Secret, Profane & Sugarcane - Elvis Costello

6underground · 06-22-2009, 10:18 AM

7/10
Primarily acoustic. Lots of fiddle. Some solid bass work. And unfortunately a fair bit of filler. There are several commendable tracks though, and Costello covers every formulaic country attitude you’d expect. From scorned lover to front-porch stomper. All while maintaining his caliber of lyrical composition. It is casually reminiscent of King of America, just because it’s the product of the same producer and a similar genre, but this album really plays with no hint of obligation to his previous sounds.

Highlights:
I Felt Chill Before the Winter
I Dreamed of My Old Lover
Sulphur to Sugarcane (a little ditty about nationwide “conquests”)

06-22-2009, 10:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
6underground Prozac Princess Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 198	7/10 Primarily acoustic. Lots of fiddle. Some solid bass work. And unfortunately a fair bit of filler. There are several commendable tracks though, and Costello covers every formulaic country attitude you’d expect. From scorned lover to front-porch stomper. All while maintaining his caliber of lyrical composition. It is casually reminiscent of King of America, just because it’s the product of the same producer and a similar genre, but this album really plays with no hint of obligation to his previous sounds. Highlights: I Felt Chill Before the Winter I Dreamed of My Old Lover Sulphur to Sugarcane (a little ditty about nationwide “conquests”)