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Under how many different names has Elvis Costello recorded? In just the last eight years he's done enough singles, one-offs, outtakes, and collaborations | Under how many different names has Elvis Costello recorded? In just the last eight years he's done enough singles, one-offs, outtakes, and collaborations — credited to such quasi-artists as the Coward Brothers, Napoleon Dynamite & the Royal Guard, the Emotional Toothpaste, and the Costello Show-to fill an entire eclectic album. Like ''Taking Liberties'' and ''Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers'', ''Out of Our Idiot'' is an essential collection of Costello's odds and sods, again proving (as if it were still necessary) that his also-rans are consistently better than most people's sure shots. | ||
Although Declan McManus has yet to sing with Robert Zimmerman, he has nonetheless laid down a number of worthwhile duets, three of them featured here. "Seven-Day Weekend," with Jimmy Cliff, is a joyful juke jumper from the sound track to Robin Williams's lame ''Club Paradise''. The Coward Brothers (a part-time outfit with T-Bone Burnett) drive up the country together in "The People's Limousine," while stalwart Costello cohort Nick Lowe takes the low part on an Everlys-styled arrangement of the Shirelles' classic, "Baby It's You." Costello and the Attractions put their best soul feet forward on Smokey Robinson's "From Head to Toe." | Although Declan McManus has yet to sing with Robert Zimmerman, he has nonetheless laid down a number of worthwhile duets, three of them featured here. "Seven-Day Weekend," with Jimmy Cliff, is a joyful juke jumper from the sound track to Robin Williams's lame ''Club Paradise''. The Coward Brothers (a part-time outfit with T-Bone Burnett) drive up the country together in "The People's Limousine," while stalwart Costello cohort Nick Lowe takes the low part on an Everlys-styled arrangement of the Shirelles' classic, "Baby It's You." Costello and the Attractions put their best soul feet forward on Smokey Robinson's "From Head to Toe." | ||
Out of Our Idiot's real treasure, however, is "So Young," a song written and originally recorded by Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons, an Australian rock band from the seventies. The infectious blue-beat bouncer was evidently recorded for ''Armed Forces'', but never released. Alternate versions of "American Without Tears" (with a completely different arrangement and all new lyrics) and "Blue Chair" (overhauled from ''Blood and Chocolate'') further add to ''Idiot'''s significance and excitement value. | <i>Out of Our Idiot</i>'s real treasure, however, is "So Young," a song written and originally recorded by Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons, an Australian rock band from the seventies. The infectious blue-beat bouncer was evidently recorded for ''Armed Forces'', but never released. Alternate versions of "American Without Tears" (with a completely different arrangement and all new lyrics) and "Blue Chair" (overhauled from ''Blood and Chocolate'') further add to ''Idiot'''s significance and excitement value. | ||
Other highlights are "Turning the Town Red," Costello's theme for a British TV series; "Shoes Without Heels," a country ballad featuring the Confederates; "Get Yourself Another Fool" and "Baby`s Got a Brand New Hairdo," both of which backed up the same `85 single; and "Imperial Bedroom," a critical look at wedding nights, from a B-side credited to Napoleon Dynamite & the Royal Guard. | Other highlights are "Turning the Town Red," Costello's theme for a British TV series; "Shoes Without Heels," a country ballad featuring the Confederates; "Get Yourself Another Fool" and "Baby`s Got a Brand New Hairdo," both of which backed up the same `85 single; and "Imperial Bedroom," a critical look at wedding nights, from a B-side credited to Napoleon Dynamite & the Royal Guard. | ||
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