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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 06/26/2007
Run Time: 48:27
East Side Story was originally planned as a double album with each side produced by a different "hot" producer --
Elvis Costello,
Nick Lowe,
Dave Edmunds, and
Paul McCartney were the proposed lineup. And while only
Elvis Costello (along with
Roger Bechirian) ended up doing the job, save for one track by
Edmunds,
Costello's push for decidedly un-
Squeeze-like material and sympathetic production style resulted in not only the band's most diverse but also their most creatively rewarding album to date.
East Side Story is definitely packed with the band's trademark bouncy
Brit-pop numbers like
"In Quintessence," "Piccadilly," "Is That Love," and
"Mumbo Jumbo," but the standouts come from the unexpected turns -- the
country lament of
"Labeled With Love," the trippy near-psychedelia of
"There's No Tomorrow," the lush and delicate
"Woman Work" and
"Vanity Fair," and the soulful groove of
"Tempted" (the song the band is probably best known for, sung by newly added member
Paul Carrack).
~Chris Woodstra, All Music Guide
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