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Island president Julie Greenwald is unequivocal in her view of the project. "I totally think of it as a rock record. But it's very contemporary. He has an amazing past, but he really wanted us to make sure we were focusing on today." | Island president Julie Greenwald is unequivocal in her view of the project. "I totally think of it as a rock record. But it's very contemporary. He has an amazing past, but he really wanted us to make sure we were focusing on today." | ||
''When I Was Cruel'' introduces strident basslines by new band member Davey Farragher, the effective use of a one-word sample (a device Costello had previously eschewed) by 1960s Italian singer Mina on "When I Was Cruel No. 2," and some distinctively devilish word games. The latter track quotes from Abba's "Dancing Queen," while on "Episode of Blonde," in a line credited to his wife Cait O'Riordan, he sings: "Every Elvis has his Army, every rattlesnake his charm." | ''When I Was Cruel'' introduces strident basslines by new band member Davey Farragher, the effective use of a one-word sample (a device Costello had previously eschewed) by 1960s Italian singer Mina on "When I Was Cruel No. 2," and some distinctively devilish word games. The latter track quotes from Abba's "Dancing Queen," while on "Episode of Blonde," in a line credited to his wife Cait O'Riordan, he sings: ''"Every Elvis has his Army, every rattlesnake his charm."'' | ||
"There was a great liberty offered by this record," says Costello, now happily living in Dublin. "I recorded much of it at home, with an idiot box of rhythm. I already knew how it should go. because I planned to make the record in 2000. But the company never seemed stable enough to risk it. In the end, it gave me more time to write it." | "There was a great liberty offered by this record," says Costello, now happily living in Dublin. "I recorded much of it at home, with an idiot box of rhythm. I already knew how it should go. because I planned to make the record in 2000. But the company never seemed stable enough to risk it. In the end, it gave me more time to write it." |
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