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There are strengths and drawbacks in his approach toward traditional material: He's too dry, too intellectual — maybe too English, if you will — to make you cry the way his Nashville idols might, but the subtle, dazzling wordplay he brings to the form is well worth the trade-off. | There are strengths and drawbacks in his approach toward traditional material: He's too dry, too intellectual — maybe too English, if you will — to make you cry the way his Nashville idols might, but the subtle, dazzling wordplay he brings to the form is well worth the trade-off. | ||
That ''King of America'', co-produced by Costello with T | That ''King of America'', co-produced by Costello with T{{nb}}Bone Burnett, is a rootsy album shouldn't be taken to mean that he's slumming. Those who've thought that his recent albums were exceedingly dry, studied and dispassionate may not take much more of a liking to the songwriting here, a good deal of which is as obtuse and cryptic as anything he's done. | ||
But context counts for a lot, and the overly fussy pop arrangements of ''Goodbye Cruel World'' have been replaced with a spare sound involving plenty of stand-up bass and Hammond organ and brushes and rim shots, with a little unobtrusive dobro or accordion here and there. | But context counts for a lot, and the overly fussy pop arrangements of ''Goodbye Cruel World'' have been replaced with a spare sound involving plenty of stand-up bass and Hammond organ and brushes and rim shots, with a little unobtrusive dobro or accordion here and there. | ||
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[[Chris Willman]] reviews ''[[King Of America]]''. | [[Chris Willman]] reviews ''[[King Of America]]''. | ||
<span style="font-size:92%">(From [[Los Angeles Times, February 16, 1986|''Los Angeles Times'', Feb. 16, 1986]])</span> | |||
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