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Or perhaps it should be called ''Now That's What I Call Schizophrenia Volume One'', for here we have the idiot/genius, mad/not mad Declan MacManus taking the piss out of those nasty lumpen-pop compilation LPs with an album of old B-sides and lesser known singles, recorded under a variety of pseudonyms, from the Coward Brothers to the Emotional Toothpaste. | Or perhaps it should be called ''Now That's What I Call Schizophrenia Volume One'', for here we have the idiot/genius, mad/not mad Declan MacManus taking the piss out of those nasty lumpen-pop compilation LPs with an album of old B-sides and lesser known singles, recorded under a variety of pseudonyms, from the Coward Brothers to the Emotional Toothpaste. | ||
The 17 tracks span the years of Our Idiot 1979-87, including such oddities as "The People's Limousine" with T | The 17 tracks span the years of Our Idiot 1979-87, including such oddities as "The People's Limousine" with T{{nb}}Bone Burnett, "Seven Day Weekend" with Jimmy Cliff, "Walking On Thin Ice" by Yoko Ono, and the previously unreleased "So Young" (1979). From the peppy, acerbic pop of "Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo" through the imitation Stax soul of "Blue Chair" to the country style "Shoes Without Heels" this, then, is a splendidly eccentric, eclectic album, brilliant in parts ("Black Sails In The Sunset") and occasionally average. As a collection of obscure Costello, it's powerful enough to make claims that George Michael is "the complete pop craftsman of the decade" look rather ridiculous. | ||
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[[Roger Morton]] reviews ''[[Out Of Our Idiot]]''. | [[Roger Morton]] reviews ''[[Out Of Our Idiot]]''. | ||
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[[Pete Paisley]] reviews | [[Pete Paisley]] reviews Steve Nieve's ''[[Playboy]]''. | ||
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The chart page features a [[Chalkie Davies]] photo. | The chart page features a [[Chalkie Davies]] photo. | ||
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{{Bibliography images}} | {{Bibliography images}} | ||
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[[image:1987-12-12 Record Mirror photo 01 cd.jpg| | [[image:1987-12-12 Record Mirror photo 01 cd.jpg|x365px|border]] | ||
<br><small>Photo by [[Chalkie Davies]].</small> | <br><small>Photo by [[Chalkie Davies]].</small> | ||
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<small>Cover, contents page and chart page clipping.</small><br> | |||
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[[image:1987-12-12 Record Mirror clipping 01.jpg|x120px|border]] | [[image:1987-12-12 Record Mirror clipping 01.jpg|x120px|border]] | ||
{{Bibliography notes footer}} | {{Bibliography notes footer}} | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_Mirror Wikipedia: Record Mirror] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_Mirror Wikipedia: Record Mirror] | ||
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/albums/72157710328470376 Flickr: Michael Kane] | |||
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