On the cover of his solo debut album Jesus of Cool, Nick Lowe is pictured in six rock & roll get-ups -- hippie, folkie, greasy rock & roller, new wave hipster -- giving the not-so-subtle implication that this guy can do anything. Nick proves that assumption correct on Jesus of Cool, a record so good it was named twice...


Nobody may have bettered Jesus of Cool, but Yep Roc's 30th Anniversary edition of the album betters it by tacking on ten bonus tracks, all recorded after the demise of Brinsley Schwarz in 1974 and before the 1978 release of Jesus of Cool -- a time that was dubbed The Wilderness Years on a 1992 compilation that gathered these stray tracks.

- Stephen Erlewine, All Music Guide

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