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In this comfortable outdoor setting a self-assured and amiable Elvis Costello led the versatile, invaluable Attractions through a near-two-hour 35-song pastiche, consisting mainly of his own songs but sprinkled with a few covers (Smokey Robinson, Hank Williams, Ray Charles). He varied his song selection throughout, offering something from his each one of his eight albums for the large crowd, which clamored for its favorites. But he is so prolific that many were (slightly) disappointed that he hadn't played theirs. | In this comfortable outdoor setting a self-assured and amiable Elvis Costello led the versatile, invaluable Attractions through a near-two-hour, 35-song pastiche, consisting mainly of his own songs but sprinkled with a few covers (Smokey Robinson, Hank Williams, Ray Charles). He varied his song selection throughout, offering something from his each one of his eight albums for the large crowd, which clamored for its favorites. But he is so prolific that many were (slightly) disappointed that he hadn't played theirs. | ||
On a two-month nationwide tour in support of his most sophisticated album to date, ''Imperial Bedroom'', Costello sang nine tunes from the LP as sublime testimonials to the increased emotional depth and broadened stylistic base of his songwriting. Although he is learning to say more with fewer words, he still crams his songs with brilliant lyrics. Yet somehow onstage he seems to step back and create more space for vocal improvisation on his lyrics, dramatizing even more the ironic viewpoints contained in his internal rhymes and alliteration. | On a two-month nationwide tour in support of his most sophisticated album to date, ''Imperial Bedroom'', Costello sang nine tunes from the LP as sublime testimonials to the increased emotional depth and broadened stylistic base of his songwriting. Although he is learning to say more with fewer words, he still crams his songs with brilliant lyrics. Yet somehow onstage he seems to step back and create more space for vocal improvisation on his lyrics, dramatizing even more the ironic viewpoints contained in his internal rhymes and alliteration. |
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