Elvis Costello Kojak Variety

4 stars out of 5 - "[A] first-rate oddity nobody noticed at the time....KOJAK VARIETY is a totally fascinating and essential spin."
3 Stars - Good - "...there are signs here that, should he find himself at 60, all fueling angers spent, Costello could be the man to mount the bar stool on a smoky club stage set and sing the great songs of the last 40 years the way Sinatra might have if he'd been born to the rock'n'roll generation."
"...an engaging detour....The songs here are largely obscurities; the impression is almost of random excerpts leaping from the pages of Costello's famously encyclopaedic knowledge of music..."
3 stars out of 5 - "Sincere and committed..."