| Jesus of Cool | ||||
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| Released | March 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1976–77 | |||
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| Length | 33:17 | |||
| Label | Radar | |||
| Producer | Nick Lowe | |||
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Jesus of Cool is the solo debut album by British singer-songwriter Nick Lowe. Produced by Lowe, it was released in March 1978 by Radar Records in the UK.
In the United States, the album was reconfigured by Columbia Records and retitled Pure Pop for Now People, a slogan that had appeared on the original UK album cover, with Columbia opting for a different track listing: "Shake and Pop" was replaced with "They Called It Rock," a slightly different version of the song by Lowe's other band Rockpile, which had been included as a single-sided bonus 45 in the original UK album; the live version of "Heart of the City" was replaced with a studio version that had been released as the b-side of Lowe's "So It Goes" single on Stiff Records; and "Rollers Show," a song originally released by Lowe in 1977 as a United Artists novelty single under the name Tartan Horde (a follow-up to their single "Bay City Rollers We Love You"),[3] was added. The songs are also in a different order than the UK version.
Jesus of Cool has been highly acclaimed by critics. In February 2008, it was reissued in an expanded, deluxe edition by Proper Records in the UK and Yep Roc Records in the US.[4] On 23 April 2022, for Record Store Day, the album was rereleased again under the name Wireless World, combining the track lists of Jesus of Cool and Pure Pop for Now People into one album.[5]
Two verses of the song "So It Goes" were featured in the 1979 film Rock 'n' Roll High School.
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- ^ Segretto, Mike (2022). "1978". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute – A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. p. 348. ISBN 9781493064601.
- ^ "Tartan Horde – Rollers Show – Allorolla Part 1 (1977, Vinyl)". Discogs.
- ^ Maher, Dave (5 December 2007). "Nick Lowe Reissues, Expands Jesus of Cool". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 19 December 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2007.
- ^ RSD '22 Special Release: Nick Lowe – Wireless World, retrieved 24 April 2022