Goodbye Cruel World was Elvis Costello's ninth album overall and the eighth with his backing band the Attractions. It was released in 1984 by F-Beat Records in the UK and Columbia in the US. Tensions within the band-notably between Costello and bassist Bruce Thomas-were beginning to tell, and Costello announced his retirement and the break-up of the group shortly before they were to record Goodbye Cruel World
Goodbye Cruel World (LP, Album). F-Beat, Starcall Records. Elvis Costello And The Attractions. Goodbye Cruel World (CD, Album). FIEND CD 75. UK. 1987.
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For his ninth album, Elvis Costello opted for a sleek contemporary sound highlighted by heavy synths and drum machines. While the album might sound like an artifact of its time (1984), Costello pushes his tunes beyond any worn-out genre reenactments or era trappings. And most songs soar-there’s hearty soul on Home Truth, shiny adult-contemporary pop and self-loathing on I Wanna Be Loved, slick white-boy R&B on Sour Milk-Cow Blues. Wartime irony is juxtaposed achingly on the tender finale Peace in Our Time. Goodbye Cruel World Elvis Costello & The Attractions.
Goodbye Cruel World was Elvis Costello's ninth album overall and the eighth with his backing band The Attractions. Like Punch the Clock, Goodbye Cruel World was produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, the top British hitmakers of the '80s. In some cases – like the duet with Daryl Hall, "The Only Flame in Town," and the cover of the lost Hi R&B gem "I Wanna Be Loved" – the songs benefit from the shiny, streamlined production but it obscures the merits of the finest songs on the album.
During the making of Goodbye Cruel World, Elvis Costello was undergoing a multitude of personal problems, including a divorce, that resulted in a number of poor production decisions and ill-conceived, unformed songs.
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