Spin, June 2009

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Caffeinated polymath pays visit to Nashville


Shannon Zimmerman

Elvis Costello
Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
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Elvis Costello has always been an idiom savant, pinballing through arsenic-laced pub rock (My Aim Is True), amphetamine-addled soul (Get Happy!!), and highbrow chamber pop (The Juliet Letters). His latest showcases another readymade style: dirt-floor Americana. Pairing with producer T Bone Burnett (who helmed 1986's rootsy antecedent King of America) and a distinguished pickup band of country heavyweights, he gives his typically fussed-over tunes a tent-revival authority. With alchemical highlights that include back-porch foot-stompers ("Hidden Shame"), torchy weepers ("I Felt the Chill"), and a tenderhearted, set-closing waltz ("Changing Partners"), Secret testifies to the merits of aging gracefully.


Tags: Secret, Profane & SugarcaneT Bone BurnettMy Aim Is TrueGet Happy!!The Juliet LettersKing Of AmericaHidden ShameI Felt The Chill Before The Winter CameChanging Partners

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Spin, June 2009


Shannon Zimmerman reviews Secret, Profane & Sugarcane.

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