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National Ransom

Elvis Costello

National Ransom

Latest album from the London-born veteran singer-songwriter produced by T Bone Burnett

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6.7

Label
Decca
UK Release date
25/10/2010
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  1. 9.0 |   Blurt

    National Ransom just might turn out to have the longest legs of anything he's done since the 1996 All This Useless Beauty. It will be nothing but pleasure to find out
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  2. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Sounds like yet another rebirth that looks backwards and forward at the same time.
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  3. 8.0 |   Uncut

    A kind of orchestrated R'n'B, with flurries of old-time whimsy. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Occasionally his writing's so hyperactive it resists comprehension. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   The Scotsman

    National Ransom is more a collection of vignettes than the pursuit of a theme
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  6. 7.0 |   Spin

    The new-wave legend flexes his trademark sneer in a handful of hurtling, rootsy rave-ups
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  7. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    The rockers echo vintage Costello, down to Steve Nieve's squealing Vox organ
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  8. 6.5 |   BBC

    While it’s no Costello classic, this repays patience
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  9. 6.0 |   Evening Standard

    He'll never make a rotten album but surely it's time for an astonishing one
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  10. 6.0 |   State

    Sounds very like an Elvis Costello album, except without the baroque archness that once made him interesting. Or unbearable. Depending on your taste, of course
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  11. 6.0 |   Eye Weekly

    Precarious as his status is, Elvis is still the king
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  12. 6.0 |   The Independent

    A collection of typically thoughtful, occasionally verbose songs
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  13. 6.0 |   Q

    Continuing his obsession with bluegrass and Americana. Print edition only

  14. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    If his lyrics intrigue, he has, it must be said, written better melodies
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  15. 6.0 |   Sydney Morning Herald

    You can appreciate National Ransom but it won't become your life
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  16. 6.0 |   Daily Telegraph

    An overcrowded collection loses potency through lack of focus
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  17. 6.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    t's a mixed bag, with nothing to trouble the anthologists and nothing to curl the toes
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  18. 6.0 |   The Observer

    To criticise an overabundance of scenes and musical styles feels like quibbling with generosity, but there are misfires here
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