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Title: Oh my God...
Review: Perhaps it was the mood I was in when I listened to it, but this has got to be the singularly worst album I've ever heard. That it was written by the great Elvis Costello is no consolation. The production is harsh, the vocals are weak and the whole mess is so distracting you can't really tell if the writing is any good or not. Listening to it just made me angry. This collection of songs was written in a weekend and preceeded the composition of those on Elvis' "Brutal Youth", possibly his weakest album. Apparantly Elvis had a head cold when he demoed the songs for this album. It must have impaired his judgement because the whole lot from this album to "Brutal Youth" is almost unlistenable.UPDATE: I gave this album a second chance recently and it was no better than the first. Sorry. I'm an Elvis completist so I'll keep it (it's kinda rare these days) but I'm hoping he'll put his own demos out on one of the bonus discs on his Rhino reissues.
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