Untouched Takeaway Explained

Untouched Takeaway
Type:	live
Artist:	Nick Lowe
Cover:	Untouched Takeaway Lowe.jpg
Released:	2004
Recorded:	March 1995 and autumn 2001
Genre:	Rock
Length:	56:56
Label:	Yep Roc^[1]
Producer:	Nick Lowe, Neil Brockbank
Prev Title:	The Convincer
Prev Year:	2001
Next Title:	At My Age
Next Year:	2007

Untouched Takeaway is an album by British singer-songwriter Nick Lowe.^{[2] [3]} A live recording produced by Lowe and Neil Brockbank, it was released in 2004 by Yep Roc Records. The name is from the song "Lately I've Let Things Slide" from Lowe's album The Convincer:

"That untouched takeaway

I brought home the other day

Has quite a lot to say

The evidence is clear

On every side

Piled high and wide

About how lately I've let things slide"

Track listing

All songs written by Nick Lowe except where noted.

1. "What's Shaking on the Hill" – 3:30
2. "Faithless Lover" – 3:14
3. "I Live on a Battlefield" (Paul Carrack, Lowe) – 3:36
4. "You Inspire Me" – 3:27
5. "Cruel to Be Kind" (Ian Gomm, Lowe) – 3:22
6. "Indian Queens" – 3:52
7. "Let's Stay In and Make Love" – 4:03
8. "Shting Shtang" – 3:26
9. "The Beast in Me" – 2:40
10. "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?" – 4:03
11. "12-Step Program (To Quit You Babe)"* – 3:17
12. "Dream Girl"* (Jan Crutchfield, Jerry Crutchfield) – 2:40
13. "Without Love"* – 2:23
14. "14 Days"* – 3:18
15. "Tombstone Every Mile"** (Dan Fulkerson) – 3:46
16. "Shelley My Love"* – 3:40
17. "I'll Be There"* (Rusty Gabbard, Ray Price) – 2:39

Tracks 1-10 The Convincers - Selections from the Autumn 2001 European Tour
Tracks 11-17 The Impossible Birds - Live at Gino's, Stockholm, March 1995

Personnel

• Nick Lowe – bass guitar, rhythm guitar, lead vocals
• Geraint Watkins– keyboard, vocals
• Steve Donnelly – lead guitar
• Robert Trehern – drums, vocals
• Bill Kirchen – lead guitar and vocals on *, lead vocals on **
• Paul Riley – bass guitar and vocals on *

Notes and References

1. Book: Birch, Will. Cruel to Be Kind: The Life and Music of Nick Lowe. 20 August 2019. Hachette Books. 9780306921971. Google Books.
2. Web site: TrouserPress.com :: Nick Lowe. www.trouserpress.com.
3. Web site: Nick Lowe, Geraint Watkins. Bob. Mehr. Chicago Reader.