Nick Lowe
Basher: The Best of Nick Lowe
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Date:  1989
Format:  ARC
Genre:  New Wave
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 So It Goes    2:31
      2.  
      		 Heart of the City    2:01
      3.  
      		 (I Love the Sound of) Breaking Glass    3:12
      4.  
      		 Little Hitler    2:59
      5.  
      		 No Reason    3:31
      6.  
      		 36 Inches High    2:58
      7.  
      		 Marie Provost    2:47
      8.  
      		 American Squirm    2:31
      9.  
      		 Cracking Up    2:58
      10.  
      		 Big Kick, Plain Scrap    2:28
      11.  
      		 Born Figher    3:09
      12.  
      		 Switch Board Susan    3:48
      13.  
      		 Without Love    2:28
      14.  
      		 Cruel to be Kind    3:28
      15.  
      		 When I Write the Book    3:17
      16.  
      		 Heart    3:42
      17.  
      		 Raging Eyes    2:38
      18.  
      		 Time Wounds All Heels    2:44
      19.  
      		 Maureen    3:06
      20.  
      		 Half a Boy & Half a Man    2:55
      21.  
      		 7 Nights to Rock    2:46
      22.  
      		 She Don't Love Nobody    3:23
      23.  
      		 The Rose of England    3:26
      24.  
      		 I Knew the Bride    4:26
      25.  
      		 Lovers Jamboree    3:41
      Containing no less than 25 tracks, Basher: The Best of Nick Lowe is an excellent overview of Lowe's solo career, detailing how he evolved from a quirky, innovative new wave pop craftsman to a fine roots rocker. All of Lowe's absolutely essential songs — from "So It Goes" and "Heart of the City" through "Cracking Up," "Born Fighter," and "Cruel to Be Kind" to "American Squirm," "The Rose of England" "Half a Boy and Half a Man" and "Raging Eyes" — are here, and while Jesus of Cool and Labour of Lust are essential in their own right, Basher is a terrific introduction to his body of work.