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Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint, The River in Reverse (* * *)
Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint
 
The River in Reverse (* * *)
 
Elvis Costello, a serial collaborator who has flitted from jazz to string quartets to ''Burt Bacharach'', has now sidled up to Allen Toussaint. And while the match benefits the underappreciated New Orleans songwriter/producer in terms of exposure, it’s the pop hipster who profits creatively from the odd coupling. The Katrina-themed set, recorded at Piety Street Studios in New Orleans last December with ''The Imposters'' and the Crescent City Horns, unveils new songs and retrofits such lesser-known vintage Toussaint tunes as ''Tears, Tears and More Tears''. Toussaint is the album’s heart and soul, a saving grace, since Costello has little natural old-school R&B spunk. Costello’s title track feels stiff, and despite the deliciously spiteful lyrics, his ''Broken Promise Land'' is a jumbled composition (salvaged by Toussaint’s horn charts). Their labor of love has warmth and emotional weight, but it’s Toussaint’s creamy vocals, funkified piano and R&B sensibilities, particularly in ''Gonna Help Brother Get Further'', that makes this River run deep.
 
— ''Edna Gundersen''
 
 
 
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Elvis Costello, a serial collaborator who has flitted from jazz to string quartets to ''Burt Bacharach'', has now sidled up to Allen Toussaint. And while the match benefits the underappreciated New Orleans songwriter/producer in terms of exposure, it’s the pop hipster who profits creatively from the odd coupling. The Katrina-themed set, recorded at Piety Street Studios in New Orleans last December with ''The Imposters'' and the Crescent City Horns, unveils new songs and retrofits such lesser-known vintage Toussaint tunes as ''Tears, Tears and More Tears''. Toussaint is the album’s heart and soul, a saving grace, since Costello has little natural old-school R&B spunk. Costello’s title track feels stiff, and despite the deliciously spiteful lyrics, his ''Broken Promise Land'' is a jumbled composition (salvaged by Toussaint’s horn charts). Their labor of love has warmth and emotional weight, but it’s Toussaint’s creamy vocals, funkified piano and R&B sensibilities, particularly in ''Gonna Help Brother Get Further'', that makes this River run deep. — ''Edna Gundersen''
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USA TODAY

June 05, 2006

Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint

The River in Reverse (* * *)

Elvis Costello, a serial collaborator who has flitted from jazz to string quartets to Burt Bacharach, has now sidled up to Allen Toussaint. And while the match benefits the underappreciated New Orleans songwriter/producer in terms of exposure, it’s the pop hipster who profits creatively from the odd coupling. The Katrina-themed set, recorded at Piety Street Studios in New Orleans last December with The Imposters and the Crescent City Horns, unveils new songs and retrofits such lesser-known vintage Toussaint tunes as Tears, Tears and More Tears. Toussaint is the album’s heart and soul, a saving grace, since Costello has little natural old-school R&B spunk. Costello’s title track feels stiff, and despite the deliciously spiteful lyrics, his Broken Promise Land is a jumbled composition (salvaged by Toussaint’s horn charts). Their labor of love has warmth and emotional weight, but it’s Toussaint’s creamy vocals, funkified piano and R&B sensibilities, particularly in Gonna Help Brother Get Further, that makes this River run deep.

— Edna Gundersen


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