release date: Jan. 19, 1993
format: digital
[album rate: 2,5 / 5] [2,68]
producer: Brodsky Quartet, Elvis Costello and Kevin Killen
label: Warner Bros. - nationality: England, UK
Studio album by the music crossover-project featuring pop / rock artist Elvis Costello and British classical string ensemble (the) Brodsky Quartet consisting of Ian Belton and Michael Thomas on violin, Paul Cassidy on viola and Jaqueline Thomas on cello.
The album was released to mostly positive reviews and the project also perfomed live to critical acclaim. I just don't think it works that well. Costello performs songs from his most delicate jazzy corner à la "Almost Blue" / "Shipbuilding" with the string quartet as instrumental appendix trying to fit in, or simply communicate that this is true art. I find it boring, uninspiring altogether, and see it as more of a media stunt he pulled through.
