...this blog captures in order the albums as I pull these gems off the shelf and groove to them .....

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Elvis Costello - North (2002)

Elvis Costello - North (2002) Deutsche Grammophon Records  (SACD)

  If you can imagine North was Elvis' 20th album.....yup good ol' Twenty!    North is a very special album............an album that takes us into some pretty original and less chartered territory for sure. North contains a wonderful set of classically influenced songs that were all written and orchestrated by the man himself.   This is a very soulful and soft album that goes welll with a glass of fine red wine (or white if you prefer!).  Imagine Elvis Costello crooning with a full orchestra behind him and i think you have pretty much summed it up.    But the wow is the music and the sound and on the SACD version you are treated to a nice full dynamic range that few albums can boast.   The SACD version is a pure DDD recording and pure DSD conversion which makes for quite a fine sound reproduction.
  I really like this album a lot and keep playing it anyone who will listen !  

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