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<center><h3> Peace In Our Time / Withered And Died </h3></center> | <center><h3> Peace In Our Time / Withered And Died </h3></center> | ||
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More and more, Elvis "The Imposter" Costello's flair for curt provocation seems in conflict with his ongoing love of songwriting craft. No doubt this is a good single, smart and trenchant — but it's also hedged. The cold-war setting of the A-side dissipates when Costello forsakes the homely details of his native Europe for wayward stabs at the American election: he's at ease exposing the political repercussions in mundane acts rather than chasing after the grand statement. The song's sad sway and graceful trumpet — part dirge, part national anthem — carry him along nonetheless. The B-side's nod to Richard Thompson (a songwriter in whom tradition coexists with acuity) is a laudable gesture and a memento of Costello's acoustic tour, but Linda Thompson's rippling, bottomless vocal on the original shames Costello both as small-town complainer and world-class singer. | |||
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{{tags}}[[Peace In Our Time]] {{-}} [[Peace In Our Time (single)]] {{-}} [[The Imposter (pseudonym)|The Imposter]] {{-}} [[Withered And Died]] {{-}} [[Richard Thompson]] {{-}} [[Linda Thompson]] | |||
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'''Boston Phoenix, June 12, 1984 | '''Boston Phoenix, June 12, 1984 | ||
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[[Mark Moses]] reviews the [[ | [[Mark Moses]] reviews the [[Peace In Our Time (single)|single]] for "[[Peace In Our Time]]." | ||
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