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Caustic sketches of schemers and losers. Portraits of dissolution and dissipation, treachery and isolation. An anti-Thatcher broadside and a scenario of video voyeurism. Murder ballads and protest songs. Jealous laments and a face-to-face with the Big Cheese Himself. | Caustic sketches of schemers and losers. Portraits of dissolution and dissipation, treachery and isolation. An anti-Thatcher broadside and a scenario of video voyeurism. Murder ballads and protest songs. Jealous laments and a face-to-face with the Big Cheese Himself. | ||
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Off-center rockabilly clatter propels "Pads, Paws and Claws," a sketch of a real fun couple, while the stately Irish folk of "Tramp the Dirt Down" builds to scary intensity during a long litany of shame about Thatcher's Britain. In the courtroom narrative "Let Him Dangle," an anti-execution message is set against music that snaps and sways with vengeful glee, like a trap door springing and body swinging. | Off-center rockabilly clatter propels "Pads, Paws and Claws," a sketch of a real fun couple, while the stately Irish folk of "Tramp the Dirt Down" builds to scary intensity during a long litany of shame about Thatcher's Britain. In the courtroom narrative "Let Him Dangle," an anti-execution message is set against music that snaps and sways with vengeful glee, like a trap door springing and body swinging. | ||
The variety of the arrangements and themes encourages Costello's most versatile vocal performance yet. Whether tough, sure-footed, fast-paced deliveries or aching, underplayed confessionals, it's a commanding display. From a whisper to a scream, indeed. | The variety of the arrangements and themes encourages Costello's most versatile vocal performance yet. Whether tough, sure-footed, fast-paced deliveries or aching, underplayed confessionals, it's a commanding display. From a whisper to a scream, indeed. | ||
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