Nick Lowe – THE PALLADIUM PALAVER CD

By late summer 2001, Nick Lowe was ready to release his 11th studio album, The Convincer, the final instalment in Lowe’s so-named comeback trilogy, following the equally well received The Impossible Bird from 1994, and Dig My Mood in 1998. Mojo magazine commented in a glowing review for the new record; ‘Nick Lowe has made the album of his career, a dozen stories of love and loss so beautifully simple that you’ll never get to the bottom of them’.On October 14th 2001, Lowe and his band performed at London’s prestigious Palladium theatre, the final night of a short UK tour to promote the new release, which was recorded for live radio broadcast. Featuring a superb set-list which includes a host of cuts from The Convincer (including the gorgeous, ‘Let Things Slide’ and the hilarious, ‘Has She Got A Friend’) rubbing shoulders with Lowe classics such as ‘Half A Boy and Half A Man’, ‘Cruel To Be Kind’ and ‘I Knew The Bride’, plus a couple of choice covers and a fine selection from previous albums.Previously unreleased, this remarkable gig is now available in its entirety on this new CD, one of only a handful of live albums on catalogue from this master songwriter and performer.As bonus tracks, this new release also includes Nick’s unplugged ‘Tiny Desk Concert’ from 2010, a short four-track, in-house show from this enticing series, performed in front of an invited audience,  which remains both rarely heard and quite remarkable.