Title: Not for Now People
Product review: After listening to The Impossible Bird, I wish Lowe had never taken the Country turn in the road. He was much more potent and palateable when he stayed within the his natural abilities of pop and rock. Lost in his Englishman-goes-Country stylings is the real genius of being an English pop master that were once evident on Pure Pop/Jesus of Cool and his production efforts with the Pretenders and the Damned. This music doesn't feel true to it's roots! Lowe's voice simply wasn't made for the Country influenced genre. It saddens me that someone who could have (should have) made many more brilliant pop records has been side tracked by a fascination for American Country music, something he should leave on his record player. I found many of the tracks on Bird sounding rather contrived. And all the twanging just got on my nerves.
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