Elvis Costello - Momofuku
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Music CD Cover Artist: Elvis Costello Edition: Music CD Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language) Format: Import CD Release Date: 2008-05-06 Music Label: Lost Highway Product features:
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Free Music Notes for Momofuku Album
Free Music Review: Zzzzz...save your money
Hit: 2 Stars
Elvis, by his own admission, did not spend a lot of time on this collection of recordings. So what else is new. Certainly explains this snooze-fest. As a life-long fan, I find that very insulting, by the way. Unless he's trying to groom new fans, those who prefer absinthe to caffeine. In fact, this is the kind of thing that he's taken others for task for over the years. Elvis, at this point, seems a bit like the Stephen Spielberg of alt rock music (with Mr. Spielberg getting the worst of this comparision - he's still turning out quality work): He was never recognized or appreciated by the "establishment" when he did his best work and, now that he's getting some kudos, he's just running from award dinner to tv appearance to recording session, cashing in on his newfound admittance to "What's Shakin' on the Hill". Yep, that's a nod to his good friend Nick Lowe's latest release. He needs to take a page out of Nick's playbook and only release something after it's been groomed and nurtured, not sprayed with liquid fertilizer and shrink-wrapped while the stench is still wafting out of the studio. Elvis peaked with Spike, slipped a notch with Mighty Like A Rose and then flipped us off with what coulda been with When I Was Cruel. Since then, it's been like listening to Shatner read Robert Frost. You can hear the talent in there but the delivery is just unlistenable.