Old School (Nils Lofgren album)

2011 studio album by Nils Lofgren

Old School

Studio album by

Nils Lofgren

Released| December 6, 2011 (2011-12-06)
Length| 44:31
Label| Vision
Producer| Nils Lofgren
Nils Lofgren chronology
| The Loner – Nils Sings Neil
(2008)  | Old School
(2011)  | Face the Music
(2014)

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Old School is an album by Nils Lofgren, released on December 6, 2011, through Vision Records. The album received mixed reviews.

## Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Classic Rock| [2]
PopMatters| 3/10[3]

Hal Horowitz, reviewing the album for AllMusic, stated that "to his credit, Lofgren doesn't modernize his style to endear himself for a younger audience, but has written 11 out of these dozen selections in the same melodic rock format that he's adhered to since his days in Grin".[1] Classic Rock's Terry Staunton found "Lofgren is sprightly enough to play most of the instruments himself" and noted he "show[s] the whippersnapers how it's done".[2] Allison Stewart of The Washington Post summarized the album as "alternately rueful and upbeat" with "midlife crisis anthems ('60 Is the New 18'), get-off-my-lawn rockers (the title track) and graceful, just short of gloomy ballads ('Miss You Ray')".[4]

Brice Ezell of PopMatters wrote that the album is "likely to appeal to die-hard fans of Lofgren and maybe some fans of bluesy guitar solos, but to those unfamiliar with Lofgren's career the album will sound aged in both sonic and lyric".[3] Rob Tannenbaum of Rolling Stone described it as a "weird, funny, crabby LP about seemingly everything that annoys [Lofgren]: Congress, yoga, lattes, sexting, any teen 'dressed like a whore.' Lofgren switches from acoustic ballads to Stones–ish rock, where his voice turns craggy and stubbly".[5] Shawn Donohue of Glide Magazine stated, "Grumpy-Old-Pissed-Off-Man might have been a more apt title" for the album and concluded, "sure Nils may be decidedly Old School, but if you are looking for a new school way of hearing him in 2012, wait for the next E-Street tour as his sideman guitar work is still his best asset".[6]

## Track listing[edit]

Old School track listingNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "Old School"| 3:12
2.| "60 Is the New 18"| 3:03
3.| "Miss You Ray"| 2:39
4.| "Love Stumbles On"| 3:52
5.| "Amy Joan Blues"| 2:43
6.| "Irish Angel"| 5:12
7.| "Ain't Too Many of Us Left"| 4:42
8.| "When You Were Mine"| 4:33
9.| "Just Because You Love Me"| 2:32
10.| "Dream Big"| 4:30
11.| "Let Her Get Away"| 3:09
12.| "Why Me"| 4:24
Total length:| 44:31

## Charts[edit]

Chart performance for Old School Chart (2011)  | Peak
position

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Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7] | 60

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Horowitz, Hal. "Nils Lofgren – Old School Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
2. ^ a b Staunton, Terry (February 2, 2012). "Nils Lofgren: Old School". Classic Rock. Retrieved July 19, 2023 - via Louder Sound.
3. ^ a b Ezell, Brice (February 1, 2012). "Nils Lofgren: Old School". PopMatters. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
4. ^ Stewart, Allison (December 2, 2011). "Music review of Nils Lofgren's Old School". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
5. ^ Tannenbaum, Rob (May 23, 2012). "Old School". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
6. ^ Donohue, Shawn (January 2, 2012). "Nils Lofgren: Old School". Glide Magazine. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
7. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Nils Lofgren – Old School". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 19, 2023.

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Nils Lofgren

Studio albums|

* Nils Lofgren (1975)
* Cry Tough (1976)
* I Came to Dance (1977)
* Nils (1979)
* Night Fades Away (1981)
* Flip (1985)
* Silver Lining (1991)
* Crooked Line (1992)
* Damaged Goods (1995)
* Old School (2011)
* Blue with Lou (2019)
* Mountains (2023)

Live albums|

* Back It Up!! (1975)
* Night After Night (1977)

Albums as part of Grin|

* Grin (1971)
* 1+1 (1972)
* All Out (1973)
* Gone Crazy (1973)

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* E Street Band
* Crazy Horse

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