At My Age - Nick Lowe
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Universal acclaim- based on 13 Ratings

  • Summary: His age? 58. And "At My Age" marks the first studio recording for the English singer-songwriter in six years.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. [A] finely honed collection. [29 Jun 2007, p.136]
  2. It takes time to make music as effortless and elegant as this, to construct songs this finely detailed.
  3. 80
    [It] sidles forth with an easy-going aura, belying the artistry within. [Jul 2007, p.107]
  4. 46
    The lyrical chops are intact but the production is far too dated.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. MayaM.
    10
    Fantastic!!
  2. PaulE.
    10
    They don't make records like this anymore. It's not an event record, there's nothing masterpiece about it. It's just perfect pop for now, people. Expand
  3. StephenU
    9
    Albums this sublime don't come around very often. Lowe plainly has put his 58 years of humanity into this album, although most of the songs on this album are clearly not autobiographical. For this we should be thankful, instead of an introspective confessional album that many artists at his age fall prey to, we get to enjoy a great storyteller who is also a great singer/songwriter. Near perfect! Expand
  4. mikes.
    5
    Well the new nick lowe sounds exactly like the last three albums he's released. He sounds old, so the album of the title is appropriate. An overrated album, i'm a big fan of old school nick lowe and rockpile but this album is nothing like the nick lowe we all love and adore. The main problem is that at the time of jesus of cool and his albums released early in his career is the production. The production on those old albums were modern sounding for the time, this albums sounds as if it was recorded back in the 70's and offers nothing new to a modern listener. His songwriting is also over cynical and not as enjoyable as his old stuff. His lyrics are playful but the lyrics don't match the somber tone and "mature" sound the record. Expand

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