London Guardian, September 12, 2003: Difference between revisions
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These 11 songs loosely document the breakup of his marriage to ex-punk Cait O'Riordan and engagement to jazz sophisticate Diana Krall, from dark despondency towards what initially sounds like cloying sentimentality. | These 11 songs loosely document the breakup of his marriage to ex-punk Cait O'Riordan and engagement to jazz sophisticate Diana Krall, from dark despondency towards what initially sounds like cloying sentimentality. | ||
The 48-year-old singer seems as alarmed as anybody, lacing the particularly gooey " | The 48-year-old singer seems as alarmed as anybody, lacing the particularly gooey "Let Me Tell You About Her" with hilarious lines that debunk the notion of Costello as lover, not fighter. However, with every play the album becomes, like love itself, impossible to fight off — an irony that must amuse the lingering subversive in Costello no end. | ||
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[[Dave Simpson]] reviews ''[[North]]''. | [[Dave Simpson]] reviews ''[[North]]''. | ||
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