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<center><h3> Costello still 'Taking Liberties' with rock </h3></center> | <center><h3> Costello still 'Taking Liberties' with rock </h3></center> | ||
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Although most of the songs are typical fiery Costello rockers driven by Pete Thomas' frantic beatings on the two and four, Steve Naive's kaleidoscopic keyboards, and Bruce Thomas' pulsating bass lines, not everything here is upbeat. With Costello, songs don't need to be upbeat to be felt in the gut. | Although most of the songs are typical fiery Costello rockers driven by Pete Thomas' frantic beatings on the two and four, Steve Naive's kaleidoscopic keyboards, and Bruce Thomas' pulsating bass lines, not everything here is upbeat. With Costello, songs don't need to be upbeat to be felt in the gut. | ||
Of the record's two ballads, "Just A Memory" and "My Funny Valentine," the later could be a perverted version of something from Frank Sinatra's immortal | Of the record's two ballads, "Just A Memory" and "My Funny Valentine," the later could be a perverted version of something from Frank Sinatra's immortal ''Only the Lonely'' album. The Attraction's backing track is just as haunting as Nelson Riddle's orchestration, and has enabled Costello to translate the crooner-styled songwriting of the '40s into a demented brand of torch songs for the '80s. | ||
And it is just this, The Attraction's fierce backing combined with the masterful aural tapestry woven by producer Nick Lowe, that compliments Costello's songwriting and singing perfectly. Costello's vocal sneering combined with a stinging wall of sound too complex to be punk, too classic to be considered New Wave, is what makes Costello the ingenious recording artist he is. | And it is just this, The Attraction's fierce backing combined with the masterful aural tapestry woven by producer Nick Lowe, that compliments Costello's songwriting and singing perfectly. Costello's vocal sneering combined with a stinging wall of sound too complex to be punk, too classic to be considered New Wave, is what makes Costello the ingenious recording artist he is. | ||
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