Reviews (page 8 of 8)
Did not listen
Having SIX Elvis Costello albums included in this book is embarrassing in itself, but having this one in particular is downright stupid. Come on, Weezer's Blue Album released the same year isn't even there but this boring ass album is? I hate this place.
"This is hell, this is hell I am sorry to tell you It never gets better or worse"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA... hahahHAahaHAHAHAAA...AHHHHHHHHH AHAHAHAHAHA HHAAHAHAHA!!! WoooooooHooooOOOOOOOO!!!! HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA AHHHHHHRGGGGGGGGG Heeheheheeeee HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH * hysterical laughter *
Never into his music 40 years ago. Relistened and still not into it at all. Choppy music and vocals that sound like they're emanating from someone sitting on the toilet - and struggling to make progress!
Maybe I'm soured since I had another of of his recently, I do not like his style. I am not looking forward to more of this guy's stuff showing up. Will I listen to again: 0%
1.5 ole elvis sure kicked up his annoying voice up a notch on this one. His aggressive vocals sounded like puddle of mudds cover of about a girl. And the rest sounded like a bad Randy Newman knock off
2/10 very annoying voice
Kinder Murder 20% Amnesia It sounds like Quagmire from family guy. Nothing good to say about it. It’s just about average.
what he lacks in singing ability, he lacks equally in lack of rhythm and poor instrumentation
• really didn't like this, wanted to turn it off after every song. no cohesive theme to the album. i don't like the showtune-esque sound of his instrumentation. and his voice is not pleasing (in this context at least)
I don’t like Elvis Costello
I keep trying to like Elvis Costello, because people say they like Elvis Costello. Maybe he’s like, a really good dude. Musically though - sucks. Instrumentation was pretty good but lyrics and vocals were… not. I just don’t get it. Every song sounded like the theme for a shitty 90s sitcom.
I cannot understand 90% of the lyrics and it sounds like emo dad rock.
This album is hell I'm sorry to tell you It never gets better Only worse 👿
Not good
Nicht meine Richtung
Not my thing
Not my style
1 - I expected this to just be boring, but damn, this wasn't very good. It was pretty annoying. I can't even really explain why I think it's bad, it just sounds bad. At best, it's boring, but a lot of songs are just aggravatingly mediocre and aimless. I don't know why this is on the 1001 albums list, especially when there's already so much Costello on there.
Was this book sponsored by Elvis Costello or something? I can understand including his first 2 or 3 albums, but the average music listener absolutely does not have to sit through his late career albums before they die.
I just do not care about Elvis Costello. There is nothing here for me to get in to.
Meh, boring, didnt like, L+ratio+didnt care+snoozefest+#NotMyElvis. Significant 18/48 Liked 7/48 Added 1/48 Nonono
Child killer
cant stand this
En väldigt speciell stil som jag inte var bekant med innan. Ansträngande att lyssna på. Stundtals blir upplevelsen som kaviar och apelsinjuice för öronen. Har svårt att hitta någon underliggande melodi. Man får intrycket av att han improviserat hela skivan. Det är säkert något jag inte ”förstår” med Costello men för mig är det här ett straff
orka
Probably a 1.5 but I'm feeling unchained l uncharitable. I don't understand Costello's fame
Maybe the worst album I’ve ever listened to.
I couldn't even make it through this whole album.
Not my type of music
i guess just like… what’s the point of this? why is it an hour long?
Enough Costello!
How many Costello do we need on this albums list? 😐
This album is like every other EC album. 100% for creativity and instrumentation, 0% for execution. I find the constant tempo changes to be totally jarring. I wish for once he would pick a tempo or two and play it throughout the whole song rather than constant tempo switching. Love his voice, lyrics, everything, but I can't get past this. The songs that have gained the most popular success for Costello have been songs like "Veronica" that limit the tempo switching and have a smoother overall sound. So, want to love it, but kinda hate it.
I just can’t with this guy’s voice. It’s awful. It is entirely unfathomable how Elvis Costello has 6 albums on this list. It’s a conspiracy by Big Talentless Vocals (strangest industry I’ve dreamt up) to convince the world that Elvis has talent. He reminds me of the the fake announcer voice Howard Stern does when impersonating shitty radio DJs. “Double U EnnNNNNNnnnnn B C!” Ugh.
I see why this album has so few streams.
Pessima boce. Non si salva una canzone
This isn't good. I don't even know what I would call this. It's super not good
Boring and bland. Everything melded together like a forgettable film soundtrack.
honestly didn't like it too much, i dont really like his voice, and the songs are a little boring
Might as well rename this website into "the Elvis Costello portfolio", given this is the 6th album of his I'm getting here. And it's just as boring as the other 5. Believe it or not, there are other artists out there!
dont like his voice lmao
Dafuq?! What an uninspired, akwardly thin produced school band album… Here‘s really nothing, absolutely nothing explaining why this is part of the list.
Elvis Costello is BITCH MADE
I have listened to two Elvis Costello albums thus far and recently learned there are SIX on this list. This is not good news to me.
turhaa ja elitistisen kuuloista. melkein rockoopperaakin välillä, kuin Muse ois ottanu vaikutteita.
Costello toteuttaa omaa visiotaan siitä, miltä popmusiikin "pitäisi" kuulostaa. Mutta hänen biisinsä kaipaavat jotain muuta kuin rockin historian tuntemusta tai 60-lukulaista formalismia. Ne kaipaavat KOUKKUJA. Edes yksi please!!
Not into it
hate elvis costello
As a man whose job it is to be brutal to the youth, let me tell you what I think about Elvis Costello. He's a fuckin' little bitch man who could never be as brutal to kids as ive been.
I can't. I just can't with that voice. All that uppy downy on every syllable thing he does makes me want to hurt not just him but anyone I can get hold of. It's an instant rage maker. I get that he's very popular, but no, you can't make me listen to this, no amount of persuasion will work. Ick, I heard half a song, I want to scrub myself clean.
Elvis Costello is not my thing. It is just bad. He is clearly the favorite of the creator of this list.
This is not the first Elvis Costello album I have listened to. When I completed the Rolling Stone top 500 album list from 2012 I know there were a few of his albums on the list. Guess I just don't get him.
This album is pretty trash in my opinion! I quite like the odd song from Elvis Costello but listening to this entire album was very boring and didn't particularly inspire any feelings in me lol. Even musically I didn't really enjoy most of it or find it that impressive. I guess he's popular with lots of dads? But personally, I can't see why this would be on the list.
This album is remarkably boring. Elvis Costello's punk tendencies are wasted here, or even there, especially when "20% Amnesia" actually makes vocal sense, contrary to the rest of the album. Lyrically and musically, we can respect the creativity and composition of this album. This listener would never discourage Elvis Costello from making this music ever again, but it is telling that the need to say that is even necessary.
Fucking awful I just hated this. Preferred all the death metal we'd had. I cannot STAND his weird singing voice, it upsets me.
This was not very good.
bullshit
couldn't finish it :(( he annoys me
Not impressed. This one should stay in the 90's.
Not for me.
Elvis Costello, on this album, sounds like what Billy Joel would sound like if Billy Joel kinda sucked. The sound is... Unoriginal. It's exactly what you would expect it to sound like if someone who grew up in the rock&roll/punk scene, and who also happened to love Broadway musicals, but wasn't a talented enough singer to make it, told you that they were going to make a 50s pop revival album. The influences seem to be just a list of the most tired genres of white American/British music. The instrumental aspects of the album, with a few exceptions, are slightly more boring than necessary to achieve their purpose, which is apparently to be entirely subordinate to the vocals. This is unfortunate, because the vocals are pretty annoying. Costello is not a great singer, and I think the mix engineer did him no favors here: the vocals are dry, abrasively saturated, and way too loud. We looked up some of the lyrics, and our consensus was that it was difficult to tell if he had anything interesting to say, but it pretty much felt like the answer was no. Lots of love/breakup songs. Some annoying choruses (e.g. "this is hell"). Wouldn't recommend.
Oh man I don't think I'm an Elvis Costello fan but here we gooooo. Ugh this is just not good. I don't understand how he got so popular. I want to understand his context. Is he power pop? Pop rock? I cannot wait for this to be over.
I would rather go to a 5 hour nickel back concert then ever listen to this album again... I wish I could give him zero stars
Absolutely cannot stand his voice, it's like a cheese grater chuffing on my soul
Not my bag at all. Wasn't really interested in any of the tracks
bloody awful album