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The Convincer Image
Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critic Reviews What's this?

User Score
6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

  • Summary: The final installment in the 52-year-old Lowe's comback trilogy follows 1994's 'The Impossible Bird' and 1998's 'Dig My Mood.'
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Mojo
    90
    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. [Nov 2001, p.12]
  2. Magnet
    90
    The Convincer gives Lowe yet another gold star with which to pad that resume. [#51, p.99]
  3. Lowe keeps turning out albums that sound like the best of his career.
  4. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    Old soul and country records hover like guardian angles over trim, unhurried tunes... [14 Sep 2001, p.94]
  5. The Convincer is a laid-back record that simply feels good.
  6. Even darker and more emotionally resonant than its impressive predecessors.
  7. Q Magazine
    60
    The Convincer slots in smoothly behind 1998's Dig My Mood. [Oct 2001, p.126]
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. FredV.
    Jan 25, 2002
    10
    Mi compadre, Nick Lowe, is pure genius. Every new page in his resume is strikingly new material, never stale. Nick gets better with age. Mi compadre, Nick Lowe, is pure genius. Every new page in his resume is strikingly new material, never stale. Nick gets better with age. Nick, round up Bobby, Geraint and the rest of the mates and let's tour. Don't forget Orange County. Collapse
  2. DaveC.
    Jul 17, 2002
    10
    best album of the year
  3. RickF.
    Jul 22, 2002
    10
    Best of 2001
  4. Jaska
    Mar 11, 2007
    10
    Great album!
  5. MikeH.
    Aug 23, 2002
    10
    easily the best album of nick's career. miss this album at your peril!
  6. TomP.
    Feb 4, 2002
    9
    It's great to hear Nick Lowe back in fine form! Its nice, laid-back and soulful tunes are just a peasure to listen to!