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Brutal Youth (With Bonus Disc) | 
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| Artist: Elvis Costello
Label: Rhino/Wea UK
Category: Music
Buy New: $40.95
New (1) Used (8) Collectible (1) from $13.49
Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 90898
Format: Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 081227839024
EAN: 0081227839024
ASIN: B00005Y1Y1
Release Date: February 19, 2002
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Shipping: International shipping available
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Pony St. | | • | Kinder Murder | | • | 13 Steps Lead Down | | • | This Is Hell | | • | Clown Strike | | • | You Tripped At Every Step | | • | Still Too Soon To Know | | • | 20% Amnesia | | • | Sulky Girl | | • | London's Brilliant Parade | | • | My Science Fiction Twin | | • | Rocking Horse Road | | • | Just About Glad | | • | All The Rage | | • | Favourite Hour |
Disc 2
| • | Life Shrinks | | • | Favourite Hour (Alt. Version) | | • | This Is Hell (Alt. Version) | | • | Idiophone | | • | Abandon Words | | • | Poisoned Letter | | • | A Drunken Man's Praise Of Sobriety | | • | Pony St. (Demo) | | • | Clown Strike (Alt. Version) | | • | Rocking Horse Road (Demo) | | • | 13 Steps Lead Down (Demo) | | • | All The Rage (Demo) | | • | Just About Glad (Alt. Version) | | • | Sulky Girl (Demo) | | • | You Tripped At Every Step (Alt. Version |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Brutal Youth (1994) reunited Costello with the Attractions (and occasional substitute bassist Nick Lowe) in an ambitious attempt to link the experimental impulses of Spike and Mighty Like a Rose to the outfit's controlled careen. While peers such as Sting disappeared further up their own precocity, Costello mined both the fanciful (his jokes are actually funny) and enraged. From the opening shots of "Pony St." and "Kinder Murder," he assuredly moves through the pub R&B of "Clown Strike," the art-song trappings of "Still Too Soon to Know," and the Trust-style classicism of "Sulky Girl" ("Hold your tongue / Although I know you've never been that strong") and "You Tripped at Every Step." Often majestic, the record occasionally feels mannered--an alternate version of the ballad "Favourite Hour" included on this 2002 reissue as a bonus track is much less lumbering than the take that closes the album proper--but remains a casualty of audience indifference. Almost anyone who missed it the first time around will find moments to add to their list of Costello treasures. --Rickey Wright
Album Description
Rhino Records expanded reissue, completely remastered and packaged with a bonus disc of rarities. Bonus disc content - 'Life Shrinks', 'Favourite Hour' (Alt. Version), 'This Is Hell' (Alt. Version), 'Idiophone', 'Abandon Words', 'Poisoned Letter', 'A Drunken Man's Praise Of Sobriety', 'Pony St.' (Demo), 'Clown Strike' (Alt. Version), 'Rocking Horse Road' (Demo), '13 Steps Lead Down' (Demo), 'All The Rage' (Demo), 'Just About Glad' (Alt. Version), 'Sulky Girl' (Demo) & 'You Tripped At Every Step' (Alt. Version). 2002.
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| Customer Reviews:
 One of Costello's best, save some misguided production May 22, 2006
Poor Napoleon (TX United States)
Brutal Youth was panned by many on it's initial release. For the longest time, if it wasn't another This Years Model or Armed Forces, critics weren't buying. To muddy the waters further, Brutal Youth followed the over-produced highly commercial Spike and the equally elaborate but not quite as spectacular Mighty Like A Rose.
Brutal Youth is a different record, recalling some of Costello's best work, as it should as the Attractions appear along with Costello producer Nick Lowe, as a bassist. The album's opener, Pony St. sounds energetic, raw, and unflinching. Costello's voice is in fine form, sounding much like he does on Blood and Chocolate, the last album prior to this with the Attractions.
Other highlights include This is Hell, Thirteen Steps Lead Down, and Just About Glad. These are songs that are spare where Costello and co. go to work as a band. The results are often rewarding.
While there's not really a duff song in the bunch, the album suffers a bit from a muddled production by Mitchell Froom. While some tracks sound like old fashioned Costello, others have the band muffled out or introduce sounds that often take away from the quality of the recording. Clown Strike and Sulky Girl suffer from this when they could benefit from a straightforward band recording. Not bad songs, just a little misguided production.
This is where the second disc, like many other in the rhino reissues of Costellos recordings, really shine. Along with a few bsides, there are alternate recordings of many of Brutal Youth's tracks. While some are in demo form, others are completely different takes on the tracks, often in the form of spare recordings that the tracks call for. I hope this reissue sheds some light on a much criticized Costello record, because some of his best are on here.
 A great album, underrated by many March 23, 2006
Derel
Beyond the obligatory radio hearings of "Everyday I Write the Book" back in the day, this album and the unusual but wonderful Juliet Letters album were my first exposures to Elvis. I bought Brutal Youth (the original release) after being blown away by Elvis's performance of "13 Steps Lead Down" on Letterman back when the album had just been released. I continue to enjoy all the songs on this record many years later. The creativity and variety here are really remarkable; there are some burning rockers (e.g., "20% Amnesia," "13 Steps," "Just About Glad") as well as some incredibly clever and musical art songs (e.g., "Clown Strike," "This Is Hell," "Science Fiction Twin") and a few beautiful ballads (e.g., "Still Too Soon to Know," "Favourite Hour"). Just buy it; you won't be sorry you did. (I haven't heard disc 2 of the 2-disc version, so I have no comment on it; it would be fun to hear new versions of these songs though.)
Stop Denying This Album January 30, 2006
XraySpex
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I understand people have different tastes and their is no objectivity with record reviews. I also know many think Elvis will never recapture the vitality of his earlier work. I always find this a little pretentious and it happens with many groups including Elvis. It is too bad because they are missing out on a lot of great songs. When I listen to this album I find it tough to see how anyone that has enjoyed Elvis' work can not appreciate this album. Than again one person named "Sulky Girl" and "Science Fiction Twin" as weak points when to me they are classic songs. I absolutely love this album more with each listen. I play this as much or more than any Elvis Costello I own and would gladly put it up to This Years Model or any Elvis album. In my opinion this is a truly great album.
Great CDs, but mislabeled August 22, 2005
Road Reptile (Ramstein AB, Germany)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
EC+A hearken back to their "New Wave" roots! Nice to hear EC's raucous Fender Jazzmaster guitar on "13 Steps Lead Down" and Nick Lowe's bass work on "My Science Fiction Twin". However, I was at first confused by Rhino's labeling of the main and bonus CDs. The discs I received have the main CD labeled as 'Bonus Disc', while the disc with the bonus tracks is not labeled as such. Did anyone else discover this too? Who knows--maybe it'll be a collector's item someday!
Oh yeah, this mislabeling occurred with the Rhino CD release of 'Blood & Chocolate'. What's going on at Rhino?
The Greatest Album In Human History May 29, 2005
Jason Cyphert (Cleveland, Ohio)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I saw Elvis in Concert about a month ago and it was amazing! One of the main highlights was when he played a song that I had never heard before called Kinder Murder. I think I orderd Brutal Youth the very next day. The album is Fantasmic it has so many great track's including: 13 Steps Lead Down, You Tripped At Every Step, All The Rage, and Sulky Girl just to name a few. There are only about two songs on the CD that I can't listen to, and for me that is very rare. The album end's with Favourite Hour which is just a beutiful song. After I found out this record was originaly released in 1994, I asked myself what in the world was I was doing listening to Stone Temple Pilots, When I could have been listening To Elvis Costello's Brutal Youth. I only thank god I'm listening to it now.
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