Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. So It Goes
2. Heart of the City
3. Born a Woman
4. Shake That Rat
5. Marie Provost
6. Endless Sleep
7. I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock 'N' Roll) - (live)
8. Halfway to Paradise
9. I Don't Want the Night to End
10. I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass
11. Little Hitler
12. Cruel to Be Kind - (orginial version)
13. Tonight
14. No Reason
15. 36 Inches High
16. American Squirm
17. Cracking Up
18. Basing Street
19. Cruel to Be Kind - (single version)
20. Born Fighter
21. Switch Board Susan
22. Without Love
23. Burning
24. Heart
25. My Heart Hurts
26. Raining Raining
DISC 2:
1. Ragin' Eyes
2. Time Wounds All Heels
3. Half a Boy and Half a Man
4. Awesome
5. Maureen
6. Darlin' Angel Eyes
7. She Don't Love Nobody
8. 7 Nights to Rock
9. Rose of England, The
10. I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock 'N' Roll)
11. Indoor Fireworks
12. Bo Bo Skediddle
13. Wildest Dream (You're My)
14. Crying in My Sleep
15. Lovers' Jamboree
16. Big Big Love
17. What's Shakin' on the Hill
18. All Men Are Liars
19. Gal-Gin Man
20. You Stabbed Me in the Front
DISC 3:
1. Soulful Wind
2. Beast in Me, The
3. True Love Travels on a Gravel Road
4. Shelley My Love
5. Where's My Everything?
6. 12-Step Program (To Quit You Babe)
7. Lover Don't Go
8. I Live on a Battlefield
9. 14 Days
10. In the Middle of It All
11. Peace, Love and Understanding, (What's So Funny 'Bout)
12. Faithless Lover
13. Lonesome Reverie
14. You Inspire Me
15. Time I Took a Holiday
16. Man That I've Become
17. Freezing
18. High on a Hilltop
19. Lead Me Not
20. I Must Be Getting Over You
DISC 4:
1. Pet You and Hold You - (live, US 1982)
2. Crackin' Up - (live, US 1982)
3. Peace, Love and Understanding?, (What's So Funny 'Bout) - (live, US 1982)
4. Baby It's You - (with Elvis Costello)
5. Don't Think About Her - (previously unreleased, 1989 Demo)
6. Rocky Road - (previously unreleased, 1989 Demo)
7. Losin' Boy - (previously unreleased, 1994 home recording)
8. Love Is After Me - (previously unreleased, 1994 home recording)
9. Lonely Just Like Me - (previously unreleased, 1994 home recording)
10. 36 Inches High - (live, in Japan, 1994)
11. Raining Raining - (previously unreleased, live, in Japan, 1994)
12. Without Love - (live, Europe, 1995)
13. Lover Don't Go - (live, Europe, 1995)
14. Dream Girl - (live, Europe, 1995)
15. I'm Coming Home - (live, Europe, 1995)
16. I'll Give You All Night to Stop - (1995 studio outake with the Impossible Birds)
17. Soulful Wind - (live, in Japan, 1998)
18. She Don't Love Nobody - (live, in Japan, 1998)
19. Cruel to Be Kind - (live, in Japan, 1998)
20. Half a Boy and Half a Man - (live, in Japan, 1998)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Elvis Costello | | Distributor: | (Independently by Label) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Lowe may have only one true hit to his credit (1979's "Cruel To Be Kind"), but he is one of rock's most respected artists. Across 86 tracks, THE DOINGS traces his transformation from self-styled "Jesus of Cool" and purveyor of "pure pop for now people" into a bluesy roots-rocker and perennial critics' darling. The fun-filled pure pop on disc 1 was recorded between 1976 and 1982, skipping recordings from Lowe's tenure as bassist/singer in Brinsley Schwarz, Rockpile, and Little Village. The disc kicks off with "So It Goes," Lowe's 1976 Stiff Records debut single, and collects obscure B-sides (the rocking "Shake That Rat") and sublime power pop numbers ("I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass," "American Squirm").
Discs two and three explore Lowe's 1983-1998 output and find him moving away from boisterous garage rock ("Half A Boy And Half A Man") in favor of reflective roots rock ("Shelly My Love"). A fourth disc of unreleased studio recordings and live tracks will be of greatest interest to Lowe's dedicated cult following. THE DOINGS is packaged with a colorful, picture-packed booklet and a historical essay. This is a fine and long-overdue look at one of rock's most interesting and consistent artists.
Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - ...This exhaustive (but rarely dull) selection...covers a mere 15 years....Generally excellent.
Q (10/01/1999)
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