Album: Labour of Lust
Year: 1979
Nick Lowe had a pretty fucking great 1979, even beyond the success of “Cruel to Be Kind.”
Not only did he record and release two albums with Rockpile — his own Labour of Lust and and Dave Edmunds’ Repeat When Necessary — he also found time to produce his fourth Elvis Costello album in three years, Get Happy!!, all of which was part of his D.I.Y. aesthetic, a philosophy that has stuck with me to this day.
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