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are 43 reviews of North
Bright Blue Times
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=511
Q
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=519
GQ
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=538
R4U
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=544
Independent(London)
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=582
Times(London)
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=588
Guardian
(London)
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=586
Daily
Telegraph(London)
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=598
Sunday Times
(London)
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=608
Observer(London)
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=610
LA Citybeat
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=578
Time Out
(London)
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BBC
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=622
Irish Times
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=641
Rolling Stone
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=691
USA Today
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=696
Humo
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=699
New York Post
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=697
MSNBC
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=702
IHT
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=716
Yahoo
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Fox News
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=726
The Onion
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=710
Dallas Morning News
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=727
LA Times
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=785
The Word
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=790
AMG
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=829
Washington Times
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=803
New Republic
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=835
Amazon
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=834
Uncut
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=840
Cleveland Free Times
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=836
The Slate
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=848
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=862
Jazz Times
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=867
Musicians News
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=874
Philadelphia Inquirer
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=873
Musicom
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=868
Fort Worth Star Telegram
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=924
Toronto Star
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=925
Salon.com
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=938
mxdwn.com
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=970
Mojo
http://elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2/vie ... 5670#15670
43 reviews of North
43 reviews of North
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Re: 43 reviews of North
We missed a date - the 10th anniversary of the start of the writing of North .
Elvis wrote in the note with the Rhino reissue of KOA -
I last saw Ray Brown hauling his double bass across the lobby of the Benson Hotel, Portland, Oregon, on his way to a gig in May 2002. I hadn’t seen him since a couple years after these sessions, when he had startled an audience of jazz buffs at “Ronnie Scott’s” club in London by a giving a shout out to me from the bandstand.
We talked for a few minutes about a mutual friend, a former protégé of his, who since became my wife. We then went off to our respective shows. Two months later Ray passed away in his sleep after a game of golf. The next time I was at the Benson, in the autumn of the same year, I found a piano in my room and began writing the songs for the album North.
That is , surely, the September 24th 2002 show in Portland -
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... 4_Portland
To , belatedly, mark the occasion , why not have a glance through some of the reviews the album got on it's release in 2003.
Elvis wrote in the note with the Rhino reissue of KOA -
I last saw Ray Brown hauling his double bass across the lobby of the Benson Hotel, Portland, Oregon, on his way to a gig in May 2002. I hadn’t seen him since a couple years after these sessions, when he had startled an audience of jazz buffs at “Ronnie Scott’s” club in London by a giving a shout out to me from the bandstand.
We talked for a few minutes about a mutual friend, a former protégé of his, who since became my wife. We then went off to our respective shows. Two months later Ray passed away in his sleep after a game of golf. The next time I was at the Benson, in the autumn of the same year, I found a piano in my room and began writing the songs for the album North.
That is , surely, the September 24th 2002 show in Portland -
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... 4_Portland
To , belatedly, mark the occasion , why not have a glance through some of the reviews the album got on it's release in 2003.
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Re: 43 reviews of North
Maybe this is the appropriate place to post this. Here's a recent look at North by this board's own Kevin Davis, who was kind enough to contribute this piece for my blog: http://jorgefarah.com/2014/03/17/everyi ... vin-davis/
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Re: 43 reviews of North
"Dim the lights and have a listen."- indeed. Quite an evocative appreciation. Thank you for sharing with the rest of us.
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Re: 43 reviews of North
Great to see such an articulate appreciation of North. All I can add to it is that it works even better on vinyl, a classic case of the pause between the 'dark' side one and the 'bright' side two really enhancing the albums message.