Elvis Costello - King of America
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Artist: Elvis CostelloEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2005-04-26
Music Label: Rhino / Wea
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Brilliant Mistake
- Lovable
- Our Little Angel
- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
- Glitter Gulch
- Indoor Fireworks
- Little Palaces
- I'll Wear It Proudly
- American Without Tears
- Eisenhower Blues
- Poisoned Rose
- Big Light
- Jack of All Parades
- Suit of Lights
- Having It All
- Suffering Face
- Deportee
- Indoor Fireworks
- I Hope You're Happy Now
- Poisoned Rose
- I'll Wear It Proudly
- Jack of All Parades
- People's Limousine
- They'll Never Take Her Love From Me
- King of Confidence
- Shoes Without Heels
- End of the Rainbow
- Betrayal
- That's How You Got Killed Before
- Big Light
- It Tears Me Up
- Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line
- Your Mind Is On Vacation
- Your Funeral My Trial
- That's How You Got Killed Before
- True Love Ways
Free Music Notes for King of America
Free Music Review: Long live the King (3.5 stars)
Hit: 3 Stars
In my opinion, 'King of America' trails only 'Armed Forces' and 'Painted from Memory' in a heirarchy of Costello's standard recordings. EC Top 50 cuts include 'Indoor Fireworks', 'The Big Light' and 'Poisoned Rose'. 'American Without Tears' and 'Brilliant Mistake' are other excellent songs here. Rhino's bonus disc has a number of treats including 'Having it All', 'Suffering Face' and great live versions of 'Shoes Without Heels' and 'Poisoned Rose'.
King of America Poster
This plunge into blues and roots Americana stands with This Year's Model and Imperial Bedroom as Costello's greatest work. Ryko's repackaging is immaculate, natch, and this time Elvis contributes a fascinating 3,000-word essay about the recording and its dismal fate at Columbia's hands. --Jeff BatemanSeeking to exorcise the demons of 1981's ill-fated country album, Almost Blue, Elvis Costello had another go with 1985's exquisite 15-song exploration of American life, King of America. "Little Palaces" and "Indoor Fireworks" feel like you've lived with them all your life. "Our Little Angel" has the aura of a lost Hank Williams classic, but, of course, only Costello could come up with a couplet like "You try to love but you're so contrary / Like a chainsaw running through a dictionary." King of America isn't all slide guitars and domestic discord, though. "Lovable" is as pure a moment of joyful abandon as Costello has ever allowed himself. Six months later, he kicked up an unholy racket with Blood and Chocolate. Costello fans have never seen another year like it. --Peter Paphides
Born in London in 1954 as Declan McManus, Elvis Costello emerged out of the punk revolution not just as the movement's one truly great singer-songwriter, but as one of them most enduring and versatile stars in popular music. Ever since his 1977 debut album My Aim Is True, Costello has never ceased proving exactly that-his long run of stylistically diverse and artistically adventurous albums bring lyrical weight, emotional endeavor. Produced by Costello with T-Bone Burnett and Larry Hirsch, 1986's King of America finds him surrounded by stellar L.A.-based musicians and assorted legendary players (including ex-Elvis Presley guitar ace James Burton and bassist Jerry Scheff). Live-sounding and vibrant, roots-flavored and brilliant, there's not twice as much of it to love!
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