HERE'S ONE THAT REALLY GRABS ME

Review Score: (10/10)
I've been more or less a casual fan of Costello over the years.
Some of his work moves me and some does not. "All This Useless Beauty" is one that truly does. He's always written incredible lyrics. I remember catching him on Letterman when this came out. He did "It's Time" as a solo acoustic piece and completely blew me away. That song in my mind is so definitive of his dark lyricism and there's plenty of other great stuff here as well. "The Other End Of The Telescope", "Complcated Shaddows" and "Poor Fractured Atlas" are essential Costello in my book. His best work since "Spike"... Costello has been so prolific over the years. He doesn't always hit the nail on the head, but he certainly did so here.

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