Wednesday august 18, 1982
daily nebraskan
page 37
Costello croons on new disc
Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello
Columbia
By Pat Higgins
Call me Ishmael, call me
a cynical misanthrope, (just
don't call me late for
dinner), but the idea that
Imperial Bedroom is a
masterpiece is the biggest
media hype sold to die
public since John Ander
son. In the last five years,
Elvis Costello has released
more quality work than
anyone in the business. -more
than the Clash, Spring
steen or whoever. Since
Elvis the C. has never been
known to make a false
move, it would be unfair to
say that Imperial Bedroom
isn't a good record, because
Costello at his worst is light
years ahead of most of the
competition. However,
Imperial Bedroom is his
least impressive effort since
his first album, My Aim Is
True. (Almost Blue doesn't
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count since it was a one
shot oddity.) My Aim Is
True had some undoubtedly
great tunes but was hinder
ed by a lackluster sound
quality. Imperial Bedroom
has a state-of-the-art sound.
Its missing ingredients are
the passion and intensity
Costello used to personify.
He used to spit out lyrics
like bursts from an M-16.
Nowadays, he's a crooner -a
good one - but still it's a
letdown.
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