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New Amsterdam
Rock · 1980 · 4 tracks · 11m

New Amsterdam

Elvis Costello

A fragile, four-track detour into home-recorded intimacy. Stripped of his band, Costello trades new wave bite for multi-tracked harmonies and dusty acoustic pop.

June 1980 · F-Beat

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A hushed, solitary exploration of distance and memory through a lo-fi lens.

Tracklist · 4 Tracks · 11m
01
New Amsterdam
2:15
02
Dr. Luther’s Assistant
3:29
03
Ghost Train
3:08
04
Just a Memory
2:18
Moments Worth Listening For
The delicate, overlapping vocal harmonies on the title track that create a dizzying sense of displacement.
The skeletal, clicking percussion and eerie piano lines on Ghost Train that evoke a literal phantom journey.
The vulnerability in the vocal delivery of Just a Memory, sounding like a private confession caught on tape.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does New Amsterdam sound next to the rest of Elvis Costello's catalogue?

Bedroom Production+4.0σ

The production is built around bedroom production than this artist usually allows.

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