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The Old Magic

Nick Lowe

The Old Magic

Album number thirteen for the veteran singer-songwriter and key figure in early UK pub rock and new wave scene

ADM rating[?]

7.6

Label
Proper
UK Release date
12/09/2011
US Release date
13/09/2011
  1. 10.0 |   Blurt

    His songs about heartbreak and loneliness are tight wonders
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  2. 8.5 |   Paste Magazine

    Nick Lowe has put out his best album in many years and more than three decades into his career, the British tunesmith may be just beginning to hit his stride
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  3. 8.0 |   The Scotsman

    Lowe is a charmingly dishevelled, believable crooner
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  4. 8.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    Treads a gingerly path between the lighter textures of honky-tonk and a sort of indie lounge-pop. Charming
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  5. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Shows that not only does Lowe possess an acidic pen, he still has the ability to craft memorable, hummable tunes
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  6. 8.0 |   Spin

    These lightly swinging throwback grooves and torchy ballads brim with ruminations ?about love from a sly, sure-handed codger who's been around the block more than twice
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  7. 8.0 |   Uncut

    An understated voice growing richer with age. Print edition only

  8. 8.0 |   Q

    Heartbreaking, post-love songs such as I Read A Lot and Spotlight Roses steal the show. Print edition only

  9. 8.0 |   Daily Telegraph

    Delightful collection of country bar-room and lounge ballads
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  10. 8.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Provides a lesson in restraint that the plethora of modern singer-songwriters would do well to learn from
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  11. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    For the most part, this is a very nostalgic and very American sound
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  12. 7.5 |   A.V. Club

    A cheery reminder that the pilot light is still on for one of the brightest songwriters of the ’70s
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  13. 7.0 |   BBC

    It’s Nat King Cole who most frequently comes to mind, Lowe’s voice now almost a facsimile of those soft, sensuous tones
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  14. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    He's a cynical eye attached to a big heart
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  15. 6.0 |   Scotland on Sunday

    Like a lovingly curated museum, this is great for the occasional visit but not to be dwelled upon
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  16. 6.0 |   The Independent

    Stuffed with the kind of retro-styled standards that will doubtless be mined by generations of Nashville crooners to come
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  17. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Mixes vintage country, soul and R&B. Print edition only


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  • 1. Stoplight Roses N/A
  • 2. Checkout Time N/A
  • 3. House For Sale N/A
  • 4. Sensitive Man N/A
  • 5. I Read A Lot N/A
  • 6. Shame On The Rain N/A
  • 7. Restless Feeling N/A
  • 8. The Poisoned Rose N/A
  • 9. Somebody Cares For Me N/A
  • 10. You Don't Know Me At All N/A
  • 11. 'Til The Real Thing Comes Along N/A
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