Trouser Press, October 1982
Not So Silly Love SongsElvis Costello and the Attractions By Scott Isler Bouncing back from his ambitious but indifferently received country album, Almost Blue, Costello has returned to pop with a vengeance. The music on Imperial Bedroom sounds like something you might hear on rock radio. Costello puts it to the service of his diistinctive lyrics, though, transmuting accepted song structures in the process. The result is his most baroque album since Armed Forces, with a fascinating but intimidating sheen.
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