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<center><h3>ELVIS COSTELLO AND ALLEN TOUSSAINT <br> The River In Reverse</h3></center> | <center><h3>ELVIS COSTELLO AND ALLEN TOUSSAINT <br> The River In Reverse</h3></center> | ||
<center>VERVE FORECAST <br> 4 Stars</center> | <center>VERVE FORECAST <br> 4 Stars</center> | ||
AFTER HIS BALLET AND BIG-BAND PROJECTS, THE IMPOSTER TURNS TO N’AWLINZ R&B, WITH MUCH BETTER RESULTS | <span style="font-size:92%"> AFTER HIS BALLET AND BIG-BAND PROJECTS, THE IMPOSTER TURNS TO N’AWLINZ R&B, WITH MUCH BETTER RESULTS </span> | ||
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<center>Andy Gill</center> | <center>Andy Gill</center> | ||
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By far the most appealing of Elvis Costello's recent batch of spin-off projects, The River In Reverse came about as a result of his and Allen Toussaint's involvement in Hurricane Katrina benefit concerts in New York. | By far the most appealing of Elvis Costello's recent batch of spin-off projects, The River In Reverse came about as a result of his and Allen Toussaint's involvement in Hurricane Katrina benefit concerts in New York. | ||
Understandably, the disaster underpins some of the songs here, most notably the title track and "Broken Promise Land", both of which are imbued with bitterness about how, but for aha'porth of tar, the floods could have been avoided. | Understandably, the disaster underpins some of the songs here, most notably the title track and "Broken Promise Land", both of which are imbued with bitterness about how, but for aha'porth of tar, the floods could have been avoided. | ||
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The highlight in probably "International Echo", a new co-written track about the liberating effect of rock'n'roll on kids thousands of miles distant, with characteristic Toussaint piano flourishes and horn figures, and a message worth sending: | The highlight in probably "International Echo", a new co-written track about the liberating effect of rock'n'roll on kids thousands of miles distant, with characteristic Toussaint piano flourishes and horn figures, and a message worth sending: | ||
"Thought I heard a signal coming through/ In a language that I never knew/ I felt the pulse in a drum tattoo/ Even though I knew it was taboo." Me too, and you, I'd warrant. | "Thought I heard a signal coming through/ In a language that I never knew/ I felt the pulse in a drum tattoo/ Even though I knew it was taboo." Me too, and you, I'd warrant. | ||
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