The New Favourites of Brinsley Schwarz
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The New Favourites of Brinsley Schwarz is the final studio album by Brinsley Schwarz
Brinsley Schwarz
Brinsley Schwarz were a 1970s English pub rock band, named after their guitarist Brinsley Schwarz. With Nick Lowe on bass and vocals, keyboardist Bob Andrews and drummer Billy Rankin, the band evolved from the 1960s pop band Kippington Lodge.-Formation:...

, released in 1974, produced by Dave Edmunds
Dave Edmunds
David 'Dave' Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with Pub rock and New Wave, and had numerous hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll.-Early bands:As a teenager Edmunds first...

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Track listing

  1. "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding
    (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding
    " Peace, Love, and Understanding" is a 1970s song written by English musician Nick Lowe and recorded in the best-known version by Elvis Costello....

    " (Lowe) – 3:34
  2. "Ever Since You're Gone" (Lowe) – 4:08
  3. "The Ugly Things" (Lowe) – 2:48
  4. "I Got the Real Thing" (Gomm, Lowe) – 3:48
  5. "The Look That's in Your Eye Tonight" (Lowe) – 4:14
  6. "Now's the Time" – 2:06 (Clarke, Nash)
  7. "Small Town, Big City" (Lowe) – 4:31
  8. "Tryin' To Live My Life Without You
    Tryin' To Live My Life Without You
    "Tryin' To Live My Life Without You" is a song written by Eugene Williams, originally popularized by soul singer Otis Clay. It has since been covered by several other artists, most notably Bob Seger on his 1981 Nine Tonight album.-Writing:...

    " (Williams) – 3:24
  9. "I Like You, I Don't Love You" (Gomm, Lowe) – 3:27
  10. "Down in the Dive" (Lowe, Schwarz) – 4:54

Personnel

  • Brinsley Schwarz
    Brinsley Schwarz (musician)
    Brinsley Ernst Pieter Schwarz is an English guitarist and rock musician. He formed a band named Kippington Lodge in 1965, which evolved into the eponymous band Brinsley Schwarz...

    - Guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    , alto
    Alto saxophone
    The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in 1841. It is smaller than the tenor but larger than the soprano, and is the type most used in classical compositions...

     and tenor
    Tenor saxophone
    The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...

     sax
    Saxophone
    The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

    , vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • Ian Gomm
    Ian Gomm
    Ian Robert Gomm is a British singer-songwriter, who was the rhythm guitarist for Brinsley Schwarz from 1970 to 1974. He was named "Best Rhythm Guitarist" by NME in 1971.[]...

    - Guitars, vocals
  • Billy Rankin
    Billy Rankin (drummer)
    William Hector 'Billy' Rankin III was an English drummer and rock musician active in the 1960s and 1970sHe joined Kippington Lodge in 1968 and remained with them when they evolved into Brinsley Schwarz in 1969...

    - drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

  • Bob Andrews
    Bob Andrews (keyboardist)
    Robert Charles "Bob" Andrews is an English keyboardist and saxophonist. He played with Brinsley Schwarz and Graham Parker's backing band, The Rumour, which he left in 1980.-References:...

    - Keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

    , alto sax, vocals
  • Nick Lowe
    Nick Lowe
    Nicholas Drain "Nick" Lowe , is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer.A pivotal figure in UK pub rock, punk rock and new wave, Lowe has recorded a string of well-reviewed solo albums. Along with vocals, Lowe plays guitar, bass guitar, piano and harmonica...

    - Bass guitar, acoustic guitar
    Steel-string acoustic guitar
    A steel-string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound...

    , vocals
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