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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Brilliant mistake | |||
| 2. Lovable | |||
| 3. Our little angel | |||
| 4. Don't let me be misunderstood | |||
| 5. Glitter gulch | |||
| 6. Indoor fireworks | |||
| 7. Little palaces | |||
| 8. I'll wear it proudly | |||
| 9. American without tears | |||
| 10. Eisenhower blues | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. That's How You Got Killed Before | |||
| 2. The Big Light | |||
| 3. It Tears Me Up | |||
| 4. The Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line | |||
| 5. Your Mind Is On Vacation/Your Funeral My Trial | |||
| 6. That's How You Got Killed Before - reprise | |||
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1981年の失敗作『Almost Blue』の厄払いのために、エルヴィス・コステロは1986年リリースの本作で新たな挑戦をはじめた。本作に収められたのはアメリカン・ライフを深く追求した極上の15曲。「Little Palaces」と「Indoor Fireworks」は魔法の技をリスナーにかけ、初めて聴いたのにこれまでずっと知っていたかのような気持ちにさせてくれる――なんの変哲もないサウンドに聞こえるかも知れないが、最高のソングライティングとはそういうものだ。
ときおり「Our Little Angel」のように、今は亡きハンク・ウィリアムズの名曲を聴いているような気にさせられるかもしれないし、さらに「愛そうとしても／彼女は君とは正反対／まるで電動のこぎりで辞書を引いてるみたいだ」のような対句の詞を書けるライターが今やコステロしかいなくなってしまったことにも気づかされる。けれども、本作の全部が全部スライドギターをバックに家庭不和を歌っているわけではなく、「Lovable」ではかつてのコステロと同じくらい、とことん陽気で奔放な瞬間が訪れる。「Eisenhower Blues」はまさにタイトルどおりのブルース・ナンバーだ。さらに本作から半年後には『Blood And Chocolate』がリリースされ大論争を巻き起こした――そして、このアルバムが偶然にもレディオヘッドを生んだ。こうして1986年は、コステロのファンにとってあとにも先にもないまたとない1年となったのだ。（Peter Paphides, Amazon.co.uk）
From Amazon.co.uk
Seeking to exorcise the demons of 1981's ill-fated country album Almost Blue, Elvis Costello had another go with 1985's exquisite 15-song exploration of American life, King Of America. "Little Palaces" and "Indoor Fireworks" exert that magical knack of making you feel like you've lived with them all your life--which might sound easy, but then that's the way with songwriting at its very best. Sometimes, as with "Our Little Angel", you might convince yourself you're listening to a lost Hank Williams classic, before realising there's only one person alive capable of a couplet like "You try to love but you're so contrary/Like a chainsaw running through a dictionary". It's not all slide guitars and domestic discord, though. "Lovable" is as pure a moment of joyful abandon as Costello's ever allowed himself and "Eisenhower Blues" does exactly what it says on the tin. Six months later, he was kicking up an unholy racket with Blood And Chocolate--the album which inadvertently invented Radiohead. Costello fans have never seen a year like it, before or since. --Peter Paphides
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