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By the time ''Trust'' was released in 1981, the story was off the front pages, and the days of "Angry Young Elvis" – when he might show up for a concert, play 20 minutes and then storm off the stage – were over. And while ''Trust'' wasn't quite as angry an album as ''This Year's Model'' (what could be?), it had its share of venom. In retrospect this feels like a transitional album, taking the first steps from that earlier, angrier era to the second stage of his career, where at times it seemed as if he wanted to become the Cole Porter of his time. For my part, I've always loved the album – and so did just about all of my friends in Deutsch Hall (UC Berkeley) that Spring. There were days when you could stop on four different floors in our dorm, and ''Trust'' is what you'd hear playing. My only regret is that, still a little spooked by the stories of 20 minute shows and doing my best to protect my pocketbook, I passed up on the opportunity to see what I'm told was a great show that April in San Francisco. | By the time ''Trust'' was released in 1981, the story was off the front pages, and the days of "Angry Young Elvis" – when he might show up for a concert, play 20 minutes and then storm off the stage – were over. And while ''Trust'' wasn't quite as angry an album as ''This Year's Model'' (what could be?), it had its share of venom. In retrospect this feels like a transitional album, taking the first steps from that earlier, angrier era to the second stage of his career, where at times it seemed as if he wanted to become the Cole Porter of his time. For my part, I've always loved the album – and so did just about all of my friends in Deutsch Hall (UC Berkeley) that Spring. There were days when you could stop on four different floors in our dorm, and ''Trust'' is what you'd hear playing. My only regret is that, still a little spooked by the stories of 20 minute shows and doing my best to protect my pocketbook, I passed up on the opportunity to see what I'm told was a great show that April in San Francisco. | ||
Christgau: A. "…here he makes the music make the words as he hasn't since ''This Year's Model''. This is rock and roll as eloquent, hard-hitting pop, and Elvis has turned into such a soul man that I no longer wish he'd change his name to George and go country." | |||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://of-nothing.blogspot.com/ | *[http://of-nothing.blogspot.com/2016/01/trust-elvis-costello-1981.html of-nothing.blogspot.com] | ||
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