New one from Elvis the C. is his thorniest, densest work since "Imperial Bedroom." Songs are by turns poignant and caustic, and are surrounded by instrumental frames that verge on the baroque. "The Other Side Of Summer," among the album's brightest and most accessible numbers, is a superlative first track; simple, affecting "So Like Candy," one of two writing collaborations with Paul McCartney, stands as the next choice to be pulled. Knotty and complex, this is one beautiful "Rose".
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