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Elvis country is weighted down (maybe change the title to ''Almost There'', har, har). Side Two offers a few inspired cuts, though. "A Good Year for the Roses" is certainly beautiful, Costello's best vocal on the album. His vocal inflections are quite interesting. "Too Far Gone," by producer Billy Sherrill, stands out as well. | Elvis country is weighted down (maybe change the title to ''Almost There'', har, har). Side Two offers a few inspired cuts, though. "A Good Year for the Roses" is certainly beautiful, Costello's best vocal on the album. His vocal inflections are quite interesting. "Too Far Gone," by producer Billy Sherrill, stands out as well. | ||
Sherrill is the first producer Elvis has used outside of Nick Lowe. His sound is amazingly similar to Lowe's, pitched somewhere between the straightforwardness of Trust and the wall-of-soundish ''My Aim is True''. The sound works best on the slow numbers. The lush female harmonies never overpower and the overall sound is thick. The rockers sound a little sluggish. "Honey Hush" is way too subdued. | Sherrill is the first producer Elvis has used outside of Nick Lowe. His sound is amazingly similar to Lowe's, pitched somewhere between the straightforwardness of ''Trust'' and the wall-of-soundish ''My Aim is True''. The sound works best on the slow numbers. The lush female harmonies never overpower and the overall sound is thick. The rockers sound a little sluggish. "Honey Hush" is way too subdued. | ||
An interesting addition to Elvis' lineup is John McFee who backed up Elvis on his first album. McFee, now with the Doobie Brothers (!) plays pedal steel and lead guitar. Elvis should play more lead guitar. From what little I've heard, he sounds more than competant. His acoustic guitar is mixed down on ''Almost Blue'', an album I can't like or dislike. I never thought Elvis Costello could ever | An interesting addition to Elvis' lineup is John McFee who backed up Elvis on his first album. McFee, now with the Doobie Brothers (!) plays pedal steel and lead guitar. Elvis should play more lead guitar. From what little I've heard, he sounds more than competant. His acoustic guitar is mixed down on ''Almost Blue'', an album I can't like or dislike. I never thought Elvis Costello could ever make such innocuous music. | ||
A decent crooner | A decent crooner, Costello still sounds more like Bob Dylan than George Jones. I'm not writing him off. This man has many good albums left in him. | ||
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