Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Of all the great things I grabbed (thanks stewy!) I think Hopelessly Devoted is my favorite.

Speaking as the resident authority on Trust (only kidding, folks!) I've given this some serious thought, and I'm going to have to give the edge to Trust, with bonus points to the Rykodisc reissue. However, I've grown very fond of Momofuku. Will it gain a spot in my top 5? Nope. Will it get more play...

Great to finally have those track listings -- especially with "A Celebration" and all those B-sides. Time to start saving.

I heard "Harry Worth" in a Borders Books store yesterday.

Here's a review from Ben Wener of the Orange County Times. To sum up: it's a grower.

http://soundcheck.freedomblogging.com/2 ... s-friends/

I finally cast my vote. (You can all exhale now.) I put it somewhere between 'quite good' and 'freakin awesome'. I've been listening to it straight through, without skipping any tracks, but when I do, those will likely be the name songs (Harry, Stella and Feathers). The album starts great and picks ...

I'm not much of an artist -- and don't get me started on PowerPointless -- but here's a breakdown of some of the musical allusions I hear, including those mentioned already: No Hiding Place: Little Blue Window, World's Great Optimist American Gangster Time: Monkey To Man Turpentine: Dust Harry Worth...

Good Lord. That's right up my nitpicky alley.

However -- unless it's not included in the scan -- I find it odd that the 'E flat' notation for the live version isn't attributed to the recording being slow.

It's already been reported that the Momofuku words he sings live are different from those on the album. It could be that the ones on the site are the copyrighted versions, which don't necessarily have to match up with any recording. (Bob Dylan's copyrighted lyrics, for instance, often differ from th...

1 North 2 The Delivery Man 3 Momofuku 4 Piano Jazz 5 The River In Reverse 6 When I Was Cruel 7 My Flame Burns Blue 8 Cruel Smile 9 For The Stars 10 Il Sogno And now the explanation: Yes, I'm a big fan of North. Deal with it. Momofuku may soon displace Delivery Man at #2. Stay tuned. If you combine t...

I too am holding off on my vote for now. I'm on the 8th or so runthrough since yesterday, and I'm not hating it, but it's not sinking in as quickly as I'd hoped. Maybe I'm just getting old. But I think I'm going to love it eventually, so I'm going to keep listening to it.

I sampled some of the tracks from her site (http://www.scarlettalbum.com/) and I'm not impressed. I still think Tony Bennett should do a Waits cover album.

Early (gushing) review from the All Music Guide:

http://blog.allmusic.com/2008/05/02/elvis-costello/

strangerinthehouse wrote:

This just showed up on a brazilian blog. It looks very spare, maybe without a booklet.

Any chance that's a promo version? (he asked, hoping for something more substantial to pick up on Tuesday)

Thanks (again) Charlie!

Thanks Charlie!

I'm awfully fond of his use of the crash cymbals on "Pretty Words". It's something like once every three seconds, but it never seems overused.

Thanks Mr. Foyle!

(I was only able to download "Harry Worth" and "Mr. Feathers"...the rest would simply play in the browser. Is it just me?)

Hadn't seen this posted yet, so I apologize if it has. I agree with most of it, except for the pan of North.

http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/p ... costello/1

Of course, for another view, you can check my blog (I'm up to Armed Forces already)...

That's an encouragingly Blood & Chocolate-type length. Thanks!

So it's a two-LP set...has anyone determined how long the album is? Under or over 60 minutes?

As nice as it is to have such an outpouring of prose, I'm keeping the final lines top of mind: I can't always promise that I'll write at this length on every occasion but I wanted to kick things off in style. I will check in during the coming weeks and months and be back with some news of records, p...

It's open again -- complete with a blog-type entry on the news page that explains A LOT. Go read it now.

http://www.elviscostello.com/web/guest/news

Are we sure there even was a photograph? Perhaps Elvis was just using poetic license and also using the typical imagery one associates with the campaigning politician. I'm inclined to agree with that. EC has never let the truth get in the way of a good story (my favorite being how in '82 he describ...

BlueChair wrote:Thanks for your report, Lester! Much appreciated.

Yeah, what he said.