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For those Costello fans from back when his lenses were thinner and his hair was thicker, this is the album they thought they were waiting for. The one where he sings jagged pop-rock songs backed by at least some of the Attractions. | |||
For those Costello fans from back when his lenses were thinner and his hair was thicker, this is the album they thought they were waiting for. The one where he sings jagged pop-rock songs backed by at least some of | |||
Not the clever-clever Costello of his | Not the clever-clever Costello of his Burt Bacharach collaboration ''Painted From Memory'' (brilliant!) or last year's album ''For The Stars'' with Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie Von Otter (excruciating!). | ||
No, this is the good old skinny-tied, pigeon-toed Elvis. | No, this is the good old skinny-tied, pigeon-toed Elvis. | ||
Except, for all the revived voltage, the songs aren't as memorable as the ones they beg comparison with. Certainly, [[Tear Off Your Own Head (It's A Doll Revolution)|Tear Off Your Own Head]] and [[Daddy Can I Turn This?]] could have been great lost tracks off | Except, for all the revived voltage, the songs aren't as memorable as the ones they beg comparison with. Certainly, "[[Tear Off Your Own Head (It's A Doll Revolution)|Tear Off Your Own Head]]" and "[[Daddy Can I Turn This?]]" could have been great lost tracks off ''Armed Forces''; the rip-snorting "[[Dissolve]]" harks back to "Pump It Up," and both the barbed title track and "[[Tart]]" are distant cousins to his classic "I Want You." | ||
Some tracks, like the opening [[45]], and [[Alibi]], suggest they were dashed off as word association exercises. But, just as last time he was down here on 1994's | Some tracks, like the opening "[[45]]," and "[[Alibi]]," suggest they were dashed off as word association exercises. But, just as last time he was down here on 1994's ''Brutal Youth'', it's nice to have him back, snarling rather than crooning. | ||
Even though he can sound like the world's best Elvis impersonator. | |||
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*[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=1844576 NZHerald.co.nz] | *[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=1844576 NZHerald.co.nz] | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Zealand_Herald Wikipedia: The New Zealand Herald] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Zealand_Herald Wikipedia: The New Zealand Herald] | ||
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/articles/n/nz_herald.020511a.html elviscostello.info] | |||
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