I am glad this reissue is making people take a second look
at this album. I have always loved it from the day I bought
my first copy on vinyl. Of course this next purchase will
be my 4th (vinyl, cassette, CD). 
 
 michael vg


--- DanAbnrml9@aol.com wrote:

>  
> In a message dated 8/13/2004 1:01:43 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
> audities-owner@smoe.org 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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