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All rights reserved.Punch The Clock - Elvis Costello (Cassette 1995)
Elvis Experiments With PopReview created: 08/28/00
by: musicinsight -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Loads of high-quality, uptempo pop
Loads of high-quality, uptempo pop
Cons:
This music might make you think.
This music might make you think.
Elvis Costello has covered a great deal of stylistic ground in his career. He hit the airwaves during the period in the late 70s when the public were open to unconventional songs from unconventional performers. Music marketroids had taken punk, filed off the rough edges, sugar-coated the result and called it "New Wave". Whatever. The door was open, and Elvis sneaked in. The media branded him an "Angry Young Man", and he released taut, muscular music with fiendishly clever lyrics. Then, before our eyes, he started changing... Elvis is a music fan. The media and the public had branded and...
Review ID: 10000000000216027
Often overlooked gemReview created: 05/12/00
by: bmrosen -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Clever lyrics, innovative melodies.
Clever lyrics, innovative melodies.
Cons:
Overproduced at times.
Overproduced at times.
This album is something of a dark horse for Mr. Costello. He pretty much refuses to perform any of the songs on it, with the occasional exception of Every Day I Write the Book, the only hit on the album. Ironically, he wrote the song as a joke, a spoof of the old time sappy love song that extends a metaphor much further than it should. Then it goes on to be his only top 40 hit. Kinda makes ya wonder... The album is very produced, with all sorts of intricate horn arrangements and thickly textured backup vocals. The opening track, with its driving brass licks and pounding pianos, is a sharp...
Review ID: 10000000000216029
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