''Nick the Knife'' is the third solo album by

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Background

The record still has several ties to

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with Lowe's former bandmates

Billy Bremner William John Bremner (9 December 1942 – 7 December 1997) was a Scottish professional footballer and manager. Regarded as one of the game's great midfielders, he combined precision passing skills with tenacious tackling and physical stam ...

and Terry Williams both playing on the album. The album includes Lowe's slower remake of the Rockpile song "Heart"; the original version can be found on the band's album ''

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'', sung by Bremner. ''Nick the Knife'' reached #50 on the ''Billboard'' 200, and #99 on the UK album charts. No singles from the album made the US or UK charts, although in Canada "Stick It Where The Sun Don't Shine" hit the top 40. ''Nick the Knife'' is notable for being one of only two Lowe solo albums with no cover versions, including only songs written or co-written by Lowe, the other album being his 1990 ''

Party of One ''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. ''Party of One'' i ...

''. A 1990 CD of the album was issued on

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with the catalog number FIEND CD 183. The album was reissued by

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in 2017.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Nick Lowe except where noted. #"Burning" - 2:07 #"Heart" (Lowe,

) – 3:41 #"Stick It Where the Sun Don't Shine" – 3:42 #"Queen of Sheba" – 2:30 #"My Heart Hurts" (Lowe,

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) - 2:39 #"Couldn't Love You (Any More Than I Do)" – 2:36 #"Let Me Kiss Ya" – 2:56 #"Too Many Teardrops" (Lowe, Carter) – 2:33 #"Ba Doom" – 2:19 #"Raining Raining" – 2:45 #"One's Too Many (And a Hundred Ain't Enough)" (Lowe,

Kim Wilson Kim Wilson (born January 6, 1951) is an American blues singer and harmonica player. He is best known as the lead vocalist and frontman for the Fabulous Thunderbirds on two hit songs of the 1980s, "Tuff Enuff" (which was the group's only Top 40 ...

) – 2:37 #"Zulu Kiss" (Lowe, J.E. Ceiling) – 3:22 Bonus tracks from 2017 YepRoc reissue: #

"Heart (Demo)" - 3:53 #"Raining Raining (Demo)" - 1:55 #"I Got a Job" - 3:01

Personnel

Nick Lowe Nicholas Drain Lowe (born 24 March 1949) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer. A noted figure in power pop and new wave,Bobby Irwin Bobby Irwin (23 March 1953 – 8 May 2015) was an English drummer, record producer and songwriter. He is known for working in close collaboration with Nick Lowe as co-songwriter and drummer and as a member of Lowe's band the Cowboy Outfit, as w ...

– drums, backing vocals * Terry Williams – drums *

– guitars *

Martin Belmont Martin Belmont (born 21 December 1948) is an English rock and country-blues guitarist, best known for being a founding member of Graham Parker & The Rumour. Life and career Belmont was born in Bromley, Kent, England. After working as a roadie ...

– guitars *Aldo Bocca – guitars, drums on "Heart", engineer *Neill King – piano and

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

, audio grip *

– piano and Hammond organ *

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– piano and Hammond organ *Ben Barson – piano and Hammond organ *

Paul Carrack Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...

– piano and Hammond organ *James Eller – more bass

Singles

Three songs from the album were released as singles: *"Stick it Where the Sun Don’t Shine" b/w "My Heart Hurts" *"Burning" b/w "Zulu Kiss" *"My Heart Hurts" - released in four versions: #promo b/w same #b/w "Stick it Where the Sun Don’t Shine" #double 45 with three live songs "Pet You and Hold You", "Cracking Up" and "(What’s So Funny ’bout) Peace, Love and Understanding" #b/w "Pet You and Hold You" (Live) Live versions recorded by Nick Lowe and His Noise To Go, February 10, 1982 at the Agora Ballroom,

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, Ohio

Cover version

In 2015, Justin Remer of

Elastic No-No Band Elastic No-No Band was a musical group based in New York City's anti-folk scene. Started in the mid-2000s, the band's name was initially just a pseudonym for its leader and main songwriter, Justin Remer. After 2005, Elastic No-No Band's line-up a ...

recorded covers of all 12 tracks on ''Nick the Knife'' with his side project Duck the Piano Wire and released it as the album ''Duck the Knife: A Homemade Remake of Nick Lowe's "Nick the Knife."''

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