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But Costello and the Imposters have their rockin’ boots on too and they let rip on [[Needle Time]], as strutting a modern take on low-slung garage blues as The White Stripes, if not quite as raw and cathartic. [[Bedlam]] kicks up considerable dust too, but is too rhythmically disciplined to live up to its name. | But Costello and the Imposters have their rockin’ boots on too and they let rip on [[Needle Time]], as strutting a modern take on low-slung garage blues as The White Stripes, if not quite as raw and cathartic. [[Bedlam]] kicks up considerable dust too, but is too rhythmically disciplined to live up to its name. | ||
Nieve adds a little background psychedelic keyboard to each of these, like Ray Manzarek of The Doors if he knew where to draw the line. [[Monkey To Man|Monkey to Man]], another fine rootsy rocker, also has that New Wave swagger of his early hits. | Nieve adds a little background psychedelic keyboard to each of these, like Ray Manzarek of [[The Doors]] if he knew where to draw the line. [[Monkey To Man|Monkey to Man]], another fine rootsy rocker, also has that New Wave swagger of his early hits. | ||
There is not a below-par track to be heard. Arguably, the album’s greatest strength is its showcase of Costello’s magnificent voice, which seems to gain in both power and subtlety as time goes on. He really excels wrapping his vocals around a soaring ballad, such as the towering blues of [[Either Side Of The Same Town|Either Side of the Same Town]], about the painful transition from lovers to strangers, or the chest-beating courtroom drama [[The Judgement]], where love is on trial. | There is not a below-par track to be heard. Arguably, the album’s greatest strength is its showcase of Costello’s magnificent voice, which seems to gain in both power and subtlety as time goes on. He really excels wrapping his vocals around a soaring ballad, such as the towering blues of [[Either Side Of The Same Town|Either Side of the Same Town]], about the painful transition from lovers to strangers, or the chest-beating courtroom drama [[The Judgement]], where love is on trial. |
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