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| 1. National Ransom |
| 2. Jimmie Standing In The Rain |
| 3. Stations Of The Cross |
| 4. A Slow Drag With Josephine |
| 5. Five Small Words |
| 6. Church Underground |
| 7. You Hung The Moon |
| 8. Bullets For The New-Born King |
| 9. I Lost You |
| 10. Dr. Watson, I Presume |
| 11. One Bell Ringing |
| 12. The Spell That You Cast |
| 13. That's Not The Part Of Him You're Leaving |
| 14. My Lovely Jezebel |
| 15. All These Strangers |
| 16. A Voice In The Dark |
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National Ransom is the latest Elvis Costello gem, recorded in a total of eleven days at Sound Emporium, Nashville and Village Recorders, Los Angeles and was produced by T Bone Burnett and engineered and mixed by Michael Piersante at Electromagetic, Los Angeles.
All of these songs are newly composed by Costello with the exception of "I Lost You," co-written with Jim Lauderdale and "All These Strangers," for which Costello and T Bone Burnett collaborated on the lyrics. Costello and Burnett also provide the lyrics for "My Lovely Jezebel," a Leon Russell rock and roll tune. All members of the Imposters and Sugarcanes appear on the CD along with guests Vince Gill, Marc Ribot, Buddy Miller and Leon Russell.
All of these songs are newly composed by Costello with the exception of "I Lost You," co-written with Jim Lauderdale and "All These Strangers," for which Costello and T Bone Burnett collaborated on the lyrics. Costello and Burnett also provide the lyrics for "My Lovely Jezebel," a Leon Russell rock and roll tune. All members of the Imposters and Sugarcanes appear on the CD along with guests Vince Gill, Marc Ribot, Buddy Miller and Leon Russell.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
National Ransom From A National Treasure,
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This review is from: National Ransom (Audio CD)
Fantastic. 16 new Elvis Costello songs, Christmas has come early! For those coming to this CD from a recent "Later...with Jools Holland" appearance will probably want to know if all the songs on here are accoustic guitar based. Well, err...no. But are they all of the same high quality? Undoubtedly yes.Elvis has been prolific the past three years. Momofuku was an excellent rock album - followed by a subdued and meandering record last year entitled Secrets Profane & Sugarcane. This new album has much in common with the last but the quality control is much higher. The production is a little less stifling than the last album and the slower songs are given much more room to breathe. And those songs - I'd say some of his very best pepper this album. Jimmie Standing In The Rain, Slow Drag With Josephine, Church Underground, Dr Watson I Presume, Bullets For The New Born King, You Hung The Moon - these are all magnificent songs demanding repeated playing. Some of the more up-tempo songs don't have quite the magic, or is it that they don't suit the personnel? Perhaps they should be saved for Imposters recordings in future (if we get any more of those). Anyway this is a marvellous CD so lets give a big welcome back to one of the most talented men in rock music. Now how about a proper tour?
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ransom worth paying,
This review is from: National Ransom (Audio CD)
Before reviewing this new collection of songs I checked back over my collection to see if Elvis had ever previously produced such a variety of musical genres, but I don't think even "Spike" or "All this Useless Beauty" come close. There are echoes of "North" in "You Hung the Moon", a few high-quality country-flavoured tunes and some strong melodies and interesting chord structures in "Jimmie Standing in the Rain", the delightful "Slow Drag with Josephine" and "Church Underground". There are also 3 or 4 subtle and understated songs which grow in stature with repeated playing.The production is excellent, the guitar playing is good and the use of double-bass works so well that I don't find myself harking back to the days of Bruce Thomas. The lyrics as ever are brilliant and 15 out of 16 tracks are excellent. Thoroughly recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Costello's Finest,
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This review is from: National Ransom (Audio CD)
After a couple of fairly average albums, and a flirtation with all things Americana, I wasn't overly optimistic that I would like this album.Wow, how wrong I was. This is a stunning piece of work - without doubt it sits right alongside Elvis's best. There is not one duff track & Elvis's voice sounds wonderful throughout. I hesitate to pick out a single track but the closer - "A Voice In The Dark" is as near perfect as you can get. A+ Elvis. Elvis hasn't left the building - he OWNS the building!
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