King Of America

Not that much of a fan of his 1986 output, but "Brilliant Mistake" is a nice little song that does also start with one of the best lyrical lines ever. So it's that one then.

Radiohead covered "I"ll Wear It Proudly" rather well. I prefer Nick Lowe's "Indoor Fireworks."

A perfect example of a good album in spite of itself: lots of duds ("Eisenhower Blues," "Poisoned Rose," "Glitter Gulch"), a few astonishing tracks. My pick: "Brilliant Mistake."

This is very tough. Half of this record is completely dope. The other half ain't. On any given day I could vote for "Brilliant Mistake", "Our Little Angel", "Indoor Fireworks", "Little Palaces", "I'll Wear It Proudly", "American Without Tears", "Suit of Lights" or "Sleep of the Just". A lot of the faux rockabilly/country/blues stuff is pretty boring imo. Blood and Chocolate is the better album from the period, but this, that and Punch the Clock are the only Costello albums I fuck with, really. I'm gonna vote "Sleep of the Just" because today is a maudlin Sunday, and that's a gloomy, defeated gem.

my fave EC. im just voted for 'indoor fireworks' but i really need to dig this out again.

Blood and Chocolate is the better album from the period

I dislike that album even more. IMO one of his worst ever albums.

QED

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Is this the one with the "butterfly drinks a lizard's tears" biz?

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Wow, wouldna guessed from the chatter.

Don't know how I missed this, but justice was served.

I'LL BUILD A BONFIRE OF OUR DREAMS
AND A BROKEN EFFIGY OF ME AND YOU

this is a pretty great album fuiud

special soft spot for the last three

"Sleep Of The Just" may just be my fave Elvis C. deep cut

I have very mixed feelings about this album, but i definitely feel like the last few tracks are the best.

ok glitter gulch and eisenhower blues kinda suck but

there's a live tour version of 'don't let me be misunderstood' out there that is amazing

My fave Costello album, opening with my fave Costello song.

organ + piano on 'suit of lights'

this is a pretty great album fuiud

― mookieproof, Sunday, September 1, 2013 4:25 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The organ on "I'll Wear it Proudly" kills me, in part because Mitchell Froom rehearses his "Don't Dream It's Over" work.

New box set is surprisingly great. May have some redundancy if you're already a big collector, but otherwise, the studio disc (mostly demos, a few outtakes and non-LP cuts) and the live disc are both superb. That just leaves the third disc which I have mixed feelings about - sadly Elvis's vocals sound pretty wretched on the trio of newly-recorded tracks. I thought he sounded great on his last album (The Boy Named If) but his voice sounds shot on these three numbers.

I didn't realize the physical box set has SIX discs. I was streaming it and online it's a shorter four-disc set.

if it moves then you fuck it
if it doesn’t move you stab it

Meanwhile, EC and T Bone Burnett are about to release a Coward Brothers album, accompanied by an Audible.com mockumentary about the history of the brothers directed by Christopher Guest.

https://www.elviscostello.com/uncategorized/elvis-costello-and-t-bone-burnett-reunite-as-the-coward-brothers-for-new-audible-and-album-debuting-this-fall/