Track Listings (15) - Disc #1| All Artists: Elvis Costello Title: Kojak Variety Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 1 Label: Warner Bros UK Original Release Date: 5/9/1995 Release Date: 5/9/1995 Album Type: Import Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock Styles: Singer-Songwriters, Singer-Songwriters Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 093624590323, 766482909346, 603497078462 |
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With 'Kojak Variety', from 1995, Costello is a crooner, picking forgotten tunes by both minor & major artists (anyone from Screamin' Jay Hawkins to Bob Dylan). Guest musicians include Marc Ribot & Jim Keltner. Warn... more »     |
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Album Description With 'Kojak Variety', from 1995, Costello is a crooner, picking forgotten tunes by both minor & major artists (anyone from Screamin' Jay Hawkins to Bob Dylan). Guest musicians include Marc Ribot & Jim Keltner. Warner Brothers. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsTypical Mid-Life Transition Elvis Costello Eric D. Sweetwood | Normal, Illinois USA | 07/30/1999 (3 out of 5 stars) "Great moments exist on this CD and a few failures. This CD is typical of Costello. Also, it is typical of his fans to disagree where the music is great and where the music is weak. Costello's "Pouring Water On A Drowning Man" is, in this fan's opinion, one of his greatest moments of recorded music. On the other hand, his version of the Kink's "Days" is amazingly misguided. I have a friend who says the exact opposite. You judge for yourself. "Hidden Charms," "Strange," "Remove This Doubt," and "Leave My Kitten Alone" are, as with most Elvis Costello's songs, wonderfully sung with feeling and charm. "The Very Thought of You," is a standout moment in which Declan MacManus's voice is so perfectly matched with the music, that it is a wonder how he did it. The rest, with the excepection of "Pouring Water" is dispensible. Still, an uplifting and unique record where Elvis Costello actually sounds as if he is enjoying himself. The liner notes are insightful and full of well chosen words. Not your typical Attractions record, but typical of Costello as he goes through his mid-life transitions and tries to redirect and rediscover himself. Such a task is not always easy and often times, failures may exist. In the redirection, when Costello hits the mark, he is right on target." Not looking forward to the next one J. Carroll | Island Heights,NJ | 10/29/2002 (2 out of 5 stars) "In the liner notes to KOJAK VARIETY, EC mentions that he considers this CD the first volume in a series. My question is "Why?" This mixed bag of R&B, ballads and the occasional well-known classic (Ray Davies "Days") is unsatisfying to say the least. Actually the liner notes are the best part, insightful looks at Costello's past and how his taste in music developed. The problem is I don't understand why Costello needed to make this record. Better he had put his name on a compilation of original recordings and let the listener in on what motivated him to create CD's like GET HAPPY. As it stands this CD is just a mistake. Costello's take on the various tunes lack the vitality of his original work and even the songs he should make his own, like Randy Newman's "I've Been Wrong Before" and "Days" are more annoying than memorable. If KOJAK VARIETY Vol. 2 does appear as promised, I think I'll skip it."
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