I have been a huge Elvis Costello fan since I picked up a copy of This Year’s Model sometime after college. North is quite a bit different than his earlier efforts with The Attractions, and Burt Bacharach. I have to say that I enjoyed When I Was Cruel quite a bit more than North. The songs are very well done, but few of them are interesting enough for me to remember when the album isn’t playing. The standouts are “You Turned to Me”, “Fallen” and “Still”. With “Still” being my favorite. “Let Me Tell You About Her” is also good, but feels very sappy to me right now. Perhaps being married for a year has sucked the romanticism out of me. No that’s not it, I have always been afraid of getting cavities from anything this sugary.
October 25th, 2003 at 12:53 am
Yeah, North isn’t his best work, but the 2-CD reissue of Punch The Clock just came out, and that rocks.