Aww, man. I was looking forward to this but ended up being let down like the lot of you. Is it mean to say there's just too many words? That sounds like the criticism in the movie Amadeus, but... I felt like my ears and brain reached capacity pretty early in the album and ol' Elvis was just getting warm. There's no doubt he puts more effort into having a literary voice than most vocalists, but it came off as a bit too much on this one for my tastes. I liked "Uncomplicated" and "Battered Old Bird." There are certainly good ideas here, but a lot of these songs feel stripped down and minimal to the point of unfortunately never reaching a point where I felt genuinely excited by any one tune. Ah well. Given that this is the 46th Costello record on the list and there are 72 more to go I guess I shouldn't be surprised that there's at least one that kind of missed the mark.