Now Then (Jeb Loy Nichols album)

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Now Then
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Studio album by
Released2005
Genre Pop rock
Length38:56 (UK)/41:55 (US)
Label Tuition Records (UK)
Bongo Beat (US)
Producer Mark Nevers
Jeb Loy Nichols chronology
Easy Now
(2002)
Now Then
(2005)
Days Are Mighty
(2007)
Alternative cover
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U.S. release cover

Now Then is the fourth album by American-born singer/songwriter Jeb Loy Nichols, released in 2005 on the Tuition record label in the UK and Bongo Beat in the US.

Jeb Loy Nichols is a Wales-based American-born singer, songwriter, musician, and artist. His music combines elements of soul, country, folk, reggae and blues.

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Contents

Track listing

  1. "Sometimes Shooting Stars" – 2:56
  2. "Really Together" – 3:23
  3. "Lelah Mae" – 2:46
  4. "Painted My Dream House Blue'" – 3:26
  5. "Bad Fruit" – 2:31
  6. "Let's Make It Up" – 2:49
  7. "Morning Love" – 3:13
  8. "Black Water Road" – 3:25
  9. "Don't Dance With Me" – 3:26
  10. "Ever Feel Like Leaving" – 3:20
  11. "When Did You Stop Loving Me" – 3:54
  12. "Sweet Tough and Terrible" – 3:47
  13. "Love Me Too" – 2:59 (US release only)

Reception

Professional ratings
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Now Then was recorded in Nashville and London and received very positive reviews. Allmusic.com said "Jeb Loy Nichols' fourth offering reveals the totality of the promise that his earlier records suggested and developed. All the beautiful threads he wove in Lovers Knot through Just What Time It Is and Easy Now have become a golden braid with Now Then." [2] The editorial review at Amazon.com says it is "a remarkable record, a masterpiece of distilled soul." [3] Ralph Alonso, owner of Bongo Beat Records which licensed the album for release in the US said "I am going to personally state on the record that this is one of the finest albums on my roster, something so fully formed and beautiful, it will continue to resonate and unravel its wonder long after you and I are long gone and forgotten. Like the best of Al Green or Marvin Gaye, this CD is perfect from beginning to end; a smooth and subtle sexual menage a trois of reggae, country and soul." [4]

<i>Lovers Knot</i> (album) 1997 studio album by Jeb Loy Nichols

Lovers Knot is an album released in 1997 by the American-born singer/songwriter Jeb Loy Nichols. It was his first album released under his own name. It features artists such as Doug Wimbish, John Medeski of Medeski Martin & Wood, Curtis Fowlkes and Roy Nathanson of The Jazz Passengers, the Holmes Brothers and Joe Higgs.

<i>Just What Time It Is</i> 2000 studio album by Jeb Loy Nichols

Just What Time It Is is the second album by American-born singer/songwriter Jeb Loy Nichols, released in 2000 on the Rough Trade record label.

<i>Easy Now</i> (album) 2002 studio album by Jeb Loy Nichols

Easy Now is the third album by American-born singer/songwriter Jeb Loy Nichols, released in 2002 on the Rykodisc record label.

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