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COSTELLO.25

By Elvis Costello and the Imposters (2018)

Elvis Returns! With a typically eclectic record containing hints and echoes of the grand past.  There’s a little spirit of Painted From Memory, Imperial Bedroom, and Mighty Like a Rose, but the material is still starkly new.  We’ve only had time for about 10 spins so far, but at this early stage, we particularly like his #me-too classic, “Under Lime,” about a louche, washed-up star waiting in the Green Room, which is both hip and wise, and witty. Likewise his re-working of “Unwanted Number” is terrific, and we love the melody of “Dishonour the Stars” and “He’s Given Me Things,” and the depth for feeling of “Burnt Sugar Is so Bitter.”  Repayment with compound interest on multiple playing.  Don’t be put off by his Worst Album Cover Ever.

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