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<center><h3> When I Was Cruel | <center><h3> When I Was Cruel </h3></center> | ||
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For several years now Elvis Costello has been dodging the issue of his own earlier success. He has been at pains to play the part of crooner and classicist, he has collaborated with divas, composers, string quartets, overseen South Bank festivals, created an orchestral score for an Italian dance company and has just become artist in residence at UCLA. Oh, and done a guest spot on The Simpsons. | For several years now Elvis Costello has been dodging the issue of his own earlier success. He has been at pains to play the part of crooner and classicist, he has collaborated with divas, composers, string quartets, overseen South Bank festivals, created an orchestral score for an Italian dance company and has just become artist in residence at UCLA. Oh, and done a guest spot on ''The Simpsons''. | ||
Admirable and understandable while this tireless eclecticism might be, the suspicion has been that it's all a cover for having nothing to say and a failing voice to sing it with. ''When I Was Cruel'' doesn't completely dispel that suspicion, but it's undoubtedly his best record in a long time, and probably the one his old-time fans have been waiting on. The title is a josh, suggesting that EC is all mellowed out and now fondly recalling his petulant punk days. The opener, "45," even hints as much. It's an autobiographical sketch with 45 referring to both the close of World War II, a teenage vinyl obsession (''"bass and treble heal every hurt / there's a rebel in a nylon shirt"''), and the birthday that ''"creeps up on you without a warning"''. | Admirable and understandable while this tireless eclecticism might be, the suspicion has been that it's all a cover for having nothing to say and a failing voice to sing it with. ''When I Was Cruel'' doesn't completely dispel that suspicion, but it's undoubtedly his best record in a long time, and probably the one his old-time fans have been waiting on. The title is a josh, suggesting that EC is all mellowed out and now fondly recalling his petulant punk days. The opener, "45," even hints as much. It's an autobiographical sketch with 45 referring to both the close of World War II, a teenage vinyl obsession (''"bass and treble heal every hurt / there's a rebel in a nylon shirt"''), and the birthday that ''"creeps up on you without a warning"''. | ||
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'''The Observer, April 14, 2002 | '''The Observer, April 14, 2002 | ||
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[[Neil Spencer]] reviews ''[[When I Was Cruel]]''. | [[Neil Spencer]] reviews ''[[When I Was Cruel]]'', which is named Pop CD of the Week. | ||
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