Music CD - Elvis Costello: Almost Blue

	Music CD: Almost Blue Artist: Elvis Costello List Price: $18.98 Our Price: $14.42 Your Save: $ 4.56 ( 24% ) Availability: Usually ships in 5 to 7 days Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
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Tracks: 1. Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To)? 2. Sweet Dreams 3. Success 4. I'm Your Toy 5. Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down 6. Brown To Blue 7. Good Year For The Roses 8. Sittin' And Thinkin' 9. Colour Of The Blues 10. Too Far Gone 11. Honey Hush 12. How Much I Lied
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0081227648527 Format: Original recording remastered Label: Rhino / Wea Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Rhino / Wea Release Date: 2004-08-03 Studio: Rhino / Wea
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: A Classic Comment: This CD is for anyone who loves a good country style ballad performed by one of the greastest songwriters. Customer Rating: Summary: The best Elvis Costello Comment: A listening pleasure, smooth, relaxing, mix of country duo with George Jones......2 CDs that I play every week. 2 versions of "psycho", fabulous. Customer Rating: Summary: Elvis Crapello Comment: I don't know. I loved EC and I loved country...I even went to see him on the tour afterwards...what a waste of my precious time back then...and of my money. This is self-indulgent and badls played...I do not understand the point really. Buy some real country instead...George Jones, Johnny Cash, anything instead... Customer Rating: Summary: a crushing disappointment Comment: Prior to this release, Elvis Costello made a series of rock records of such brilliance as to inspire the pursuit of a musical career in many of those who heard them. This album is a slap in the face to all those people, as well as to all the authentic country music performers who come from places like London, Kentucky instead of London, England. It is a narcissistic, self-indulgent musical vanity project of the worst kind - an idea as stupid as Loretta Lynn rapping or Sean Combs attempting to sing Ella Fitzgerald or Roberta Flack songs. The more you like his first albums, the more you will hate this one - don't waste your money. Customer Rating: Summary: Astounding! 20 Years before its time!MUCH overlooked Comment: Simply astounding album. Elvis Costello was at his height of popularity and had the courage to eplore his personal favorites and bring them to his "New Wave" audience. Unfortunately his audience was so influenced by the Stalinistic"Year Zero"/scorched earth attitudes of the Class of '77 punk that they pretty much rejected this amazing sampler of heartfelt Country soul. ( Although I do recall Los Angeles' KROQ Rodney on Roq giving the aggro version of Hank Williams "Why Dont You Love Me -Like You Used to Do?" quite a few spins at the time).In their defense one must recall that "Country' at that time was as UNcool as you could get with the charts dominated by the likes of 'supergroups' like Alabama ad nauseum...Costello however TRIED to redirect the spotlight on the good stuff, the hearty, celtic rooted mournful stuff.It is worth noting that that ONLY Country lyrics share Costello's 'boy loses girl' themes( as opposed to the inane posturing of late 70's 'Prog rock' fantasy and 80's'hair bands' and todays hip hop)Country had the REALITY of a life that touches all people at all times NOT 'bling'- Fast forward 20+ years with fellow Celts The Thrills covering a similiar genre, the Late Great Johnny Cash having an ENORMOUS amount of 'Street Cred' post Rick Rubin's AMERICAN series and a general lovefest of all things Gram Parson's ( including this seasons biggest concert draw- Parson's bastard offspring band -The Eagles) Country/Roots/Alt.Country/Americana is Cool. Costello covered not one but TWO Parsons tunes ( 'How Much I Lied ' and 'I'm Your Toy'/'Hot Burrito #2') as well as taking us on a trip through George Jones, Merle Haggard , Hank Williams' greats ( all the stuff that Soccer Mom 'Country' radio ie Shania/Chesney/Garth and NO TWANG- REFUSES to play. Costello did a brave thing recording and releasing this and radio/critics of the day were caught flat footed expecting another "New Lace Sleeves' or 'Alison' they got "Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down' and 'Sittin and a Thinkin' - Surprisingly the much pilloried disc gave Costello one of his biggest UK hits and a concert staple to this day in 'Good Year for the Roses'- So much of todays new /'alternative' music owes a DIRECT debt to this album. The SF Bay Area's great Dave Gleason and Wasted Days, Los Angeles Beachwood Sparks, the Irish Thrills ALL flow from this river of rootsy goodness. Superb! More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Throughout his phenomenal, almost 30-year career, Elvis Costello has proved himself one of the most versatile and inventive stars in the pop music firmament. He first rose to fame as one of punk rock's breakthrough talents then went on to release innovative albums interpreting a truly diverse range of genres. Costello-originally Liverpool's own Declan McManus-has made an indelible mark on the pop music songbook, bringing unfettered passion and profound lyrical weight to his richly creative stylistic adventures. These three titles continue Rhino's Deluxe Edition restoration of his extraordinary catalogue.