Brutal Youth

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Brutal Youth
Studio album by Elvis Costello

Publication
(s)

1994

Label (s) Warner bros.

Format (s)

CD, LP

Genre (s)

skirt

Title (number)

15th

running time

57:24 min

occupation
  • Vocals, guitar, piano, bass: Elvis Costello
  • Drums: Pete Thomas
  • Piano, organ, harmonium: Steve Nieve
  • Bass: Bruce Thomas
  • Bass: Nick Lowe

Studio (s)

Olympic Studios, London a. a.

chronology
Live at the El Mocambo
(1993) 		Brutal Youth Kojak Variety
(1995)

Brutal Youth (Engl. "Brutal Youth") is a music album by Elvis Costello , which at March 8, 1994 Warner Bros. released. The album is primarily assigned to the genre of rock music, but also contains elements from pop and punk rock . It's on the list of 1001 albums to listen to before you die .

production

Cover and record company only name Elvis Costello as the artist, as all the songs come from his pen. However, it is de facto a reunion of Costello with The Attractions. The Guinness Book of British Hits lists Elvis Costello and the Attractions as an artist. The Attractions -members Steve Nieve (keyboards) and Pete Thomas (percussion) play on all of the album; Attractions bassist Bruce Thomas can be heard on songs 3, 4, 6, 9 and 10. Costello himself represents him on tracks 2 and 8, and Nick Lowe, the producer of earlier albums by Elvis Costello and the Attractions, on the other tracks . Since 1986 (Blood and Chocolate) it was Costello's first long-playing record with his band; the interim albums were recorded with session musicians.

Musical description

Like the cast, the sound of Brutal Youth is reminiscent of the earlier years of Elvis Costello's career; orchestral support or chamber music accompaniment - as on The Juliet Letters, published a year earlier and recorded with the Brodsky Quartet - is missing. Brutal Youth already leads in the cover art, with black and white photos of the young Declan MacManus from 1958 and 1963, back to Costello's youth - symbolic of the return to rock 'n' roll that Costello and his band are performing here. But Costello wouldn't be Costello if he didn't present an “aromatic mixture of Country & Western, Rhythm & Blues, Ballads, Soul, Folk”. "As if not a moment of dissolution had taken place, the Attractions for Costellos are once again staging exorbitant songwriting ingenious soundscapes," says the critic of Intro . The critic of the All Music Guide sees a flaw in the fact that Mitchell Froom produced the record very cautiously. He believes that if Nick Lowe had taken over the production alongside his bass guitar, Brutal Youth would have become even more rocky.

Track list

  1. Pony St. - 3:21
  2. Children Murder - 3:24
  3. 13 Steps Lead Down - 3:16
  4. This Is Hell - 4:27
  5. Clown Strike - 4:03
  6. You Tripped at Every Step - 4:11
  7. Still too Soon to Know - 2:19
  8. 20% Amnesia - 3:25
  9. Sulky Girl - 5:05
  10. London's Brilliant Parade - 4:22
  11. My Science Fiction Twin - 4:10
  12. Rocking Horse Road - 4:03
  13. Just about Glad - 3:14
  14. All the Rage - 3:52
  15. Favorite Hour - 3:31

Publications and chart successes

Brutal Youth entered the UK album charts on March 19, 1994 ; in its short, five-week chart career it reached number 2. The album came to number 34 on the Billboard 200. Two singles and the title track of an EP were decoupled from the album in Great Britain. On March 5, 1994, Sulky Girl went into the British singles chart and reached number 22; At the end of April 1994, 13 Steps Lead Down followed, which reached number 59, and on November 26, 1994, the EP London's Brilliant Parade with the title track from the album came to number 48.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i David Roberts (ed.): Guinness World Records - British Hit Singles and Albums, 19th ed., 2006, ISBN 1-904994-10-5 , p. 123
  2. ^ Giacomo Pellicciotti, Costello la Canaglia, in La Repubblica of March 5, 1994, online version viewed on November 17, 2008
  3. ↑ Intro record review  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated March 4, 1994, viewed November 17, 2008@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.intro.de  
  4. ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Brutal Youth Review, All Music Guide , viewed November 17, 2008
  5. ↑ Chart positions of the albums Elvis Costellos in the All Music Guide