Nine of eleven good albums, throw in Taking Liberties for a solid 10 canonical albums in a decade, and you've got one of the great record runs in rock & roll history. Why nothing after that I've heard packs the same musical wallop I don't know.
Beautiful. Like much Costello I find it under-rated and discussed, precisely because it starts in a different place, or faces a different direction, and you have to go to it. But if you go - endlessly rewarding. I think ‘When I was Cruel’ is an album that’s similar in this way. So thankful that you re-published this.
Wow, this has some interesting echoes 30 years later. I was surprised to see that this one didn't wind up in DOUBLE TROUBLE.
Nine of eleven good albums, throw in Taking Liberties for a solid 10 canonical albums in a decade, and you've got one of the great record runs in rock & roll history. Why nothing after that I've heard packs the same musical wallop I don't know.
Beautiful. Like much Costello I find it under-rated and discussed, precisely because it starts in a different place, or faces a different direction, and you have to go to it. But if you go - endlessly rewarding. I think ‘When I was Cruel’ is an album that’s similar in this way. So thankful that you re-published this.