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Kojak Variety: Deluxe Edition (Remaster) (CD)

By: Elvis Costello (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Kojak Variety: Deluxe Edition (Remaster) (CD) Album By Elvis Costello (Artist)
1   Strange
2   Hidden Charms
3   Remove This Doubt
4   I Threw It All Away
5   Leave My Kitten Alone
6   Everybody's Crying Mercy
7   I've Been Wrong Before
8   Bama Lama Bama Loo
9   Must You Throw Dirt In My Face
10   Pouring Water On A Drowning Man
11   Very Thought Of You, The
12   Payday
13   Please Stay
14   Running Out Of Fools
15   Days
 
DISC 2 for Kojak Variety: Deluxe Edition (Remaster) (CD) Album By Elvis Costello (Artist)
1   Ship Of Fools
2   My Resistance Is Low
3   Innocent When You Dream
4   I'm Coming Home
5   Dark End Of The Street, The
6   Congratulations
7   You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
8   Pouring Water On A Dying Man - (alternate take)
9   Still Feeling Blue
10   Brilliant Disguise
11   How Long Has This Been Going On
12   Sleepless Nights
13   Step Inside Love
14   You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
15   Sally Sue Brown
16   Sticks And Stones
17   That's How You Got Killed Before - (with Dirty Dozen Brass Band)
18   Night Before Larry Was Stretched, The
19   But Not For Me - (with Larry Adler)
20   Full Gale Force
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (p.83) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[A] first-rate oddity nobody noticed at the time....KOJAK VARIETY is a totally fascinating and essential spin."
Q (6/95, p.135) - 3 Stars - Good - "...there are signs here that, should he find himself at 60, all fueling angers spent, Costello could be the man to mount the bar stool on a smoky club stage set and sing the great songs of the last 40 years the way Sinatra might have if he'd been born to the rock'n'roll generation."
Melody Maker (5/27/95, p.38) - "...an engaging detour....The songs here are largely obscurities; the impression is almost of random excerpts leaping from the pages of Costello's famously encyclopaedic knowledge of music..."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.111) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Sincere and committed..."

Title Note

Personnel: Elvis Costello (vocals, electric guitar, harmonica); James Burton (guitar); Marc Ribot (guitar, banjo); Larry Knechtel (piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ); Jerry Scheff (bass); Jim Keltner, Pete Thomas (drums).

Recorded at Blue Wave Studios, Barbados. Includes liner notes by Elvis Costello.

Personnel: Elvis Costello (vocals, guitar); Marc Ribot (guitar, banjo); James Burton, Larry Knechtel (guitar); Jerry Scheff (piano, Hammond b-3 organ, bass guitar); Pete Thomas (bass guitar, drums); Jim Keltner (drums).

Recording information: Blue Wave Studios, Barbados (1990).

Costello was always something of a musical sponge, soaking up an eclectic bunch of influences and assimilating them into an original vision that was fed by tradition but pointed straight to the future. Here he pays tribute to the musical heroes of his youth, with cover versions of songs both obscure and familiar. The accent is on blues and R&B, as EC tackles James Carr's anguished, soulful "Pouring Water on a Drowning Man" and Willie Dixon's vibrant "Hidden Charms." Along the way, Elvis redefines some of his favorite tunes by radically recasting them. Dylan's "I Threw it All Away" become a soul torch ballad. The Louvin Brothers' "Must You Throw Dirt in My Face" is turned into an R&B lament. Session monsters like Jim Keltner and James Burton inject the proper amount of grit into the proceedings, making this a surprisingly fresh-sounding walk through the American roots of one of Britain's finest singer-songwriters.

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