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Elvis Costello & the Attractions: Bruce Thomas (bass guitar); Pete Thomas (drum); Steve Nieve.
With his seventh album, IMPERIAL BEDROOM, Elvis Costello was hailed as being more than just a New Wave rocker. With intricate, Beatlesque arrangements and unusual, sophisticated song structures, Costello emerged as full-blown master craftsman. Some of the more excitable critics of the day declared him a modern Cole Porter. Indeed, it's possible to imagine some 1940s torch singer crooning the slinky "The Long Honeymoon" or the mournful "Kid About It," but the free-associative, polyrhythmic likes of "Beyond Belief" and "Shabby Doll" had never been heard anywhere in pop music before.
Undeniably one of Costello's finest hours as a tunesmith, IMPERIAL BEDROOM shows several sides of his musical personality. He's roots-conscious enough to pen a perfect jazz ballad ("Almost Blue," later covered by Chet Baker), but adventurous enough to push the lyrical and harmonic envelope even farther than on his rococo masterpiece, ARMED FORCES.
Personnel: Steve Nieve (piano, organ); Elvis Costello (vocals, guitar).
Recording information: AIR Recording Studios, London, England (10/1981-11/1981).
Photographer: David P. Bailey.Rolling Stone (11/89) - Ranked #38 in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums Of The 80s" survey.
Q (11/94, p.136) - 5 Stars - Indispensable - "...Costello's masterpiece. Rich in musical styles, baroque, Beatlesque and unstoppable...the most endlessly rewarding of all Costello's albums..."
Uncut (01/03, p.138) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...It's baroque majesty still thrills....Elegant, expansive, knotted with concealed emotional conflict, exciting, beautiful..."
NME (Magazine) (9/25/93, p.19) - Ranked #41 in NME's list of The 50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s. Imperial Bedroom Music | List Price | $13.92 (You save $1.27) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Pop, New Wave | | Label | Hip-O | | Orig Year | 1982 | | All Time Sales Rank |  128675  | | CD Universe Part number | 7412851 | | Catalog number | 000863402 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 01, 2007 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Michele Horie; Geoff Emerick; Geoff Emerick; Michele Horie (Reissue) | | Recording Time | 50 minutes | | Personnel | Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar
Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar
Steve Nieve - piano, organ
| | Additional Info | Digipak; Special Edition |
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