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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Goodbye Cruel World |
| Date | Fri, 13 Aug 2004 07:15:43 -0500 |
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I think that GCW gets the worst tag hung upon it because, at the time,
that's how it ranked -- now Elvis has a few other disappointments to compare
it to. I believe that in the liners for the Ryko reissue, Elvis himself
refers to it as his worst LP. I still like "Love Field", "I Wanna Be
Loved", "Only Flame" and a couple of others...
Mike Bennett
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>From: DanAbnrml9@aol.com
>
>In a message dated 8/13/2004 1:01:43 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>[Stewart] writes:
>
><<NP: GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD (bonus disc) -- Elvis Costello (Based on
>re-hearing
>this album a couple of weeks ago and then buying the new Rhino double-disc
>Tuesday, I have to say: this record is actually not nearly as bad as I
>recalled it being at the time. Inappropriately produced, yes, and with
>filler, but there are a handful of extremely strong songs here.) >>
>
>
>
>I too have been buying these up as they come out and am sort of shocked
>that
>this album isn't nearly as bad as I'd heard. In particular the very
>'80s-sounding Daryl Hall collaboration "The Only Flame In Town"... it's
>dated, yes,
>but I have an appreciation for art and architecture that can be pegged to
>their exact moment of inception. I actually think "Goodbye Cruel World" is
>fairly
>decent. People talk about this being the worst Costello album, but it's
>heads above "Mighty Like A Rose" and miles ahead of the bland "North"
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