Elvis Costello & The Attractions Imperial Bedroom 24 Karat Gold CD Ryko AU 20 NEU OVP Sealed Cut Out

Produktinformation


Audio CD (1992)
Anzahl Disks/Tonträger: 1
Label: Rykodisc  RCD 80278

         Tracks

1. Beyond Believe 2:33   
2. Tears Before Bedtime 3:00   
3. Shabby Doll 4:42   
4. The Long Honeymoon 4:15   
5. Man Out Of Time 5:26   
6. Almost Blue 2:47   
7. .....And In Every Home 3:20   
8. The Loved Ones 2:47   
9. Human Hands 2:43   
10. Kid About It 2:44   
11. Little Savage 2:37   
12. Boy With A Problem 2:10   
13. Pidgin English 3:58   
14. You Little Fool 3:08   
15. Town Cryer 4:11   
16. From Head To Toe 2:34 *  
17. The World Of Broken Hearts 3:01 *  
18. Night Time 2:52 *  
19. Really Mystified 2:03 *  
20. I Turn Around 2:09 *  
21. Seconds Of Pleasure 3:43 *  
22. The Stamping Ground 3:09 *  
23. Shabby Doll 4:18 *  
24. Imperial Bedroom 2:47  *

 
 
* = Bonus Track
 
Produktbeschreibungen
"Masterpiece?" -- das verkündete zumindest Columbias Anzeigenkampagne, als Imperial Bedroom 1982 erschien. Wenn man sich die Platte anhört, erscheint es gelegentlich wirklich angebrachter, die Betonung auf das Fragezeichen zu legen. Das Album ist sehr gut, an manchen Stellen sogar überraschend gut. Aber was die herzzerreißenden Gefühle betrifft, kommt es an King of America bei weitem nicht heran, und auch Painted From Memory, Costellos Gemeinschaftsproduktion mit Burt Bacharach aus dem Jahre 1998, bleibt als herausragendes Beispiel für elegante Pop-Handwerkskunst unübertroffen. (Wo wir gerade davon sprechen: Letzteres ist auch vom Herzschmerzfaktor her gar nicht so übel.)
Natürlich gibt es hier durchaus auch einige kleinere Lichtblicke, und einen riesengroßen, nämlich das überwältigende "Beyond Belief". Sicher sind auf Imperial Bedroom die Stücke in der Mehrzahl großartig, und doch hat der Bonustrack dieser Rykodisc-Edition, das einfache "From Head to Toe" (eine Coverversion eines Songs von Smokey Robinson and the Miracles), eine stärkere Ausstrahlung als die ganzen anderen Stücke der Platte. --Rickey Wright

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Having gotten country out of his system with Almost Blue, Elvis Costello returned to pop music with Imperial Bedroom — and it was pop in the classic, Tin Pan Alley sense. Costello chose to hire Geoff Emerick, who engineered all of the Beatles' most ambitious records, to produce Imperial Bedroom, which indicates what it sounds like — it's traditional pop with a post-Sgt. Pepper production. Essentially, the songs on Imperial Bedroom are an extension of Costello's jazz and pop infatuations on Trust. Costello's music is complex and intricate, yet it flows so smoothly, it's easy to miss the bitter, brutal lyrics. The interweaving layers of "Beyond Belief" and the whirlwind intro are the most overtly dark sounds on the record, with most of the album given over to the orchestrated, melancholy torch songs and pop singles. Never once do Costello & the Attractions deliver a rock & roll song — the album is all about sonic detail, from the accordion on "The Long Honeymoon" to the lilting strings on "Town Cryer." Of course, the detail and the ornate arrangements immediately peg Imperial Bedroom as Costello's most ambitious album, but that doesn't mean it's his absolute masterpiece. Imperial Bedroom remains one of Costello's essential records because it is the culmination of his ambitions and desires — it's where he proves that he can play with the big boys, both as a songwriter and a record-maker. It may not have been a commercial blockbuster, but it certainly earned the respect of legions of musicians and critics who would have previously disdained such a punk rocker. And, perhaps, that's also the reason that he abandoned this immaculately crafted style of work on his next album, Punch the Clock.
 

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