Album: Imperial Bedroom
Year: 1982
Welcome to my favorite Elvis Costello song.
From the crazy, tacked-on screamo intro & outro to the ridiculously gorgeous folk-rock middle, “Man Out Of Time” is an absolute master class in making a haunting, lyrical, utterly major song.
And not surprisingly, it’s Elvis Costello & The Attractions aiming for that Blonde on Blonde thin wild mercury sound, and totally nailing it. “Man Out Of Time” could go toe-to-toe with “Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues” or “(One of Us Know) Sooner Or Later” and land a fair amount of punches.
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