Elvis Costello - Momofuku
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Free Music Review: Soup to Nuts
Hit: 5 Stars
Elvis Costello sounds like his aim is still true, and his backup sounds like a psychotic calliope in a demented merry-go-round--what a wonderful record of the current state of affairs, his and ours.
The most embarrassing song points out the degradation of Lady Liberty and the shift from democratic to plutocratic to gangster government, but ignore any song here at your own risk.
None of these tracks will stop running through my head. The order and frequency keeps shifting, but American Gangster Time stays at number one. Individual rhymes pop into my head, such as ang[er] and hang and gang[ster], closing and dozing, withering and slithering. Again, the entertainer has tricked me into listening, right or wrong, correctly or incorrectly, to uncomfortable opinions and truths and almost-comfortable music from his heart. The man is relentless.
Just before this Momofuku appeared out of nowhere, I had been listening for the first time to My Aim Is True all the way through. I'd heard the hits and had the album, but I never listened to it, just the hits, and I'd missed the time they were new on the radio. (I wasn't listening to the radio or watching television for a while; too busy with other things.) My Aim Is True is a great 2008 album: It's fresh and exciting, and every track makes you want to know what happens next, the same as Momofuku does.
So, I'm learning Elvis Costello from the middle out both ways, sort of.
My daughter says Momofuku has something to do with wind (or uniform, as in sailor's uniform) and peach and must be idiomatic if it means "lucky peach." Perhaps it means "windy peach," an apt pseudonym for Elvis Costello.
Cup of soup, anyone?
Douglas
Free Music Review: Not Bad For A Limited, Primitive Man
Hit: 5 Stars
Momofuku is undoubtedly the best effort by Mr Costello in years, and already one of my favorites of the year. Things start off with the knockout 1-2 punch of "No Hiding Place" and "American Gangster Time". Both show that age hasn't mellowed his angry and cynical side, but its a righteous anger against those who can "say anything you want to in your fetching cloak of anonymity" (see several below)or want to use and abuse their power. "Harry Worth", "Flutter and Wow", and "My Three Sons" are more sudbued but still powerful as he admonishes the troubled couple that "there are not many moments that capture your breath", or sings simple songs of love and fatherhood. Another standout is "Stella Hurt" based on a true story (Google Teddy Grace) of an obscure jazz musician--perhaps a commentary on the music industry's attitude towards artists. She is forgotten until an old record is found "abandoned in an attic, Stella is silent as the grave until a needle drags her through the static". "Pardon me Madam, My Name Is Eve" is a cautionary tale for the "other woman", as the jilted Eve remembers her time before being expelled from the garden. Throughout he is able to walk the difficult balance of maintaining his trademark sound, while expanding and varying things enough that it does not seem like just another record to make a buck or satisfy a contract. Indeed, everything is done with passion and commitment that comes through even in the digital age. My favorite by a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year (Sorry, Madonna).Free Music Review: Momofuku
Hit: 5 Stars
Elvis Costello & The Imposters ****1/2
Easily his best since Blood & Chocolate. And for me personally, along with My Aim Is True, this has got to be my favorite Costello album. I have always applauded Costello's work, even his less than stellar work, because he was making the music he wanted to, and in my book that is commendable.
Momofuku is being held as his most accessible since "..." well that my be true but that is not what or what does not make this a good album. Songs like the killer 'Go Away' the lyrical fantastic of 'Pardon Me, Madam, My Name Is Eve' and the just under overly catchy 'Drum & Bone' which make this a fantastic record. But what took my by surprise was 'No Hiding Place.' I have debated and debated with myself for a while now, and I have at the moment decided that this is bar far and then some, that 'No Hiding Place' is the best thing Costello ever did. Yeah I said it, you didn't read that wrong. I don't even know how or want to describe it, it's so good.
Steve Neive, Pete Thomas, and Davey Faragher make up The Imposter's, Costello's current band, and let me tell you it is one of the best lineups the man has ever assembled. Kudos to the boys for making a great record, and then releasing it only on Vinyl first, truly a rock n' roll thing to do. Costello can sit a my lunch table any day.
Free Music Review: Great album!
Hit: 5 Stars
I just saw Elvis Costello open for the Police last week, and half of his set was songs from Momofuku. He played 6 songs from it, and 7 classic Costello tunes... and the new songs held up fine.
He opened with Stella Hurts, and gave Go Away its live debut...and that may have been the best song he did that night.
This album is great, so many instant classic (IMO). I am not a huge fan, but this might be my favorite Costello album (aside from My Aim is True and This Year's Model)
Highlights:
- No Hidng Place
- Turpentine
- Stella Hurt
- Go Away
- American Ganster Time
Get this album and if you have a chance... see him live open for the Police. He is a great opener.
Free Music Review: Costello scores again!
Hit: 5 Stars
Back in the day, as a young DJ we received Costello's first album at the radio station. All the other jocks laughed at his Buddy Hollyish look.
I thought he looked cool and all the tunes on that, what I think was his first release, were great.
Then this past year I saw him live with Dylan. Just Elvis and his guitar and frankly I thought he was a lot more entertaining than Bob.
I bought his latest and was knock out by the diversity he shows on this record. "American Gangster Time" with its hint of organ in the background is a killer. The other tunes on this release are just as good especially the eclectic "Harry Worth".
This is Costello's best in a long time. I think I'll listen to it again,and again and again...