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The feisty, bespectacled performer seems in an uncharacteristically mellow mood this LP around, with the once-spitfire delivery slowed up enough so you can even savor the patently elliptical Costello phrasing. "Clubland" is the first U.K. single and leads off the album, with keyboardist Steve Naive's wicked classical break the highlight. Throughout ''Trust'', it is Naive's keyboards-for-every-occasion that give the cuts their distinctive flavor, whether that be the honky-tonk piano in "Different Finger," the soap opera flourishes of "Shot With His Own Gun," the hurdy-gurdy carnival calliope of "Fish 'n' Chip Paper" or the lilting organ of "Watch Your Step." | The feisty, bespectacled performer seems in an uncharacteristically mellow mood this LP around, with the once-spitfire delivery slowed up enough so you can even savor the patently elliptical Costello phrasing. "Clubland" is the first U.K. single and leads off the album, with keyboardist Steve Naive's wicked classical break the highlight. Throughout ''Trust'', it is Naive's keyboards-for-every-occasion that give the cuts their distinctive flavor, whether that be the honky-tonk piano in "Different Finger," the soap opera flourishes of "Shot With His Own Gun," the hurdy-gurdy carnival calliope of "Fish 'n' Chip Paper" or the lilting organ of "Watch Your Step." | ||
''Trust'' displays a more mature, thoughtful Elvis, his voice a few shades less frenetic and even lower to signify his newfound wisdom. On " | ''Trust'' displays a more mature, thoughtful Elvis, his voice a few shades less frenetic and even lower to signify his newfound wisdom. On "Lovers Walk," he even admits to ''"looking for a hand with the personal touch"'' — a confession he probably wouldn't have voiced a few albums ago. Another highlight is a raucous call-and-response duet with lead guitarist Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze, the band that opens for Elvis in an already sold-out Palladium appearance, Saturday through Monday. | ||
<!-- The other big event of the week for Anglophiles is the release of the Clash's monumental three-LP set, ''Sandinista!'' The record, true to the band's image as urban rock guerillas, is named after the leftist group that toppled Somoza from his dictatorship in Nicaragua. Those who have criticized the Clash, one of the seminal punk bands from London circa "76, for either their fuzzy politics or the excess of three discs, miss the point of this delightfully naive rush of electric creativity. Sure, most of the extended studio dub experiments point to a singular inability on the part of the Clash to edit themselves, but just when the self-indulgence gets insufferable, along comes a knock-out track like "Hitsville U.K.," "Ivan Meets G.I. Joe," "Somebody Got Murdered," "The Sound of the Sinners," Eddy Grant's "Police On My Back," "The Call-Up," or "Washington Bullets" to enliven matters. | <!-- The other big event of the week for Anglophiles is the release of the Clash's monumental three-LP set, ''Sandinista!'' The record, true to the band's image as urban rock guerillas, is named after the leftist group that toppled Somoza from his dictatorship in Nicaragua. Those who have criticized the Clash, one of the seminal punk bands from London circa "76, for either their fuzzy politics or the excess of three discs, miss the point of this delightfully naive rush of electric creativity. Sure, most of the extended studio dub experiments point to a singular inability on the part of the Clash to edit themselves, but just when the self-indulgence gets insufferable, along comes a knock-out track like "Hitsville U.K.," "Ivan Meets G.I. Joe," "Somebody Got Murdered," "The Sound of the Sinners," Eddy Grant's "Police On My Back," "The Call-Up," or "Washington Bullets" to enliven matters. | ||
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