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Released
  
1990

Release date
  
1990

Label
  
Reprise Records

Artist
  
Nick Lowe

Producer
  
Dave Edmunds

Genres
  
Rock music, Rock and roll

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Recorded
  
March 1988 - October 1989

Studio
  
Oceanway Studios, Los Angeles Record One Studios, Sherman Oaks, California

Party of One (1990)
  
The Impossible Bird (1994)

Similar
  
Nick Lowe albums, Rock and roll albums

Party of One is an album by English singer-songwriter Nick Lowe. Produced by Dave Edmunds, it was released in 1990 by Reprise Records and reissued with altered cover art and two bonus tracks in 1995 by Upstart Records.

Contents

Party of One is one of only two Nick Lowe solo albums with no cover songs, as it is made up entirely of songs written or co-written by Lowe (the other album is 1982's Nick the Knife).

Track listing

All songs written by Nick Lowe except as noted.

Side one

  1. "You Got the Look I Like"
  2. "(I Want to Build a) Jumbo Ark"
  3. "Gai-Gin Man"
  4. "Who Was That Man?"
  5. "What's Shakin' on the Hill"

Side two

  1. "Shting-Shtang"
  2. "All Men Are Liars"
  3. "Rocky Road" (Lowe, Simon Kirke)
  4. "Refrigerator White"
  5. "I Don't Know Why You Keep Me On"
  6. "Honeygun"

CD reissue bonus tracks

  1. "You Stabbed Me in the Front"
  2. "Rocket Coast"

Personnel

  • Nick Lowe – bass guitar, lead vocals
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Bill Kirchen – electric guitar
  • Paul Carrack – organ, piano
  • Austin De Lone – piano, acoustic guitar
  • Ry Cooder – electric guitar, mandolin
  • Dave Edmunds – electric guitar
  • Ray Brown – string bass on "What's Shakin' on the Hill"
  • Most of the above – backing vocals

    • Songs

    1You Got the Look I Like3:24
    2(I Want to Build a) Jumbo Ark3:32
    3Gai-Gin Man2:47

    References

    Party of One Wikipedia
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