More Elvis Costello
More 5 Star Albums
- With Triple Plus (A+++) sound or something close to it on both sides this is as good a copy as we have ever offered
- Geoff Emerick engineered, creating a unique sound – a sound which only works if you have the right pressing
- This dense, darkly serious album contains some of the best songs EC ever wrote – the last of his True Classics
- Allmusic 5 Stars: “Essentially, the songs on Imperial Bedroom are an extension of Costello’s jazz and pop infatuations on Trust. Costello’s music is complex and intricate, yet it flows so smoothly, it’s easy to miss the bitter, brutal lyrics.”
- If you’re an Elvis Costello fan, and what audiophile wouldn’t be?, this title from 1982 is surely a Must Own
- The complete list of titles from 1982 that we’ve reviewed to date can be found here.
Six of Elvis’s first seven albums received a Five Star rating from Allmusic, the exception being Almost Blue, and we generally would agree with that assessment (although Get Happy should probably also get Four Stars, not Five).
Which is to say that Elvis Costello is a brilliant artist whose albums work as albums, a fact that is in danger of being lost in a world of single-song downloads and greatest hits packages. We record-playing audiophiles are inclined to start at the beginning of a side and let it flow through to the end, and that is clearly the best way to appreciate and enjoy the work of this very gifted man.
Click on the Tracklist tab above to see a sample of some of the lyrics to a few of the songs on the album.
