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'''Elvis Costello's first solo album in ten years | |||
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His first solo album since 2010's ''National Ransom'' certainly delivers on Elvis Costello's stated aim to produce something "vivid, whether... loud and jagged or intimate and beautiful" | His first solo album since 2010's ''National Ransom'' certainly delivers on Elvis Costello's stated aim to produce something "vivid, whether... loud and jagged or intimate and beautiful." | ||
Opening with the spoken-word Revolution #49 and the punky No Flag, the eclectic tone is set from the start and incorporates scat singing on the title track and I Can't Say Her Name and a variety of brass and woodwind flourishes from the trio of Parisian musicians involved | Opening with the spoken-word "Revolution #49" and the punky "No Flag," the eclectic tone is set from the start and incorporates scat singing on the title track and "I Can't Say Her Name" and a variety of brass and woodwind flourishes from the trio of Parisian musicians involved — alongside Costello's long-time collaborator Steve Nieve — in the two-day session which produced the bulk of the album. | ||
The single We're All Cowards Now is a standout moment along with Hetty O'Hara Confidential, about the rise and fall of a fearsome gossip columnist, and the Tom Waits-esque What Is It That I Need That I Don't Already Have? | The single "We're All Cowards Now" is a standout moment along with "Hetty O'Hara Confidential," about the rise and fall of a fearsome gossip columnist, and the Tom Waits-esque "What Is It That I Need That I Don't Already Have?" | ||
It may not rank alongside his classic albums but ''Hey Clockface'' is an interesting and worthwhile addition to Costello's catalogue. | It may not rank alongside his classic albums but ''Hey Clockface'' is an interesting and worthwhile addition to Costello's catalogue. | ||
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'''The Herald, October 30, 2020 | '''The Herald, October 30, 2020 | ||
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[[Tom White]] reviews ''Hey Clockface''. | [[Tom White]] reviews ''[[Hey Clockface]]''. | ||
<span style="font-size:92%">(A variation of this review ran in the ''Belfast Telegraph''.) </span> | |||
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*[https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18827769.music-reviews-elvis-costellos-first-solo-album-ten-years/ HeraldScotland.com] | *[https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18827769.music-reviews-elvis-costellos-first-solo-album-ten-years/ HeraldScotland.com] | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Herald Wikipedia: Glasgow Herald] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Herald Wikipedia: Glasgow Herald] | ||
*[https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/albums-of-the-week-from-dizzee-rascal-to-elvis-costello-39683719.html BelfastTelegraph.co.uk] | |||
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