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<center>''' Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve </center> | <center>''' Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve </center> | ||
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<center> | <center> Michael Cote / Scripps Howard News Service </center> | ||
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Elvis Costello and the Attractions released their first full-length collaboration in a decade this year with ''All This Useless Beauty'', another collection of stellar songs that sold modestly but earned the usual raves. Before the band toured America, the singer/guitarist hit several U.S. cities with Attractions pianist Steve Nieve for a series of mostly acoustic dates. | Elvis Costello and the Attractions released their first full-length collaboration in a decade this year with ''All This Useless Beauty'', another collection of stellar songs that sold modestly but earned the usual raves. Before the band toured America, the singer/guitarist hit several U.S. cities with Attractions pianist Steve Nieve for a series of mostly acoustic dates. ''Costello & Nieve'' features two hours of the duo's performances culled from shows in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston and New York. | ||
''Costello & Nieve'' features two hours of the duo's performances culled from shows in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston and New York. | |||
The five-disc EP collection, previously released to radio stations to promote the Attractions shows, has been issued in a limited edition of only 30,000 copies, so rabid Costello fans will want to snatch up this gem fast. | The five-disc EP collection, previously released to radio stations to promote the Attractions shows, has been issued in a limited edition of only 30,000 copies, so rabid Costello fans will want to snatch up this gem fast. | ||
Over 26 tracks, the duo offer ample evidence that Costello's songs can stand up without much instrumentation | Over 26 tracks, the duo offer ample evidence that Costello's songs can stand up without much instrumentation. | ||
Nieve' | Costello and Nieve perform spare versions of all but one song from ''All This Useless Beauty'', a few covers (such as the Grateful Dead's "Ship of Fools") and a fair amount of tracks from Costello's extensive back catalog (including two versions of "The Long Honeymoon"). | ||
Costello and Nieve strip "Temptation" (from 1980's ''Get Happy'') of its up-tempo R&B style and transform it into a gentle near-lullaby. | Nieve's quirky but classically grounded playing has always been the perfect complement for Costello's moody, sometimes overreaching vocals. The pianist adds menace to the reggae-tinged rocker, "Watching the Detectives," but the set concentrates on ballads like "Man Out Of Time," "Just a Memory" and "Black Sails in the Sunset." Costello and Nieve strip "Temptation" (from 1980's ''Get Happy'') of its up-tempo R&B style and transform it into a gentle near-lullaby. | ||
Longtime fans will cherish every moment of ''Costello and Nieve''. | Longtime fans will cherish every moment of ''Costello and Nieve''. | ||
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[[Michael Cote]] reviews ''[[Costello & Nieve]]''. | |||
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