Elvis Costello Fan Forum

You can put my thoughts on your pile too.

Good point, cwr. Maybe if the opening track references the album title -- just like on King of America and Blood & Chocolate -- we'll have a decent album to look forward to.

VonOfterdingen wrote:isn't the titel and the cover a bit silly? I mean to name an album after a restaurant and to have a bowl of peaches on the cover is far from everything else he's done. This is after all a man who seems to care about albumtitles.

His titles jumped the shark with Kojak Variety. The damage is done.

Neil. wrote:I heard he looks a helluva lot like his dad.

Poor kid.

sweetest punch wrote:Here is the albumsleeve: it's NOT a solo album, it's with the Imposters!!

Interesting how elusivedisc has that image and nobody else does. The man's PR sense boggles the mind.

From Billboard's Elton John/TV show article: In other Costello news, his next studio album with the Imposters, "Momofuku," now has a release date on CD. The 12-track project arrives first on vinyl on April 22, but a CD release will follow on May 6. Here is the track list for "Momofuku...

migdd wrote:Amazon describes the artist on the LP release as "Elvis Costello AND the Imposters".

That's encouraging. To me, anyway.

verbal gymnastics wrote:I wonder if My Three Sons is autobigraphical.

I'm hoping it's the theme to the TV show.

thepopeofpop wrote:As soon as he starts saying he'll never make another album it's a sure sign that he's planning another album.

And the Pope called it.

Two LPs for 12 songs? They better be five minutes apiece. Now I just need to find a place that sells new vinyl.

Who Shot Sam? wrote:When will the re-issue with extra tracks be made available?

Probably around Xmas, after he's given a wordy interview to Billboard complaining that "nobody bought the album". Excepting us, of course.

Remember when I predicted some media outlet would pick up the April 1st angle before reading too closely?

Congratulations, Pitchfork!

How long before the news wires pick up the story about the Coward Brothers release, without thinking twice about the date?

I'd like to be a fly on the wall when Mark gets back to the office and Rebecca catches him. "Don't you EVER go on vacation and leave me to handle the Elvis account again! Do you KNOW how many e-mails I had to answer? Those people are nuts!"

Curiouser indeed. A double vinyl may simply mean it's over an hour long. Maybe it's the officially released version of that Willy Wonka disc he said he put into last years reissues. Whatever it is, we'll know for sure in a month or so.

StrictTime wrote:I'm reading. You write very well. (Like you need the plaudits from an 18 year old.)

I'll take them wherever I can get them. Thanks!

On today's MusicTap post: "A few posts back, I mentioned the arrival of Momofuku by Elvis Costello. I stated that it would be released on LP, but I have a note in my mail box that says that it is expected on CD. The listed date is April 22, with the releasing label being Lost Highway." A G...

Yup -- so far, so Beatles. I'm trying to pace myself.

And I'll be 40 on July 15.

A fellow EC obsessive who's been more of a Joe Jackson man than myself gave me a copy of Joe's new "Rain" CD. I heartily recommend it to any Joe fan, especially if you like piano. It's a solid 4-star album.

Out : "Paint It, Black" - The Rolling Stones (tired of it) In : "Slit Skirts" - Pete Townshend "Slit Skirts" - Pete Townshend "Just A Little Lovin'" - Dusty Springfield "Tower of Song" - Leonard Cohen "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana &qu...

I saw that on the Music Tap site, did a Google search, found nothing, and forgot about it. Part of me is hoping it's a misprint.

He should, of course, market his future recordings directly to his fan base via the internet I've been saying that for years. EC doesn't like how the record companies promote him, but he's bent on having his work heard by the world at large. (Notice how he brought up "She"?) If he put tha...

Otis Westinghouse wrote:Funnily enough, the section Wardo focussed on is edited in the mag and cuts the writing ref. Don't they realise they have EC anoraks among their readership?

Well, it did come amidst an answer related to the music he plays for his kids. Is there a cute family photo in the print version?

I also liked the part (right after saying he didn't know whether he'd record again) where he said he was thinking of doing five albums.

A key section: I was travelling along on the Dylan tour I was on my own on a bus, just a couple of my crew and I’m listening to whatever I’m listening to. I was doing a lot of writing on that tour , I had a lot of time on my own. I spent all of last year on the road, from about April to November, wi...