When I Was Cruel

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studio album
First released:
Apr 23 2002

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Catalog number:
314 586 775-2
Release dates:
  • Apr 23 2002 in United States

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5 stars This Years Model (not "This Year's Model"!)
A lot of ink has been devoted to harking Elvis's return to the substance (if not the style) of his early triumphs, My Aim Is true and This Years Model, with this release. While both of those albums are rightfully viewed as classics, it's great to hear Elvis update his sound while maintaining his edge.

Working with Leo Pearson (U2, various electronica artists), and a number of members of the Attractions, EC has cut an album that rocks with the biting wit that has been his trademark for the past 2…
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3 stars A fading talent and it shows
I was a big fan of Costello since I first heard his work in the mid 80's, buying up all his older albums and savoring them one by one. However, his forays into other types of music seem to have sapped his rock sensibilities. While this album is certainly an improvement on his last several art-pop products, I find that it is more jarring than grooving, has more good sounding phrases than any that actually make much sense, and that though it has two or three good tracks, it fails where his older e…
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17 tracks format: 1 x CD
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When I Was Cruel 9 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: Jan 7 2003 in United States
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When I Was Cruel 9 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: 063 894-2
release dates: Sep 23 2002 in United Kingdom
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16 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Mercury Records
catalog number: 063 894-2
release dates: Sep 23 2002 in United Kingdom
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When I Was Cruel 15 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: Apr 23 2002
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