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Elvis Costello makes a stab at an '80s Beatles album
Dave Marsh / Rolling Stone
Elvis Costello And The Attractions / Imperial Bedroom
 
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Costello's most pop-oriented album since Armed Forces is also the first album by any new-wave heavyweight to come to terms with modern recording technology without abandoning Top 40 form. Costello has made an '80s attempt at a Beatles album — ambitiously conceived and constructed, with forays into aural montage and orchestral effects — which sometimes works ("Shabby Doll," "...And In Every Home," "Pidgin English," "You Little Fool") and sometimes flops. In the end, the successes are the result of Costello's flair for pop composition meeting with a competent producer in Geoff Emerick, and the beautiful keyboard work of Steve Nieve. The failures are the product of Costello's limited vocal ability and the narrowness of his vision.
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