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Home Tag Archives: Elvis Costello

Tag Archives: Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello: The Complete Armed Forces

By Jake Cole
November 24, 2020
in :  Music, Music Reviews, Recommended Music

Frustratingly limited to an expensive vinyl set, Rhino’s reissue of Elvis Costello’s third album is nonetheless a superlative package.

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Elvis Costello: Hey Clockface

By Bob Fish
November 1, 2020
in :  Music, Music Reviews

Late '70s punk punches clock and sometimes misses the mark.

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Elvis Costello & the Imposters: Look Now

By Justin Cober-Lake
October 21, 2018
in :  Music, Music Reviews

Pretty much any style is fair game for Elvis Costello.

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Holy Hell! Brutal Youth Turns 20

By Jester Jay Goldman
May 14, 2014
in :  Holy Hell, Music, Music Features

Is older really wiser? By 1994, the angry, bitter young man of My Aim Is True, Next Year’s Model and Armed Forces had long vented most of his vitriol. The year before, Elvis Costello had dabbled in chamber music on The Juliet Letters, which suited his eclectic nature, but, like many other fans, I still hoped that 1994’s Brutal Youth …

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List Inconsequential: Tight-Lipped Leer of Judgment: Elvis Costello Insults for Everyday Use

By Eric Dennis
March 6, 2014
in :  List Inconsequential, Lists

Spite and meanness – those are what make the world go ‘round – and few artists’ lyrics are as poachable for prime examples as Elvis Costello’s. This List Inconsequential contains 10 of my favorite Costello insults and offers ways to incorporate them into daily life. Because, let’s face it, there are few things in life more satisfying than a well-timed …

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Elvis Costello and the Roots: Wise Up Ghost

By Jester Jay Goldman
September 26, 2013
in :  Music, Music Reviews, Recommended, Recommended Music

[xrr rating=4.0/5]Who exactly is the Ghost on this project? Both Elvis Costello and the Roots have done their own background fades while collaborating with other artists and styles, but neither side hides their light on Wise Up Ghost. Instead, the album resurrects a collection of specters from Costello’s songbook, recasting lyrics and melodic references in an updated setting. Sometimes this …

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List Inconsequential: The Greatest Greatest Hits Collections (Pt. 1)

By Spectrum Culture Staff
August 15, 2013
in :  List Inconsequential, Lists

40. Van Morrison – The Best of Van Morrison Van Morrison had been a powerful force in pop music for 25 years when his first compilation album, The Best of Van Morrison, was released, and frankly, it’s astonishing that it took so long. While many greatest hits albums go the easy route of simply rounding up and sloppily curating a …

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Various Artists: Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International

By Eric Dennis
January 24, 2012
in :  Music, Music Reviews

[xrr rating=2.5/5]There’s a saying that “nobody sings Dylan like Dylan,” a durable phrase that’s been borrowed for a strange double-album of two previous covers album releases (Good as I Been to You and World Gone Wrong) and, more perversely, for an ongoing fan-made bootleg series that now consists of several dozen volumes. It’s a compliment to the man himself, of …

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Elvis Costello: National Ransom

By Eric Dennis
November 3, 2010
in :  Music, Music Reviews

Elvis Costello National Ransom Rating: 3.8/5.0 Label: Hear Music What is there to say about Elvis Costello that hasn’t already been said? For over 30 years, critical wits have described him in various too-clever ways; he’s been the Angry Young Man, Buddy Holly on Acid and the Bearded Bard, laughable depictions that may have made for good press but still …

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Revisit: Elvis Costello: Mighty Like a Rose

By Eric Dennis
June 7, 2010
in :  Music, Music Features, Revisit-Rediscover

Revisit: Elvis Costello Mighty Like a Rose 1991 Revisit is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that now deserve a second look. Among Elvis Costello’s fans and critics, Mighty Like a Rose is frequently considered one of the musician’s lesser works, not quite as awful as Goodbye Cruel World and Punch the Clock but nowhere near his “supposedly irreproachable” …

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