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Elvis Costello. (Briefly Noted).(Brutal Youth)
Elvis Costello. Brutal Youth. Rhino R2 78390, 2002.
It irritated Elvis Costello to no end when critics hailed this album, upon its original 1994 release, as a "return to form" and an exercise in "back to basics." But the simple fact remains that it followed a long string of musical experiments, several of them notable failures, that had taken him far from his roots as an angry young postpunk singer-songwriter backed by one of the most solid trios in rock'n'roll history, the Attractions (from whom he had parted on angry terms in the 1980s). When Costello and his erstwhile musical mates buried their various bloody hatchets and made an album of tough, literate, and hook-laden ...
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Jim DeRogatis; Martin Keller; Jaleel Abdul-Adil April 3, 1994 700+ words
Elvis Costello, "Brutal Youth" (Warner Bros.) (STAR) 1/2 "Brutal Youth" is a big improvement on Elvis Costello's last offering, the boring and pretentious "Juliet Letters...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Brown, Mark March 7, 1994 700+ words
Don't think of ``Brutal Youth,'' Elvis Costello said, as a reunion with the...will be thrilled with ``Brutal Youth.'' After the classical...record,'' he said. ``Brutal Youth'' came about when Costello...
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- Magazine article from: Interview Marcus, Greil May 1, 1994 700+ words
...an irritant," Elvis Costello said long ago...songs on his recent Brutal Youth (Warner Bros...Straight off, Brutal Youth comes across with...listening to Elvis Costello on Brutal Youth - hearing, as...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times April 20, 2002 700+ words
...Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES ELVIS COSTELLO When I Was Cruel (Island Records...a mad music innovator such as Elvis Costello needs a break from nonstop reinvention...embracing middle age and his "brutal youth" after collaborations with Burt...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 27, 1997 700+ words
...Coinciding with the release of the new Elvis Costello retrospective album, "Extreme...Warner Bros. Years," comes ELVIS COSTELLO LIVE - A CASE, FOR SONG, filmed...All This Useless Beauty," "Brutal Youth," "The Juliet Letters...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Mark Jenkins March 6, 1994 700+ words
...again, but you can understand why Elvis Costello would want to try. The recent Rykodisc...from "Tears" to Costello's new "Brutal Youth" (Warner Bros.) is clear enough...London's Brilliant"; if the "Brutal Youth" song doesn't replicate the Clash...
- Neil LaBute's latest film takes `Shape' thanks to Elvis Costello.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) May 6, 2003 700+ words
...director Neil LaBute reached down to a table covered with Elvis Costello CDs and pulled out his favorite: "`Imperial Bedroom...basics move a la Costello's "Blood and Chocolate" or "Brutal Youth." Snippets of "Lipstick Vogue" and other Costello songs...
- Elvis Costello to Offer His Music Catalog in MP3 Through EMusic.com.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 7, 2000 700+ words
...with British New Wave and Punk pioneer Elvis Costello. Starting today, online music fans...music -- to have a major artist like Elvis Costello choose to release such a large, quality...cyberspace. The future lies ahead." Elvis Costello (nee Declan MacManus) is globally...
Source: HighBeam Research, Elvis Costello. (Briefly Noted).(Brutal Youth)