. Play That Fast Thing (One More Time)
19. I Won't Make It Without You
20. Down in Mexico
21. Speedoo
22. Version (Hypocrite)

Album Description

UK remastered reissue combines the influential pub rock act's 1972 & 1973 albums. Includes slipcase & new sleeve notes. BGO Records. 2004.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Edition of Two Original Albums on a Single CD. The Last Two Studio Albums from the Much Loved and Missed Brinsleys from 1972 and 1973. Band Personnel Included Ian Gomm, Nick Lowe, Bob Andrews, Billy Rankin and of Course, Brinsley Schwarz Himself.

Customer Reviews:

Pub rock legends 3rd and 5th LPs.......2005-08-09

Having survived their legendary promotional disaster at the Fillmore East, the band regrouped, moved into a communal house, and took up weekly residency at The Tally Ho pub. Their third album, 1972's "Silver Pistol" clearly reflects all of these changes, and shows the band developing a more organic blend of country, rock and blues. Recorded at their home, it's both tightened by their daily interaction as housemates, and relaxed by the lack of a studio clock ticking away their funds. The Brinsleys desire to be The Band is still heavily evident in the country-soul inflections of their arrangements (most notably on the title track), but Nick Lowe's lyrical voice was growing in originality, including the lovely waltz "Nightingale" and the twangy "The Last Time I Was Fooled." Ian Gomm added a few fine songs to the band's canon, including the opening country waltz "Dry Land," the organ soul "One More Day," and the surf-tinged instrumental "Rockin' Chair."

The second half of BGO's two-fer is the band's fifth LP, 1973's "Please Don't Ever Change." In between these two albums, the Brinsley's released their definitive "pub rock" effort (1972's "Nervous on the Road"), and this latter album shows them reaching out to new ground, including ska and reggae. The result is a more scattered, neither as organically homogenous as "Silver Pistol," nor as singularly forceful and original as "Nervous on the Road." There are some great songs here, including Gomm's soulful opener "Hooked on Love," Lowe's bouncy ska "Why Do We Hurt the One We Love" and Lieber-Stoller-styled "Down in Mexico," and a sweet (though perhaps tongue-in-cheek) take of Goffin and King's "Don't Ever Change." A live recording of Ronnie Self's "Home in My Hand" (which appeared in studio version on the "Nervous on the Road" LP) gives a glimpse of what the Brinsley's sounded like after a pint or two.

Both albums offer songs that would remain with the members of Brinsley Schwarz for years to come. American songwriter Jim Ford's "Ju Ju Man" would become a staple for Nick Lowe and Rockpile, as would Lowe's own "Play That Fast Thing (One More Time)," while Gomm would reprise "Hooked on Love" for his solo album "Summer Holiday." Much of the rest would live in unearned obscurity, cured (with the aid of Alan Robinson's lengthy, informative liner notes) by this terrific two-on-one release.

Average customer rating: A Surprise! Very Entertaining

Surrender to the Rhythm Brinsley Schwarz Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ducks Deluxe/Taxi to the Terminal Zone Nervous on the Road/New Favorites Basher: The Best of Nick Lowe Silver Pistol/Please Don't Ever Change What IS So Funny About Peace Love & Understanding? ASIN: B00004SRJR Release Date: 2000-06-26

Tracks:

1. Country Girl
2. Surrender To The Rhythm
3. Happpy Dong What We're Doing
4. The Ugly Things
5. Don't Loose Your Grip On Love
6. Last Time I Was Fooled
7. Silver Pistol
8. Nightingale
9. Trying To Live My Life Without You
10. Ever Since You're Gone
11. Nervous On The Road (But Can't Stay At Home)
12. I Like It Like That
13. Down In Mexico
14. I Worry ('Bout You Baby)
15. Play That Fast Thing (One More Time)
16. The Look That's In Your Eye Tonight
17. Ju Ju Man
18. Down in The Dive
19. Home In My Hand (Live)
20. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding

Album Description

Reissue of 20-track compilation for British pub rock band, originally release in 1991. An excellent retrospective culled from each of the groups albums, drawing heavily from 'Silver Pistol', 'Nervous on the Road' & 'The New Favourites'. Tracks include 'Country Girl', 'Ju Ju Man' & 'Down in Mexico'. Standard jewel case.

Album Details

Twenty Track Compilation Taken from Each Album by These Pioneers of Pub Rock.

Customer Reviews:

A Surprise!.......2006-05-25

Having read several places that Brinsley Schwarz were among the most influental English bands of the early 1970's, I got curious and bought this compilation.

The music was really a surprise; and a positive one indeed. A surprise mainly because there is an American feel to many of these recordings; several sounding like a mixture of Crosby, Stills & Nash and early Steve Miller Band. But also a pleasant surprise because most of the songs are really great.

The compilation has its main focus on the last four albums the band recorded during 1970-74. Their first album is not represented and their second only features the single "Country Girl", which I remember having heard a couple of times on Danish radio. Another familiar song was "What's so Funny About Love, Peace and Understanding, which Elvis Costello recorded in the late 1970s

Lead-singer and bass-player Nick Lowe wrote the majority of the material. Lowe continued a musical career as a producer and as a solo artist. He has recorded several critically praised albums, and he had a hit with "Cruel to be Kind" in 1980.

This may be the cream of Brinsley Schwarz, but great tracks "Nightingale", "Silver Pistol", "Nervous on the Road" and "The Look That`s in Your Eye Tonight" are likely to make you want to check out more of their music.

Very Entertaining.......2004-03-23

This just arrived last week and I listened to it all weekend. Late last year I went though a Dave Edmunds / Nick Lowe / Rockpile thing and reading up on Pub Rock in general and Nick Lowe in particular led me to investigate Brinsley Schwarz.

Surrender to the Rhythm is a fine introduction to a versatile roots rock band comfortable switching between songs reminiscent of 60's soul and early rock and roll as well as Byrds-style country and mid-period Beatles pop.

Real toe-tappers, one and all.

Average customer rating: "New Favourites" Quickly Became a New Favorite.

The New Favourites of Brinsley Schwarz Brinsley Schwarz Manufacturer: Repertoire ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005J7GK Release Date: 2001-04-30

Tracks:

1. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?
2. Ever Since You're Gone
3. Ugly Things
4. I Got the Real Thing
5. Look That's in Your Eye Tonight
6. Now's the Time
7. Small Town, Big City
8. Trying to Live My Life Without You
9. I Like You, I Don't Love You
10. Down in the Dive

Album Description

Reissue of the English roots-rock act's 1974 album. 14 tracks including 4 bonus 'I've Cried My Last Tear', '(It's Gonna Be A) Bringdown', 'Everybody' & 'There's A Cloud In My Heart'. 2002 release.

Customer Reviews:

"New Favourites" Quickly Became a New Favorite........2004-03-02

I found this CD used, and being on the Nick Lowe kick I was (and still am) on, I bought it on a whim because I knew I'd probably never see it IN A STORE again. I realized that I definitely made the right decision. This album is a gem, with hooks galore - from the crash of "What's So Funny..." (check out those harmony swells, BRILLIANT) to the wistful country-pop of "The Look That's In Your Eyes Tonight", to the horn-driven soul of "I Like You, I Don't Love You". My absolute "new" favorites, though, (excluding "What's So Funny") are "The Real Thing" and "Ever Since You've Been Gone". I swear, the latter just does it for me - what a beautiful song (and once again, those harmony swells...this band brings them out of nowhere like tidal waves). To sum it up: I had this album for a month, fell in love with it, and then lost it during during a moment of drunkenness in a Mexican hotel lobby...I've been heartbroken and trying to order it ever since. If you like "Jesus of Cool", get this album (if you like this album, get "Jesus of Cool").

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Nervous on the Road Brinsley Schwarz Manufacturer: Repertoire ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The New Favourites of Brinsley Schwarz ASIN: B00005J7GJ Release Date: 2001-04-30

Tracks:

1. It's Been So Long
2. Happy Doing What We're Doing
3. Surrender to the Rhythm
4. Don't Lose Your Grip on Love
5. Nervous on the Road (But Can't Stay at Home)
6. Feel a Little Funky
7. I Like It Like That
8. Brand New You, Brand New Me
9. Home in My Hand
10. Why, Why, Why, Why, Why

Album Description

German reissue of the English roots-rock act's 1972 album. Includes one bonus track, 'Don't Lose Your Grip On Love'.

Average customer rating: BRITISH COUNTRY ROCK PIONEERS Twice The Fun! Fine album that needs remastering. Desperately.

Original Golden Greats/Fifteen Thoughts of Brinsley Schwarz Brinsley Schwarz Manufacturer: Bgo - Beat Goes on ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Nervous on the Road/New Favorites Silver Pistol/Please Don't Ever Change Brinsley Schwarz/Despite It All Cruel to Be Kind Ducks Deluxe/Taxi to the Terminal Zone ASIN: B00003GPKC Release Date: 2002-02-15

Tracks:

1. Shining Brightly
2. Country Girl
3. Starship
4. Funk Angel
5. Nightingale
6. Ju Ju Man
7. Happy Doing What We're Doing
8. Surrender To The Rhythm
9. Don't Ose Your Grip On Love
10. Hypocrite
11. (It's Gonna Be A) Bring Down
12. Run Rudolf Run
13. (What's So Funny 'bout) Peace Love And
14. There's A Cloud In My Heart
15. I Like You I Don't Love You
16. Rockin' Chair
17. Hooked On Love
18. The Ugly Things
19. Nervous On The Road (But Can't Stay At Home)
20. Home In My Hand

Album Description

Two 70's albums issued on one CD, featuring Nick Lowe, Ian Gomm. Includes the track '(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding'. The full titles are 'Original Golden Greats' & 'Fifteen Thoughts Of Brinsley Schwarz'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Album Details

A Two on One CD Reissue Offering a Total of 20 Tracks! featuring Nick Lowe, Ian Gomm and Others. Plus a Bunch of Classic Songs Including 'What's So Funny Bout Peace, Love and Understanding'.

Customer Reviews:

BRITISH COUNTRY ROCK PIONEERS.......2001-03-16

The Brinsley's biggest claim to fame is probably that they were Great Britain's first country rock band. The trouble with that is country rock was just not the British music of choice in the late 60's early 70's. So this band never quite got their feet off the ground. The shame of it was that they were much more than a country rock outfit. They also could play some great R&B, as in "FUNK ANGEL, BRING DOWN, and I LIKE YOU I DON'T LOVE YOU, which features some great sax work by Bob Andrews. There's also plenty of great rock and roll on here. Chuck Berry's RUN RUDOLF RUN, and probably their most famous tune WHAT'S SO FUNNY 'BOUT PEACE, LOVE, AND UNDERSTANDING, which fellow Brit Elvis Costello later made a hit out of. Most of the songs on here, Nick Lowe wrote, or had a hand in writing. And he also sings on most of these tunes. All these guys are fabulous musicians in their own right. Nick Lowe is the most famous because of his solo career. But Ian Gomm, who helped write much of Brinsley's later material,went on to have a brief, but very good solo career, releasing 2 excellent solo albums in the early 80's. And Bob Andrews, who is a great keyboard player as well as playing sax, along with guitar player extraordiaire Brinsley Schwarz, formed the Rumour, which went on to become one of the most talented bands to come out of Britain. Later becoming Graham Parker and the Rumour. This early stuff doesn't sound anything like the rugged sound of the Rumour. But it's still a good testimony to a talented band who had a lot of potential. But their timing was just a little bit too far ahead of the British country rock curb. I recommend this cd of their 2 greatest hits albums over some of their other twofers compilations. This one covers the Brinsley's whole career from 1970-75. And it offers a better variety of the bands musical styles.

Twice The Fun!.......2001-02-24

What could be better than a Brinsley Schwartz comp? How about two Brinsley Schwartz comps on one CD? This is really all that the casual fan of BS needs (is there such a thing?). It is an excellent retrospective, tracing them from their beginnings as a hippy/psychedelic influenced country rock band in the California style to the nascent pub rock madmen they became. Any Nick Lowe collection is incomplete without Brinsely Schwartz and fans of the Buffalo Springfield and CS & N will also find much to admire. Another reviewer complained about the quality of the CD, but the one I got from Amazon had no problems. The tracks on this album are almost uniformly excellent (although I could do without `Run Rudolf Run') especially notable are `Country Girl', `Shining Brightly', Happy Doing What We're Doing' and `(What's So Funny About) Peace Love And Understanding'

Fine album that needs remastering. Desperately........2000-09-29

It may be a new release and it may be remastered but it still sounds pretty bad. The volume throughout this disc alternates between quiet and loud all within the same song. Sounds like the tape operator who did the final transfer was asleep at the board (this usually happens when the tape moves away from the playback or record head).

The quality of the songs? 4 1/2 stars. Although the bulk of the material is very very good some of the material is a bit too derivative of the Band and Nick Lowe had yet to buff his songwriting style to the shine we are used to hearing. Still, there are quite a few gems on this album. Granted BS was inspired by the Band but by the time of their third album they had clearly found a voice all their own. They deserve to be heard--correctly.

BGO has done a terrific job in the past both on Brinsley and other bands (most notably Katrina & The Waves first two albums and a couple of Gentle Giant albums). How this one got past quality control is beyond me.

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Cruel to Be Kind Brinsley Schwarz Manufacturer: Hux Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: What IS So Funny About Peace Love & Understanding? Silver Pistol/Please Don't Ever Change Nervous on the Road/New Favorites Original Golden Greats/Fifteen Thoughts of Brinsley Schwarz All Too Much/Blow You Out ASIN: B0001QNOBU Release Date: 2004-05-03

Tracks:

1. Surrender to the Rhythm
2. Range War
3. Silver Pistol
4. Nervous on the Road (But Can't Stay at Home)
5. You Never Can Tell
6. Egypt
7. Ju Ju Man
8. Home in My Hand
9. Rocking Chair
10. Do the Cod (The Thirty Pounder)
11. Hooked on Love
12. Why Do We Hurt the One We Love
13. Don't Lose Your Grip on Love
14. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
15. Wait
16. We Can Mess Around With Anything But Love - Brinsley Schwarz
17. Cruel to Be Kind
18. Cried My Last Tear
19. Give Me Back My Love

Product Description

1. Surrender To The Rhythm
2. Range War
3. Silver Pistol
4. Nervous On The Road
5. You Never Can Tell *
6. Egypt
7. Ju Ju Man
8. Home In My Hand
9. Rocking Chair
10. Do The Cod (The Thirty Pounder) *
11. Hooked On Love
12. Why Do We Hurt The One We Love
13. Don't Lose Your Grip On Love
14. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me *
15. Wait *
16. We Can Mess Around With Anything But Love *
17. Cruel To Be Kind*
18. Cried My Last Tear
19. Give Me Back My Love *

* previously unreleased

Format: CD

Average customer rating:

What IS So Funny About Peace Love & Understanding? Brinsley Schwarz Manufacturer: Hux Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Cruel to Be Kind Brinsley Schwarz/Despite It All Nervous on the Road/New Favorites Silver Pistol/Please Don't Ever Change Ducks Deluxe/Taxi to the Terminal Zone ASIN: B00005O7PQ Release Date: 2001-10-29

Tracks:

1. Havin' A Party
2. It's Been So Long
3. She's Got To Be Real
4. Nervous On The Road
5. You Got Me Hummin'
6. Mama Told Me Not To Come
7. Play That Fast Thing One More Time
8. I Worry ('Bout You Baby)
9. Ju Ju Man
10. Small Town Big City
11. Everybody
12. I Got The Real Thing
13. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love And Understanding
14. Ann Eliza Jane
15. In No Resistance
16. You Don't Need To Laugh
17. Wild Night

Product Description

1. Havin' A Party
2. Been So Long
3. She's Got To Be Real
4. Nervous On The Road
5. You Got Me Hummin'
6. Mama Told Me Not To Come
7. Play That Fast Thing
8. I Worry
9. Ju Ju Man
10. Small Town Big City
11. Everybody
12. I Got The Real Thing
13. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love & Understanding with Frankie Miller
14. Ann Eliza Jane
15. No Resistance
16. You Don't Need To Laugh
17. Wild Night

Format: VHS

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1. Canadian Tribute [Import]
2. Celtic Knights
3. Conversa Con Os Anjos [Import]
4. Corridos de la Frontera [Live]
5. Dancetaria [Import]
6. Deshabillez-Moi [Import]
7. Discotecagem Pop Variada [Import]
8. Dream Express [CD-single] [Import]
9. Dress Code [Import]
10. En Public Olympia 1961 [Import]

World Music

world music

World Music

Live in Buffalo [Live]

DONALD ISLER Plays Piano Works of SCHNABEL and BEETHOVEN

Debussy: Children's Corner L. 113; Ravel: Jeux d'eau

Maiden Voyage

Chihuahua [CD-single] [Import]

Dance Of The Soul

Best of Israel V.2 [Import]

Booty Bass, Vol. 3

First Offence [Enhanced]

Bedism [Import]

By the Way

Continental [Live]

Blood, Sweat & No Tears

In Spirit and in Truth: Live Worship

Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi