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''' Elvis Costello ''' / Spike <br> | ''' Elvis Costello ''' / Spike <br> | ||
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Amazing, how Elvis Costello can pack more melodies, musical styles and lyrical twists into a single song than some artists do in their entire careers. | Amazing, how Elvis Costello can pack more melodies, musical styles and lyrical twists into a single song than some artists do in their entire careers. | ||
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''Spike'' is another installment in his career-long obsession with change, inserting weird brass arrangements (courtesy of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band) and traditional folk (played by members of the Chieftains) into his standard mix of brilliant pop, heart-wrenching ballads and lyrical savagery. | ''Spike'' is another installment in his career-long obsession with change, inserting weird brass arrangements (courtesy of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band) and traditional folk (played by members of the Chieftains) into his standard mix of brilliant pop, heart-wrenching ballads and lyrical savagery. | ||
Co-produced by Costello, T | Co-produced by Costello, T{{nb}}Bone Burnett and Kevin Killen, ''Spike'' blends the hard edge and intensity of his last album, ''Blood & Chocolate'', with the melodic prettiness and folk feel of the one before that, ''King of America''. | ||
"Veronica" (co-written by Paul McCartney) is a pop gem: it sounds like a love song, but on closer inspection the lyric proves to be about an old lady who sits watching the days go by, lost inside her mind and daydreaming of her youth. | "Veronica" (co-written by Paul McCartney) is a pop gem: it sounds like a love song, but on closer inspection the lyric proves to be about an old lady who sits watching the days go by, lost inside her mind and daydreaming of her youth. | ||
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And these are just a sampling of the album's charms: songs like "Any King's Shilling," "This Town" and "God's Comic" all measure up to his best work. Stunning. | And these are just a sampling of the album's charms: songs like "Any King's Shilling," "This Town" and "God's Comic" all measure up to his best work. Stunning. | ||
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