Elvis Costello: And So To Bedlam
Sean O'Hagan, NME, 18 February 1989
If 'you're nobody 'til everybody thinks you're a bastard' then, logically, the universal acclaim received by ELVIS COSTELLO's Spike LP must make him one of the hottest bastards around. SEAN O'HAGAN helps EC tread the ground down.
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