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This will be Elvis' last album for CBS. It's uncertain what record label Costello will be recording for next. It is certain that Elvis Costello will be changing his name to Declan Patrick Aloysius Macmanus. You are probably asking yourself why anyone would want to do a thing like that. Well, Elvis Costello was born Declan Patrick Macmanus.
For reasons unknown to me, he has legally added the name aloysis to his nomenclature. As well as a new name, Costello seems to be looking for a new face. He now sports a beard and has no intentions of shaving. But, enough about Costello's personal affairs.
There is a message somewhere in this LP, but what it is, I'm not quite sure. With Costello's normal band, the Attractions, this LP features Elvis Presley's former band, the Confederates.
This album has a country and western flavor. It is not a country and western album like his former Almost Blue. The sound in actually more like early rock and roll than country and western. It is almost as if Costello is in search of his American rock and roll roots.
This is more than strange for a couple of reasons. Number one, Elvis is not from America. Number two, in the past, Costello has said some less than flattering things about our country. Many of the LPs songs pertain to America in one way or another. My favorite is "Eisenhower Blues." I still cannot figure out whether or not "Glitter Gulch" is about Las Vegas.
The LP also features a soft-spoken version of the Animals classic "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood." On my scale, the latest from the Costello Show gets an eight.
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