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[CRAZY-HORSE]

ELVIS COSTELLO & THE BRODSKY QUARTET "the juliet letters" cd,1993.

whats that you say...Elvis doing a classical album???
well actually, yes and no??!! work that one out if you will?!
Elvis has always said that this is not a classical album, rather a serious album, but i think of it as classical as he is using a classical quartet for the music with no contemporary instruments to be heard anywhere.
the album is a collection of songs based on fictitious letters sent to Juliet of "romeo and juliet" fame...
some great Costello tracks on here, some downright aweful ones also...and thats coming from a diehard Elvis fan!.
this is probably my least liked Elvis album, but still it scrapes in for a pass mark here despite a third of the tracks on it that i do not like...Tiggi swears blind he loves this one, so i guess its one of those albums you either dismiss or swear by!!!
but hey, gotta admire the man for stepping outside the box to try something different even if it doesnt work...like Neil Young,both could sit inside their comfort zones and the fans would be happy and the albums would still sell, but they both see the 'big picture' to expand their horizons and push themselves to the limits!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: last post
best track: i almost had a weakness

tracks:

1. deliver us *
2. for other eyes *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDULIW5Sx-I audio of first two tracks
3. swine! **
4. dead letter *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fk1pdfk_js audio
5. expert rites *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLM3wFjpL-k audio
6. i almost had a weakness ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWBUTV9V1UI audio
7. why? *
8. who do you think you are? *
9. taking my life in your hands *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3nevO_jcJc live
10.this offer is unrepeatable ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBLkuo6oX1s audio
11.dear sweet filthy world **
12.the letter home ***
13.jacksons,monk and rowe ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Uar-p6hgvk audio
14.this sad burlesque **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ukSBwl739A audio
15.romeo's seance **
16.i thought id write to juliet **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSBiJSG_J-U audio
17.last post *
18.the first to leave **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqKXDrTP2Cg audio
19.damnations cellar ***
20.the birds will still be singing **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq14kBBLBGg audio

3s=5
2s=8
1s=7

rating: 1.9