Editorial Reviews
Goodbye Cruel World
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Costello calls this his worst record, but while its ticky-tocky "modern" (1984) production often smothers the music, Goodbye Cruel World does contain some great songs, notably the ballads "Home Truth" and "Love Field" and the anti-Reagan protest "Peace in Our Time." Rykodisc's CD is a necessity for at least two reasons: bonus tracks of Charles Brown's "Get Yourself Another Fool" and Richard Thompson's "Withered and Died," the latter not listed on the packaging. --Rickey Wright
From the Label
This may be the most maligned item in the Costello catalogue -- not least by Costello himself who opens his liner notes with "Congratulations! You have just bought our worst album!" It's certainly the oddest album Costello and the Attractions ever made together, but that's not always a bad thing: Tracks like "The Home Truth," "Love Field" and the single "The Only Flame in Town" show a move toward the deeper, more challenging song structures that Costello would master in the '90s. The Clive... read more