Quiet Please… is the definitive career-spanning best-of from the British pop genius that makes all other collections obsolete. The 49-track compendium documents the development of one of popular music’s greatest song crafters, from his pub rock days in Brinsley Schwarz and later Rockpile, to his now legendary solo career. Healthy doses of material from 20 different albums combine …
2008 marks the 30th anniversary of Nick Lowe’s seminal 1978 album Jesus of Cool. The album, released in the U.S. as Pure Pop for Now People, marks the beginning of one of the most storied and influential solo careers in pop music and marks the true emergence of a songwriting monolith. The album is a literal compendium of …
The 1993 release of Wild Wood single handedly changed Weller’s persona. No longer was he only ‘Paul Weller of The Jam/Style Council’, now he was the larger than life ‘Modfather,’ the patriarch of Britpop, championed by groups like Oasis and all things hip. Led by a renewed creative spark and expanded influences including Nick Drake, Traffic and even …