North Review: London Times (1 Star)
The London Times doesn't want to go North
ELVIS COSTELLO - North (Deutsche Grammophon) (1/5 stars)
WITH typically breathtaking audacity, Elvis Costello has recast himself in the role of a jazz supper-club singer on North. Rather than do a Robbie and cover Rat Pack standards, he has written his own collection of ersatz piano ballads and orchestral torch songs. They are a pretentious, ponderous homage to a bygone era, rendered in deadly earnest. It rings sadly hollow. - David Sinclair
(Submitted by John Foyle)