The Impossible Bird
The Impossible Bird is an album by British singer-songwriter Nick Lowe. Produced by Lowe and Neil Brockbank, it was released in the United Kingdom in 1994 on Demon Records and elsewhere by Upstart Records.
Reception
In a contemporary review of The Impossible Bird, Rolling Stone critic Paul Evans said that the album showed Lowe "in excellent form" with songs that "demonstrate a prodigious productivity and an emotional realism that ranges from heartbreak... to a well-earned bittersweet humor". People called it a "high point" for Lowe, while Los Angeles Times critic Mike Boehm wrote: "The only real impossibility on this album lies in trying to resist the gently seductive pop charms of the crafty old bird who made it." Less receptive was Robert Christgau of The Village Voice, who merely gave the album a "neither" rating.Personnel
- Nick Lowe – vocals, rhythm guitars, bass
- Geraint Watkins – organ, electric guitars, electric lead guitar
- Bill Kirchen – electric guitars, trombone
- Gary Grainger – fuzz guitar
- Paul Riley – bass
- Bobby Irwin – drums
- Paul Laventhol – shakers
Production
- Nick Lowe – producer
- Neil Brockbank – producer, mixing
- Paul Laventhol – session assistant
- David Scheinmann – cover photography
- Jimmy Gaston – personal photography
- Barry Jones – acrylic on cardboard
- Valerie Boyd – design concept, back photography
- Clinton Blue – hair stylist