Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Record sales have been lagging very much in the last 15 years or so. There have been good sellers in this period but in general,from the 90's on things have taken a turn for the worse. Computer technologies and general bad decisions by the record companies themselves are the main culprits. I'm just ...

Considering general lagging sales and the fact that the album isn't very commercial I don't consider it bad at all.
It's a promising start at least.Hopefully It will surpass Momofuku and I thought that album was more commercial than this one.

33,000 copies.


http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums.htm

I for one worship at all things Imperial Bedroom and snarl at Punching The Clock.

I saw this on the crazywater forum and think it is a testament to Elvis's talent and diversity that he would be would be discussed about and even praised on an Elton john forum. :lol: Anyway,I wanted to know who you consider to be the most versatile of our pop era,and if you have any third or fourth...

I would suspect that they're including more things(compilations and so forth). I just dont think they're wrong by such a wide margin though. I posted this because I thought the figure to be a little inflated myself,and who knows- maybe The Man is appreciated after all;despite the fact that albums li...

I dont know-I can accept the fact that they're wrong about their stats;but there are major differences of opinion as far as to what we fans think he has sold and 100 million copies.So I figure:could they be wrong by THAT many records? Could it be,therefore,that most of us have underrated E.C's comme...

LOL-I agree totally Mr.Boom.

IB is my favorite EC album.It does have an ethereal quality to it;the way the instrumentation is mixed and so forth but I always thought Elvis's vocals on it,while sad in some instances,sounded more surreal than anything else. I'm one who believes his singing on that album is extraordinary,and the s...

I cant believe those numbers either to be quite frank.Be it 15 or 100 million;I dont listen to costello's records because of their popularity anyways,so it's not as if it's that relevant to me. I posted this because I couldnt believe the numbers;I wouldnt mind them being true however. If anybody els...

not quite-it's not like record sales leave that much money in the artist coffers.
anyways,they have the album rankings as well at wikipedia which is where I got the link from so they do seem to know what they're saying.

seems like our unsung hero has had his share of the spotlight.I for one,was thrilled albeit amazed by these numbers(100 million records sold!):


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_selling_musicians

I missed him on letterman.What did he sing?

cant wait to hear his new albums.In a world which has lost it's sense of what music is(today's being especially pathetic)it's so refreshing to hear someone who still has something to say,both verbally and musically. And even some of the veteran artists have lost their touch(elton john in particular-...

very true copenhagen-this song does rock bigtime-one of the best tracks in that album.It has a retro feel to it..the piano inflections are terrific as well.

thx for the info all.and yes I have listened to the byrds.
Good tune by elvis regardless.

is this an original song by e.c.?(meaning did he write it)or was it a collaboration ?I get a faint feeling that I've heard it before...could be my imagination of course so I was wondering if anyone knew.

daddy can I turn this?that's an awesome tune;I've thought I dont like a particular e.c song before-only to have it grow on me and have me drinking champagne on my head afterwards.It's hard for me to find a song in that repertoire that I find useless or aimless.Sometimes a live version will make me s...

thx misha in the process of getting those cd's right now as we speak.
thx for the welcome-I'm a rabid elvis fan and hope to stay here for a long time and am just thrilled that I can mingle with other elvis fans.

lapinsjolis wrote:I think he may be referring to the man who gave him his surname-Dylan Thomas.

that is correct lapins.thx.

:lol: IMO I cant see anyone else coming close to the league both dylans are in. :wink: Am I reading this correctly? You actually consider Jakob Dylan to be in the same league as his father? A higher league than Elvis, for that matter? I dunno, I like some of the Wallflowers stuff, but I think Jakob...

just what I was lookin' for.I was going to include a third in the mix but couldnt decide on who.to me-those are the two best-and similar in some ways though vastly different in many others.IMO I cant see anyone else coming close to the league both dylans are in.

Ok I know I prob shouldn't be doing this~it is somewhat childish but heck-childish things are fun(most of them)....what I'm asking is which of the two are better at wordplay,imagery,metaphor etc..as well as who is more powerful and/or entertaining in their message. Come on guys and gals lets have a ...

looks like someone lost last night's sleep. :roll: my get thru the night album:either get happy or brutal youth(something upbeat that goes well with coffee) get back to sleep album:north or ironically,punch the clock. songs that could keep me from going to sleep-anything on armed forces- or imperial...

couldnt have said it better myself.