Elvis Costello - Momofuku
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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.Free Music Review: Where's the spice packet?
Hit: 2 Stars
With Momofuku, Elvis serves up a bland, thin broth brimming with leftovers.
Okay, I'm a lifelong fan who has spent thousands on Elvis albums, concert tickets, and associated travel. Sorry Elvis. I'm wondering if you are just sick of it all, or if you are simply getting lazy. Like when you stumbled over some lyrics at a concert a couple years ago because your mind was clearly elsewhere ... going through the motions.
One of the things I've always enjoyed about Elvis' music is the "integrity of the album" - broadly speaking each album had its own sound, its own comprehensive style, and sometimes an overarching theme. This album lacks the discipline that comes from this practice - it just sort of meanders through the sounds of albums past. Many of the tracks sound like leftovers from "Brutal Youth," although "Mr. Feathers" clearly bears the fingerprints of "Spike" and Paul McCartney's influence.
Perhaps "My Three Sons" ruptured the trust developed over the years. This is a syrupy, auto-pilot, rhyming dictionary track that serves no purpose. The twins are too young to be amused by its banality and Matt is probably embarrassed as he envisions his father singing this in 15 years in some backwater casino with his keyboard on "lounge" setting.
Listenable, certainly. But not a worthy effort for this artist. Two disappointed stars.
Free Music Review: Jumped the shark - I will no longer be buying Elvis albums
Hit: 2 Stars
I am a life long Elvis fan who just about everything that he has ever produced, and this may be the last album I buy from him, he has gone from must-have to disappointing. There are many a five star review of this album here, and I can't imagine why. If this gets 5 stars what do you give his great albums like Get Happy, My Aim is True or All this Useless Beauty? There isn't a compelling song in the lot. This looks and feels like the one off that it is, quickly recorded and sped into the market. I will always love the guy, but his wad is blown, and I don't know why he can't see it. This can't even come close to The Delivery Man, and that was just a so-so effort. The last great album from him came out in 1996, and this is the 9th since then. That's a lot of cash gone that would have been better spent. Sorry, Elvis has left the building.Free Music Review: If you really must, just get the MP3 version
Hit: 2 Stars
Talk about lazy. There was a time when Elvis would put out something like this as a bonus disc on a remastered version of a REAL album. These songs are half-cooked and pedestrian. Some may say there's an authenticity that comes only with first takes, muffed starts, and tentative vocals. But this is no masterpiece unadorned and overflowing with naked emotion and song craft. It's just a sad, dull representation of former glory.
Note to CD buyers: This packaging is a joke. No lyrics, tiny pictures, and 2 point text on the flimsiest digipak. Its almost as though you are penalized for paying $15 for the thing.
Free Music Review: Disappointed...
Hit: 1 Stars
Frankly, I am disappointed. However, I do give him credit for variety. Yes, I hear "Burt", early 80's, Blood and Chocolate, etc....but the nah, nah, nah's were a huge turn off...(and please, let Jenny Lewis do her own stuff) and I know "my three sons" is touching, but - again - can anyone say "corny"! Gone are the days when I would listen to an Elvis CD day and night for months on end....I may pull this one out in 2010. After 30 years I may finally have to move on...DCFC anyone? Too bad, I've been a life long fan.