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Buy Now	Momofuku (more) »rank: 1791 by: Elvis Costello & the Imposters :Album Description:By now, some of you may have heard rumour of an album called 'Momofuku' and wonder what this record is... The absence of much advance notice or information might seem a little strange and perverse but the record was made so quickly that I didn't even tell myself about it for a couple weeks. So, what can I tell you about 'Momofuku'? Well, obviously the title is a tribute to Momofuku Ando, the inventor of the Cup Noodle. Like so many things in this world of wonders, all we had to do to make this record was add water. Now, ...	Buy Now	The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years [DIGIPACK] (more) »rank: 4073 by: Elvis Costello :Album Description:22 Timeless songs compiled by Elvis Costello from his first 11 albums.
Buy Now	The Big Lebowski: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (more) »rank: 6620 from: Gramercy Pictures : :One of the most inspired cobbled-together-from-a-stack-of-records soundtrack albums since Pulp Fiction, The Big Lebowski matches the goofily ramshackle spirit of the Dude, the hero of its celluloid companion. While offering Bob Dylan's luv-addled 'Man in Me' together with the Gipsy Kings' redefinitive 'Hotel California' and the psychedelic-era Kenny Rogers nugget 'Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In),' Lebowski also gives longer play to some cuts barely sampled in the film, including Elvis Costello's 'My Mood Swings.' Whether taken as a Coen brothers mix tape, a one-album CD carousel, or an apropos souvenir of one wiggy flick, this ...	Buy Now	My Aim Is True (more) »rank: 6851 by: Elvis Costello :Album Description:Special 20bit K2 Japanese limited edition issue of the album classic in a deluxe, miniaturized LP sleeve replica of the original vinyl album artwork. essential recording:Elvis Costello kicked off his debut album with a formal device that would also serve his next two long-players well: the first thing you hear is his voice. That opening phrase--'Now that your picture's in the paper...'--was more than sneakily, if not intentionally, appropriate, since Costello was quickly declared the second coming. It's become de rigueur to dis the pub-rock backing of U.S. band Clover, but their work here is satisfactorily edgy; guitarist John ...
Buy Now	This Year's Model (more) »rank: 8227 by: Elvis Costello :Album Description:Includes the bonus track Radio Reidio. essential recording:With his second album, Elvis Costello firmly established himself as one of rock's--not just punk/new wave's--premier singer-songwriters. Building on the promise of his '77 debut, My Aim Is True, Costello put together a backing touring trio, the Attractions (keyboardist Steve Nieve, bassist Bruce Thomas, and drummer Pete Thomas), and their versatility helped Costello define himself as a punk-fuelled power-pop force. Sporting influences ranging from Bob Dylan (the stream-of-consciousness 'Pump It Up') to Burt Bacharach (the Dusty Springfield-worthy 'Little Triggers'), this '78-released collection also features such righteously angry anthems as the anti-conformist 'This ...	Buy Now	Armed Forces (more) »rank: 8106 by: Elvis Costello & the Attraction : essential recording:Less hot under the collar than This Year's Model, Armed Forces was partly inspired by Elvis Costello and the Attractions' 1978 American tour. The songs are set to deceptively poppy arrangements that use plinky Abba keyboards ('Oliver's Army,' a hit single about mercenaries), Beatles-ish devices (the fade on 'Party Girl'), and whimsical waltz-time signatures ('Sunday's Best') to mask their core cynicism. 'Goon Squad,' 'Busy Bodies,' and 'Accidents Will Happen' are among Costello's most melodically powerful songs to this point, leading the way to the masterful Get Happy!!. --Barney Hoskyns
Buy Now	Painted from Memory (more) »rank: 10355 by: Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach : essential recording:As promised, Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach's long-awaited full-length collaboration Painted from Memory bears the hallmarks of Bacharach's classic '60s work with the likes of Dionne Warwick--full-force melodies, traditional pop instrumentation, clever and occasionally pained lyrics. It finds the pair reveling in their gifts on a dozen tracks that range from concise under-three-minute gems to sprawling art songs. The result is a set of instant classics that stand head and shoulders above much of Costello's '90s recordings. --Rickey Wright	Buy Now	This Year's Model (more) »rank: 54263 by: Elvis Costello :Album Description:THIS YEAR'S MODEL is packaged with a 28-page booklet that includes rare photos and printed song lyrics. For his second album, Costello fine-tuned his aesthetic by abandoned the California studio cat accompanists of his debut for the more aggressive, quirky and very British Attractions, who would virtually define EC's sound over the next several years. Where MY AIM IS TRUE highlighted Costello's rootsy influences (the Band, etc.), THIS YEAR'S MODEL wholeheartedly embraces the 'new wave' out-with-the-old mindset, favoring tightly-wound ferocity over back-porch-isms. Irresistibly catchy, in a twitchy, neurotic, white-knuckled way, THIS YEAR'S MODEL is Costello at his edgiest. The classic ...
Buy Now	The Very Best of Elvis Costello (more) »rank: 54426 by: Elvis Costello : :The debate over whether he is punk or new wave is long over; today Elvis Costello is less likely to be found on a list with Strummer and Scabies than he is with Bacharach and David and Jimmy Webb. Lauded initially for his energetic and literate attacks on the social ills of Thatcher's England, he has become a peerless master of the popular song. The evolution of Costello's craft as a songwriter and performer, from the early high-octane polemics, through his stylistic experiments with country and soul, and on to standards written for others, is splendidly documented on this elegant two-disc ...	Buy Now	September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill (more) »rank: 40245 from: Sony : :The debate over whether he is punk or new wave is long over; today Elvis Costello is less likely to be found on a list with Strummer and Scabies than he is with Bacharach and David and Jimmy Webb. Lauded initially for his energetic and literate attacks on the social ills of Thatcher's England, he has become a peerless master of the popular song. The evolution of Costello's craft as a songwriter and performer, from the early high-octane polemics, through his stylistic experiments with country and soul, and on to standards written for others, is splendidly documented on this elegant two-disc ...