22-10-2009, 10:49
from my library
Nick Lowe And His Cowboy Outfit - The Rose Of England - 1985
![[Image: e81451gigot.jpg]](http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre800/e814/e81451gigot.jpg)
Not much cowboy about this effort. Sure, the rockabilly roots are evident but cowboy?. The band tag comes from the previous album title but was dropped after this one, Lowe's seventh. No singles charted here and the album reached #119. Indoor Fireworks is a beautiful song, but after all, that belongs to Elvis. My album has a different cover and sequence but the tracks remain the same. Maybe it's a U.S./U.K. thing. My cover is the one pictured in track #6. Neither cover is very appealing.
I like this album.
Favorite Track - The Rose Of England
Taking nothing but his daddy's old bone-grip knife
He traded but a little for the wayward life
A faint heart never won fair hand
So says the Rose of England
From high on a hill came the clarion call
To gain young men, come one, come all
Make muster 'gainst the foreign hand
That's raised to the Rose of England
For her feckless boys she did weep and wail
Saying, Lord have mercy where did I fail?
Out of my belly, the pick up a gun
And fall for the Rose of England
God knows it's a cold outside
It's a fire by day and a freeze at night
I know it's a hell out there
How loud the mouth when the heart don't care
He's damned if he don't, and damned if he do
He'd die if he ever found out we knew
Hot potato, drop it and run
Far from the Rose of England
1) I Knew The Bride (When She Use To Rock And Roll) - *** - live
YouTube - Nick Lowe Dave Edmunds Rockpile I KNEW THE BRIDE
2) She Don't Love Nobody - ** - audio
YouTube - Nick Lowe - She Don't Love Nobody
3) 7 Nights To Rock - ** - audio
YouTube - Nick Lowe 7 Nights to Rock (audio)
4) Long Walk Back - * - audio
YouTube - Nick Lowe And His Cowboy Outfit - Long Walk Back
5) The Rose Of England - *** - live
YouTube - Nick Lowe THE ROSE OF ENGLAND
6) Lucky Dog - ** - audio
YouTube - LUCKY DOG - Nick Lowe (1985)
7) Darlin' Angel Eyes - **
8) Indoor Fireworks - ** - audio
YouTube - Nick Lowe Indoor Fireworks (audio) elvis costello
9) (Hope To God) I'm Right - **
10) I Can Be The One You Love - ***
11) Everyone - **
12) Bobo Ska Diddle Daddle - * - live
YouTube - Nick Lowe live @ Warner Brothers (1/4)
3's - 3
2's - 7
1's - 2
Rating - 2.1
Nick Lowe And His Cowboy Outfit - The Rose Of England - 1985
![[Image: e81451gigot.jpg]](http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre800/e814/e81451gigot.jpg)
Not much cowboy about this effort. Sure, the rockabilly roots are evident but cowboy?. The band tag comes from the previous album title but was dropped after this one, Lowe's seventh. No singles charted here and the album reached #119. Indoor Fireworks is a beautiful song, but after all, that belongs to Elvis. My album has a different cover and sequence but the tracks remain the same. Maybe it's a U.S./U.K. thing. My cover is the one pictured in track #6. Neither cover is very appealing.
I like this album.
Favorite Track - The Rose Of England
Taking nothing but his daddy's old bone-grip knife
He traded but a little for the wayward life
A faint heart never won fair hand
So says the Rose of England
From high on a hill came the clarion call
To gain young men, come one, come all
Make muster 'gainst the foreign hand
That's raised to the Rose of England
For her feckless boys she did weep and wail
Saying, Lord have mercy where did I fail?
Out of my belly, the pick up a gun
And fall for the Rose of England
God knows it's a cold outside
It's a fire by day and a freeze at night
I know it's a hell out there
How loud the mouth when the heart don't care
He's damned if he don't, and damned if he do
He'd die if he ever found out we knew
Hot potato, drop it and run
Far from the Rose of England
1) I Knew The Bride (When She Use To Rock And Roll) - *** - live
YouTube - Nick Lowe Dave Edmunds Rockpile I KNEW THE BRIDE
2) She Don't Love Nobody - ** - audio
YouTube - Nick Lowe - She Don't Love Nobody
3) 7 Nights To Rock - ** - audio
YouTube - Nick Lowe 7 Nights to Rock (audio)
4) Long Walk Back - * - audio
YouTube - Nick Lowe And His Cowboy Outfit - Long Walk Back
5) The Rose Of England - *** - live
YouTube - Nick Lowe THE ROSE OF ENGLAND
6) Lucky Dog - ** - audio
YouTube - LUCKY DOG - Nick Lowe (1985)
7) Darlin' Angel Eyes - **
8) Indoor Fireworks - ** - audio
YouTube - Nick Lowe Indoor Fireworks (audio) elvis costello
9) (Hope To God) I'm Right - **
10) I Can Be The One You Love - ***
11) Everyone - **
12) Bobo Ska Diddle Daddle - * - live
YouTube - Nick Lowe live @ Warner Brothers (1/4)
3's - 3
2's - 7
1's - 2
Rating - 2.1