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Songs he wishes he wrote. A mixed bag, both in genre and quality of performance, but Kojak Variety is often convincing. Unsurprisingly, its best moments come on ballads. Costello's take on the Supremes nugget "Remove This Doubt" is as apocalyptic as anything he's laid down since "Riot Act" on 1980's Get Happy!!, and Dylan's "I Threw It All Away" and the Randy Newman obscurity "I've Been Wrong Before" are stunners in the Big El's hands, too. --Rickey Wright
Album Description
With 'Kojak Variety', from 1995, Costello is a crooner, picking forgotten tunes by both minor & major artists (anyone from Screamin' Jay Hawkins to Bob Dylan). Guest musicians include Marc Ribot & Jim Keltner. Warner Brothers.