Dig My Mood

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Dig My Mood
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Studio album by
Released26 January 1998
RecordedJune 1996 – June 1997
Studio
  • RAK, London
  • St. John's Wood, London
  • September Sound, London
  • The Bonaparte Rooms, London
  • RG Jones, London
Genre Rock and roll
Length36:58
Label Demon Records/Upstart Records
Producer Neil Brockbank, Nick Lowe [1]
Nick Lowe chronology
The Impossible Bird
(1994)
Dig My Mood
(1998)
The Convincer
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Robert Christgau Scissors icon black.svg [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
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Dig My Mood is an album by the British singer-songwriter Nick Lowe. [6] Produced by Lowe and Neil Brockbank, it was released in the UK in 1998 by Demon Records and elsewhere by Upstart Records.

Contents

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that Lowe's songs "are quietly ambitious, exploring new territory lyrically and musically, without leaving his signature style". [2] No Depression wrote that Dig My Mood "resonates with a relaxed, after-hours vibe". [7] The A.V. Club called the album "evidence that the flame that drives Lowe hasn't so much dimmed as intensified into a deeper blue". [8] The Hartford Courant wrote that "the studio musicians are almost irrelevant on this release, given the strength of Lowe's vocals and the magnetic attraction of his songs". [9]

Track listing

All songs written by Nick Lowe except where noted.

  1. "Faithless Lover" – 2:44
  2. "Lonesome Reverie" – 2:52
  3. "You Inspire Me" – 3:09
  4. "What Lack of Love Has Done" – 2:48
  5. "Time I Took a Holiday" – 3:29
  6. "Failed Christian" (Henry McCullough) – 3:53
  7. "Man That I've Become" – 2:52
  8. "Freezing" – 3:56
  9. "High on a Hilltop" – 3:03
  10. "Lead Me Not" – 2:58
  11. "I Must Be Getting Over You" – 2:19
  12. "Cold Grey Light of Dawn" (Ivory Joe Hunter) – 2:55

Personnel

Production credits

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