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This is definitely not Costello and Nieve from the more roistering E.C. and The Attractions albums — it's much closer in spirit and execution to the dark beauty of 1982's ''Imperial Bedroom''. We are in intimate mode. Imagine a small room, a spotlight on a stage slightly raised above the tables and chairs arranged around it. The microphone isn't swung about but held softly, the (real, not electric) piano is simply miked. | This is definitely not Costello and Nieve from the more roistering E.C. and The Attractions albums — it's much closer in spirit and execution to the dark beauty of 1982's ''Imperial Bedroom''. We are in intimate mode. Imagine a small room, a spotlight on a stage slightly raised above the tables and chairs arranged around it. The microphone isn't swung about but held softly, the (real, not electric) piano is simply miked. | ||
Since his recording with The Brodsky Quartet on ''The Juliet Letters'', Costello uses his voice more selectively and effectively, pliable and expressive | Since his recording with The Brodsky Quartet on ''The Juliet Letters'', Costello uses his voice more selectively and effectively, pliable and expressive — wrapping itself around the words, not just spitting them out. | ||
Listen to him, for example, taking "My Funny Valentine" (which he first recorded nearly 20 years ago) or his own late '70s B-side "Just A Memory" and stretching their pathos, or reconstructing "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" into a torch song hanging by a thread. Or taking "Why Can't A Man Stand Alone," from his 1996 album ''All This Useless Beauty'', and screwing up the tension a notch at a time until you feel something must break. | Listen to him, for example, taking "My Funny Valentine" (which he first recorded nearly 20 years ago) or his own late '70s B-side "Just A Memory" and stretching their pathos, or reconstructing "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" into a torch song hanging by a thread. Or taking "Why Can't A Man Stand Alone," from his 1996 album ''All This Useless Beauty'', and screwing up the tension a notch at a time until you feel something must break. | ||
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'''Sydney Morning Herald, Metro, January 31, 1997 | '''Sydney Morning Herald, Metro, January 31, 1997 | ||
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[[Bernard Zuel]] reviews ''[[Costello & Nieve]]''. | [[Bernard Zuel]] reviews ''[[Costello & Nieve]]''.<br> | ||
<small>This review also appeared in the [[Canberra Times, January 31, 1997|Canberra Times]]</small> | |||
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