Elvis Costello

Submitted by rudolf55 on Thu, 11/30/2006 - 03:54

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My Aim Is True (1977)
1. Welcome To The Working Week: 9.0
2. Miracle Man: 8.7
3. No Dancing: 8.6
4. Blame It On Cain: 8.8
5. Alison: 9.5
6. Sneaky Feelings: 9.3
7. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes: 9.0
8. Less Than Zero: 9.1
9. Mystery Dance: 8.5
10. Pay It Back: 7.8
11. I'm Not Angry: 8.0
12. Waiting For The End Of The World: 8.9
13. Watching The Detectives: 10
Song Average: 8.9
Score: 91%
This Year's Model (1978)
1. No Action: 9.1
2. This Year's Girl: 9.5
3. The Beat: 8.8
4. Pump It Up: 6.9
5. Little Triggers: 9.2
6. You Belong To Me: 8.6
7. Hand In Hand: 9.4
8. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea: 8.3
9. Lip Service: 9.1
10. Living In Paradise: 8.7
11. Lipstick Vogue: 8.0
12. Night Rally: 9.0
13. Radio Radio: 9.4
Song Average: 8.7
Score: 90%
Armed Forces (1979)
1. Accidents Will Happen: 9.6
2. Senior Service: 8.5
3. Oliver's Army: 10
4. Big Boys: 7.9
5. Green Shirt: 9.0
6. Party Girl: 8.7
7. Goon Squad: 8.1
8. Busy Bodies: 9.0
9. Sunday's Best: 9.5
10. Moods For Moderns: 7.6
11. Chemistry Class: 8.3
12. Two Little Hitlers: 8.6
13. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding: 9.2
Song Average: 8.7
Score: 86%
Get Happy!! (1980)
1. Love For Tender: 7.9
2. Opportunity: 7.6
3. The Imposter: 7.2
4. Secondary Modern: 9.0
5. King Horse: 8.6
6. Possession: 8.4
7. Men Called Uncle: 9.1
8. Clowntime Is Over: 9.3
9. New Amsterdam: 9.5
10. High Fidelity: 9.7
11. I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down: 8.2
12. Black & White World: 9.4
13. 5ive Gears In Reverse: 9.1
14. B Movie: 9.2
15. Motel Matches: 9.4
16. Human Touch: 9.0
17. Beaten To The Punch: 8.1
18. Temptation: 8.5
19. I Stand Accused: 8.0
20. Riot Act: 9.3
Song Average: 8.7
Score: 90%
Trust (1981)
1. Clubland: 9.4
2. Lover's Walk: 6.7
3. You'll Never Be A Man: 8.3
4. Pretty Words: 8.4
5. Strict Time: 9.0
6. Luxembourg: 7.3
7. Watch Your Step: 9.6
8. New Lace Sleeves: 9.1
9. From A Whisper To A Scream: 8.0
10. Different Finger: 9.2
11. White Knuckles: 8.5
12. Shot With His Own Gun: 9.4
13. Fish'n Chip Paper: 6.8
14. Big Sister's Clothes: 9.0
Song Average: 8.4
Score: 82%
Almost Blue (1981)
1. Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do?): 7.2
2. Sweet Dreams: 7.5
3. Success: 7.3
4. I'm Your Toy: 7.0
5. Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down: 6.8
6. Brown To Blue: 7.7
7. A Good Year For The Roses: 8.0
8. Sittin' And Thinkin': 7.5
9. Colour Of The Blues: 6.9
10. Too Far Gone: 6.5
11. Honey Hush: 6.7
12. How Much I Lied: 7.0
Song Average: 7.1
Score: 69%
Imperial Bedroom (1982)
1. Beyond Belief: 9.2
2. Tears Before Bedtime: 9.0
3. Shabby Doll: 8.7
4. The Long Honeymoon: 9.1
5. Man Out Of Time: 5.9
6. Almost Blue: 7.8
7. ...And In Every Home: 9.4
8. The Loved Ones: 8.0
9. Human Hands: 9.5
10. Kid About It: 8.8
11. Little Savage: 7.6
12. Boy With A Problem: 8.5
13. Pidgin English: 8.2
14. You Little Fool: 6.9
15. Town Cryer: 7.8
Song Average: 8.2
Score: 78%
Punch The Clock (1983)
1. Let Them All Talk: 6.8
2. Everyday I Write The Book: 7.5
3. The Greatest Thing: 8.1
4. The Element Within Her: 7.9
5. Love Went Mad: 6.5
6. Shipbuilding: 6.9
7. TKO (Boxing Day): 6.6
8. Charm School: 5.7
9. The Invisible Man: 7.0
10. Mouth Almighty: 7.6
11. King Of Thieves: 6.0
12. Pills And Soap: 7.8
13. The World And His Wife: 6.8
Song Average: 7.0
Score: 65%
Comment: Elvis Costello tried something else, bringing in more instruments and more melody. Unfortunately, it came with a decline in his songwriting.
Goodbye Cruel World (1984)
1. The Only Flame In Town: 6.7
2. Home Truth: 5.9
3. Room With No Number: 5.0
4. Inch By Inch: 5.4
5. Worthless Thing: 5.5
6. Love Field: 6.1
7. I Wanna Be Loved: 3.7
8. The Comedians: 4.9
9. Joe Porterhouse: 5.0
10. Sour Milk-Cow Blues: 4.6
11. The Great Unknown: 5.1
12. The Deportees Club: 3.2
13. Peace In Our Time: 5.9
Song Average: 5.1
Score: 47%
Comment: Congratulations! You just bought the worst album of my career. That about sums it up.
The King Of America (1986)
1. Brilliant Mistake: 9.5
2. Lovable: 9.1
3. Our Little Angel: 9.6
4. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: 9.0
5. Glitter Gulch: 9.1
6. Indoor Fireworks: 9.3
7. Little Palaces: 10
8. I'll Wear It Proudly: 9.2
9. American Without Tears: 9.0
10. Eisenhower Blues: 7.9
11. Poisoned Rose: 9.0
12. Big Light: 9.0
13. Jack Of All Parades: 9.2
14. Suit Of Lights: 9.2
15. Sleep Of The Just: 9.5
Song Average: 9.2
Score: 93%
Blood And Chocolate (1986)
1. Uncomplicated: 4.3
2. I Hope You're Happy Now: 5.8
3. Tokyo Storm Warning: 5.5
4. Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head: 6.1
5. I Want You: 6.8
6. Honey Are You Straight Or Are You Blind?: 4.6
7. Blue Chair: 6.2
8. Battered Old Bird: 5.9
9. Crimes Of Paris: 5.0
10. Poor Napoleon: 5.7
11. Next Time Round: 6.5
Song Average: 5.6
Score: 54%
Spike (1989)
1. ...This Town: 7.0
2. Let Him Dangle: 9.1
3. Deep Dark Thrutful Mirror: 7.7
4. Veronica: 10
5. God's Comic: 9.4
6. Chewing Gum: 8.1
7. Tramp The Dirt Down: 9.6
8. Stalin Malone: 5.5
9. Satellite: 6.7
10. Pads, Paws And Claws: 6.8
11. Baby Plays Around: 8.1
12. Miss Macbeth: 9.5
13. Any King's Shilling: 9.4
14. Coal-Train Robberies: 8.3
15. Last Boat Leaving: 8.5
Song Average: 8.2
Score: 80%
Mighty Like A Rose (1991)
1. The Other Side Of Summer: 7.9
2. Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over): 4.4
3. How To Be Dumb: 6.3
4. All Grown Up: 7.0
5. Invasion Hit Parade: 6.9
6. Harpies Bizarre: 6.4
7. After The Fall: 6.4
8. Georgie And Her Rival: 6.0
9. So Like Candy: 7.5
10. Interlude: Couldn't Call It Unexpected No2: 5.0
11. Playboy To A Man: 5.9
12. Sweet Pear: 6.5
13. Broken: 4.8
14. Couldn't Call It Unexpected No4: 6.8
Song Average: 6.2
Score: 59%
The Juliet Letters (1993)
1. Deliver Us: 8.0
2. For Other Eyes: 7.8
3. Swine: 7.5
4. Expert Rites: 6.9
5. Dead Letter: 6.8
6. I Almost Had A Weakness: 7.3
7. Why?: 7.5
8. Who Do You Think You Are?: 7.6
9. Taking My Life In Your Hands: 5.9
10. This Offer Is Unrepeatable: 8.0
11. Dear Sweet Filthy World: 6.0
12. This Letter Home: 6.7
13. Jacksons, Monk And Rowe: 4.8
14. This Sad Burlesque: 6.4
15. Romeo's Seance: 8.2
16. I Thought I'd Write To Juliet: 6.9
17. Last Post: 5.5
18. The First To Leave: 5.0
19. Damnation's Cellar: 7.7
20. The Birds Will Still Be Singing: 7.5
Song Average: 6.8
Score: 66%
Brutal Youth (1994)
1. Pony St: 6.0
2. Kinder Murder: 4.5
3. 13 Steps Lead Down: 4.7
4. This Is Hell: 5.0
5. Clown Strike: 5.3
6. You Tripped At Every Step: 5.5
7. Still Too Soon To Know: 4.9
8. 20% Amnesia: 3.3
9. Sulky Girl: 6.1
10. London's Brilliant Parade: 4.8
11. My Science Fiction Twin: 4.6
12. Rocking Horse Road: 5.0
13. Just About Glad: 4.8
14. All The Rage: 5.2
15. Favourite Hour: 6.3
Song Average: 5.0
Score: 48%
Kojak Variety (1995)
1. Strange: 6.0
2. Hidden Charms: 5.8
3. Remove This Doubt: 6.1
4. I Threw It All Away: 5.9
5. Leave My Kitten Alone: 4.8
6. Everybody's Crying Mercy: 5.2
7. I've Been Wrong Before: 4.4
8. Bama Lama Bama Loo: 5.5
9. Must You Throw Dirt In My Face?: 5.6
10. Pouring Water On A Drowning Man: 6.0
11. The Very Though Of You: 4.9
12. Payday: 5.0
13. Please Stay: 5.8
14. Running Out Of Fools: 6.3
15. Days: 6.0
Song Average: 5.5
Score: 52%
All This Useless Beauty (1996)
1. The Other End Of The Telescope: 7.9
2. Little Atoms: 7.0
3. All This Useless Beauty: 7.1
4. Complicated Shadows: 6.8
5. Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?: 6.9
6. Distorted Angel: 6.5
7. Shallow Grave: 6.0
8. Poor Fractured Atlas: 7.7
9. Starting To Come To Me: 5.9
10. You Bowed Down: 6.6
11. It's Time: 5.7
12. I Want To Vanish: 7.2
Song Average: 6.7
Score: 65%
Painted From Memory (1998)
1. In The Darkest Place: 6.6
2. Toledo: 6.4
3. I Still Have That Other Girl: 5.9
4. This House Is Empty Now: 6.8
5. Tears At The Birthday Party: 5.8
6. Such Unlikely Lovers: 6.0
7. My Thief: 5.6
8. The Long Division: 5.9
9. Painted From Memory: 6.1
10. The Sweetest Punch: 6.4
11. What's Her Name Today?: 6.1
12. God Give Me Strength: 5.5
Song Average: 6.0
Score: 59%
Comment: As I saw listening to this album, I noticed a weird sound. I thought it was odd of Costello to include such a sound as it really took away from the songs, which weren't really that great to begin with. It took me 20 minutes to notice that the sound came from a construction site pretty close to here. What a useless story.
When I Was Cruel (2002)
1. 45: 8.2
2. Spooky Girlfriend: 8.0
3. Tear Off Your Own Head (It's A Doll Revolution): 7.8
4. When I Was Cruel No2: 7.6
5. Soul For Hire: 7.5
6. 15 Petals: 6.7
7. Tart: 7.5
8. Dust 2...: 8.3
9. Dissolve: 4.2
10. Alibi: 6.7
11. ...Dust: 7.0
12. Daddy Can I Turn This?: 7.2
13. Little Blue Window: 8.5
14. Episode Of Blonde: 8.0
15. Radio Silence: 8.6
Song Average: 7.5
Score: 73%
North (2003)
1. You Left Me In The Dark: 5.7
2. Someone Took The Words Away: 5.2
3. When Did I Stop Dreaming: 4.9
4. You Turned To Me: 5.0
5. Fallen: 3.8
6. When It Sings: 5.5
7. Still: 6.0
8. Let Me Tell You About Her: 4.8
9. Can You Be True?: 4.9
10. When Green Eyes Turn Blue: 4.5
11. I'm In The Mood Again: 4.8
Song Average: 5.0
Score: 46%
The Delivery Man (2004)
1. Button My Lip: 4.0
2. Country Darkness: 6.0
3. There's A Story In Your Voice: 5.9
4. Either Side Of The Same Town: 6.1
5. Bedlam: 4.7
6. The Delivery Man: 5.7
7. Monkey To Man: 5.6
8. Nothing Clings Like Ivy: 6.1
9. The Name Of This Thing Is Not Love: 6.0
10. Heart Shaped Bruise: 6.6
11. Needle Time: 3.8
12. The Judgement: 5.9
13. Scarlet Tide: 5.4
Song Average: 5.5
Score: 51%
The River In Reverse (2006)
1. On Your Way Down: 6.2
2. Nearest To You: 5.9
3. Tears, Tears And More Tears: 6.8
4. The Sharpest Thorn: 6.2
5. Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further: 6.0
6. The River In Reverse: 6.1
7. Freedom For The Stallion: 7.0
8. Broken Promise Land: 5.8
9. Ascension Day: 6.0
10. International Echo: 5.6
11. All These Things: 6.9
12. Wonder Woman: 5.9
13. Six-Fingered Man: 5.7
Song Average: 6.2
Score: 60%
Momofuku (2008)
1. No Hiding Place: 7.0
2. American Gangster Time: 6.7
3. Turpentine: 6.4
4. Harry Worth: 6.0
5. Drum And Bone: 6.4
6. Flutter And Wow: 6.1
7. Stella Hurt: 6.6
8. Mr. Feathers: 7.2
9. My Three Sons: 6.9
10. Song With Rose: 6.7
11. Pardon Me Madam, My Name Is Eve: 7.4
12. Go Away: 6.3
Song Average: 6.6
Score: 66%

Author Comments:

Rankings

1. King Of America ****1/2/*****
2. My Aim Is True ****1/2/*****
3. Get Happy!!! ****1/2/*****
4. This Year's Model ****1/2/*****
5. Armed Forces ****/*****
6. Trust ****/*****
7. Spike ****/*****
8. Imperial Bedroom ***1/2/*****
9. When I Was Cruel ***1/2/*****
10. Almost Blue ***/*****
11. The Juliet Letters ***/*****
12. Momofuku ***/*****
13. Punch The Clock ***/*****
14. All This Useless Beauty ***/*****
15. The River In Reverse ***/*****
16. Painted From Memory **1/2/*****
17. Mighty Like A Rose **1/2/*****
18. Blood And Chocolate **1/2/*****
19. Kojak Variety **1/2/*****
20. The Delivery Man **1/2/*****
21. Brutal Youth **/*****
22. Goodbye Cruel World **/*****
23. North **/*****

Elston03/22/2011

This guy has uncommonly good album art.

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Elvis Costello

My Aim Is True (1977)

This Year's Model (1978)

Armed Forces (1979)

Get Happy!! (1980)

Trust (1981)

Almost Blue (1981)

Imperial Bedroom (1982)

Punch The Clock (1983)

Goodbye Cruel World (1984)

The King Of America (1986)

Blood And Chocolate (1986)

Spike (1989)

Mighty Like A Rose (1991)

The Juliet Letters (1993)

Brutal Youth (1994)

Kojak Variety (1995)

All This Useless Beauty (1996)

Painted From Memory (1998)

When I Was Cruel (2002)

North (2003)

The Delivery Man (2004)

The River In Reverse (2006)

Momofuku (2008)

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