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- Original Release Date: 15 April 2002
- Format - Music: MP3
- Compatible with MP3 Players (including with iPod®), iTunes, Windows Media Player
- Also available in CD Format
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| Play | 1. 45 | 3:34 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 2. Spooky Girlfriend | 4:24 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 3. Tear Off Your Own Head ( It's A Doll Revolution) | 3:31 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 4. When I Was Cruel No.2 | 7:06 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 5. Soul For Hire | 3:55 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 6. 15 Petals | 4:01 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 7. Tart | 4:03 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 8. Dust 2 ... | 3:21 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 9. Dissolve | 2:23 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 10. Alibi | 6:42 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 11. ...Dust | 3:04 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 12. Daddy Can I Turn This? | 3:41 | £0.59 | ||
| Play | 13. My Little Blue Window | 3:10 | £0.59 | ||
| Play | 14. Oh Well | 2:53 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 15. Episode Of Blonde | 5:01 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 16. Radio Silence | 5:00 | £0.69 |
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Why is Elvis Costello still making albums this good? By all rights, he should be an embarrassment by now, a faded punk rock icon whose time has long passed. Instead, he is outpacing most of the younger guys in terms of output, energy, quality and passion. This album is the work of a man who loves music, and loves discovery, someone who is hell bent on creating something new and exciting even if it costs him the affections of fickle-minded listeners and journalists.
I don't know how he does it. This album is a tour de force, like Dylan's Time Out Of Mind but more playful and full of dark fun. Run out and get it, put it on, and howl at the moon...
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
"When I was cruel" signals Costello doing that which he does best. It is in turns stroppy, sensitive, dense, simple, and mostly inspired.
After the beard years and the ballad years we now have a return to the noisy years. Much of the musical sound on this record is reminiscent of Attraction era music. Studio layering does little to enhance this, though Elvis obviously thinks otherwise. The best songs, as always,are the most simple.
45, Alibi, My Little Blue Window, to name a few are classis Costello. Lyrically taut, musically soaring, a perfect reason to buy this.
The title track, When I was Cruel, carries sonic echoes of "I want you". Brooding, repetitive, and vintage! Indeed this new release represents not so much a return to form as evidence that he has always been on form.
Episode of Blonde carries Elvis into new territory and works superby well. The latin shuffle of the verse and the pop lushness of the chorus combine into a veritable tour de force. Live it must be a wonder to behold.
Of course there are a few songs which don't work. "Daddy can I turn this" and "Soul for Hire" are messy, and unsatisfactory. But Elvis has always had a few dud tracks on every release he's ever made. The man, fans must remember, is not perfect.
"Maintaining Radio Silence" brings the recording to a perfect end. Costello's enunciation is spine-chilling, and the lyric follows in a tradition of diva last-album songs.(I want to Vanish, Forever, Waiting for the end of the world, etc)
Repeated listening brings its rewards. "When I was Cruel" shows Costello to be in a league of one. He is funny at times, cruel at times (despite protests to the contrary) and achingly tender at times. Buy "When I was Cruel" and prepare to be entranced by the beloved entertainer!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Elvis Costello's problem is that he has produced so many great albums over the years that he finds himself judged by his own very high standards. We expect outstanding music from him, and sometimes feel a little disappointed, even when he produces albums which almost nobody else can rival.
When I Was Cruel is a case in point. It's a marvellous album, showcasing most of the styles which EC has mastered over the years. I can't think of another British artist who could hope to rival this. If you like EC, you'll like this.
Oh, and it is NOT a 'return to form'. This implies that EC was 'off form' with his last couple of albums. That was emphatically not the case. All This Useless Beauty and Painted From Memory were outstanding albums. If you haven't got them, put them in your shopping basket with this...
Four stars, then. I can't give it five because it's not his absolute best work. It's those high standards, you see...
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Proper 'Costello Music'
With the release of Costello's 5th album I was really disheartened by the direction he'd chosen and whilst 'Mighty Like A Rose' did score a fair few points in my book it wasn't... Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2009 by Paul Treneary
An excellent addition to your music library
Elvis Costello is quite literally the most unique and interesting man in rock-n-roll today. He hit the music scene in the mid-1970s, and no one quite knew what to make out of this... Read more
Published on 27 Jun 2006 by Kurt A. Johnson
The best since this years model.
If I may be so humble to suggest that this is the best thing that Elvis Costello has done since This Years Model. Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2003
Wicked Wit
If there were any doubts that Elvis Costello couldn't rock anymore, they were dispelled with When I Was Cruel. Read more
Published on 13 July 2002
CRUEL TO BE KIND-- A MASTERPIECE
A great album-- not so much a "return to rock" as a bold new direction, this album is groovy and funky and dark and funny. Read more
Published on 3 May 2002 by coaltrainrobberies@yahoo.com
Bloody Brilliant!
How many 47 year old rock stars have made a collection of songs as fresh, inventive & snarling as this? Read more
Published on 25 April 2002
When he was good
A "return to form" must be code-speak for the tiredness that comes before death in this case: there's nothing wrong with this album (which is more than you can say for... Read more
Published on 23 April 2002
Elvis - as usual on top form
Elvis Costello, in my opinion has produced a catalogue of albums that hold up to any contemporary rock or popular artist. Read more
Published on 22 April 2002 by Martin Mckenna
awesome!
Up there with his very best. Intelligent, witty, scary, melodically strong, always sonically challenging, this is a powerful record and far from over-long as some reviewers have... Read more
Published on 22 April 2002 by Mr. S. A. H. Done
Still cruel after all these years
Costello wants us to believe that he was "cruel" in the past and apparently is a good boy now. No so. Read more
Published on 19 April 2002 by carsten.birgit@teliamail.dk
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