Imperial Bedroom

Elvis ''lame'' Costello

Ok, I definitely can't stand Elvis Costello's music, but this contains 2 nice songs instead of zero like This Year's Model. The artwork is cool.

Was somewhat enjoyable to listen to but wasn't nearly as good as the last Elvis Costello album I listened to

Never heard the artist, kinda interesting. really insufferable at times. 2 stars

Boring Rock Music zzzzzz

The third Elvis Costello album I've gotten now and like I said last time... why does this dude have so many albums on the list? This was by far the worst of the 3 I've heard so far. It's long and dull.

Just a bit boring to be honest

It was ok. I've heard better Elvis Costello albums. Nothing really stood out to me as great. It was all pretty average.

Ok. But rapidly becomes background music. Can barely remember any of it. Not a patch on his earlier work: Armed Forces, This Year's Model, My Aim Is True.

lawful neutral

Nothing special

Nope. Big ick.

Nothing stood out for me on this album.

On est rendu à 3 Elvis Costello? Je trouvais par moment qu'il y avait un petit quelque chose de Sgt. Pepper dans la sonorité, et bien j'étais pas dans le champ puisqu'il a engagé Geoff Emerick qui a été l'ingénieur des albums les plus ambitieux des Beatles. La production est donc bonne, mais côté musique, ce n'est pas un coup de coeur. Je préfère quand il a une attitude plus punk comme sur This Year's Model. The Long Honeymoon est tellement ennuyante. Il y a par contre quelques bonnes grooves de basse à certains moments sur cet album, mais pas suffisamment pour en faire augmenter mon appréciation. Je connais donc maintenant un peu plus Elvis Costello, mais cet album n'est pas un manque dans ma collection.

Good sound but really boring

It’s regular over represented Elvis Costello fare. Only first track is memorable - the rest is just warbling over some elaborate backing music - it’s almost likeable but falls very short.

Was not really a fan of this. It was pretty boring.

Elvis Costello is not for me. I certainly respect him more than I like him. I get that people love this kind of stuff, but to me it just kind of seems like very overly busy and produced music overlaid with some mumbling crooning.

This is not convincing me that Elvis is great.

Like the other Elvis Costello albums this one wasn’t too exciting either. His lyrics are somewhat above average but his voice get boring and the instrumentals are pretty average. Just not an artist I really care for. 4.3/10

He sounds like one of the South Park guys doing their shitty commercial voice. “Rob Schneider is… a stapler” type singing

Brak skory na dloni sklania do zestopowania projektu albumowego, prawie tak bardzo jak dzisiejszy pick czyli imperialna sypialnia, siodmy krazek w dyskografii pana Elvis Costello nagrany razem z The Attractions w ktorego sklad wchodza Bruce Thomas na basie, Pete Thomas drumy i Steve Nieve od klawiszy i okazjonalnego akordeonu, sam pan Costello poza spiewaniem i pisaniem podobno gitarowo sie udziela, jak przystalo na krazek wyspiarski z lat 80 jest post punkowo, ale przystepnosc tego materialu, zarowno instrumentalna jak i wokalno liryczna nadaje mu bardziej charakteru popowego, a ze jest tutaj wydmuchana do granic mozliwosci patetycznosc prawdziwego milorda wyspiarskiego, to okreslenie barokowego popowania bedzie jak najbardziej na miejscu, nagranie 50 minutowe gdzie upchniete jest 15 trakow pisanych dla kazdego czyli dla nikogo, da sie tego sluchac, ale ciezko sie tym cieszyc, bo brzmi to jak kolejna plyta ktora nie moze o sobie nic wiecej powiedziec, ze jest x w dyskografii pana y, na plejke dodam jedynie you little fool, no i dawno nie poczulem brytyjskiego wokalu tak jak na tym nagraniu, wiec przynajmniej odnowilem stare uprzedzenia przed urlopem listowym, wynik 555 z rzedu to calkiem dobry wynik, a na druga polowe jeszcze przyjdzie czas

First time listening to this entire album. I really like Elvis Costello, iconic artist...but 15 songs an almost a full hour, this album is a lot to take at once.

Lounge music or whatever.... I am not the target audience for this album. Elvis consistently is over singing. That's it

I found this to be extremely boring.

boring

Honnêtement de la misère à comprendre l'attrait. Musique ordinaire, voix fatigante à la longue.

It's Elvis Costello and thus meh.

The very definition of "meh."

On a certain level, Costello's music is likable enough. He's melding various styles and doing his own thing, which is good. The thing is, he's so smarmy and artificial that I can't help but think of him as the musical equivalent of a grifter. Best track: The Loved Ones

The songs are not bad, but they just don’t get to me. It’s an album that I would put on on the background. Maybe with a second try I would change my mind, for now just 2 out of 5.

This album was only okay, didn't have any truly enjoyable songs. Overall, it was pleasant and fine, but it just didn't do it for me.

No supe por dónde agarrarle la onda

oei, nee geen fan van de zang de rest is oke

Can't really place this one. Took me a lot longer to catch on than some of his other music, and I think multiple listens actually did this a disservice, funny enough. Volume of songs saved /= enjoyment Saved: Tears Before Bedtime*, Shabby Doll, The Long Honeymoon, …And In Every Home, Human Hands

I get it, 5 years on Elvis is still King, but the Queen is miserable. Not an Elvis record I would recommend, at all

This is quite frustrating. I've spent my life happily untroubled by the need to justify my dislike for Elvis Costello. And then I get two of his albums in a week. There is an important place for irrational loathing in this world – mainly the fact that one never feels motivated to act on it. Having struggled through this milquetoast offering, I now have the distinct urge to kill an ant or something equally unpleasant. (Note to self.) I generally do not pay attention to lyrics. Too intellectual a response. I need my my music to grab my by the short and curlies, to drag me down to uncharted emotional depths. Searing guitars, plaintive voices (not lyrics, mind: voices), bone-juddering bass lines, ethereal chants: All have done the trick in the past, all will do so in the future. I'm sort of tempted to listen to this again, just to see if there is anything in the word arrangement that justifies the foolishness people express about Mr C. But this may make me even angrier yet. So no.

Again, this is an album I was intrigued to hear but was dissatisfied by the whole thing. There’s just nothing in it for me.

it was boring to be honest and it sounded weird just not my vibe at all and it was just awkward i didn’t absolutely hate it but i did not enjoy

felt like it went on forever and that's not a compliment.

Prima album, maar niet helemaal mijn stijl

Meh. This one is a hard meh. Just wasn't into the tunes. Their just ok. Not my style. I don't even know what mood I'd need to be in to hear songs like that. It's like he wanted to be an English Michael McDowell. Not turning my crank.

God, I am so not sure why this album didn't click with me *at all*. I like the jazzy flourishes, I really like Costello's lyrics, I just didn't really enjoy this album all that well. It was so weirdly flavorless. Feel bad giving it this rating, but there's no song on here I really, thoroughly enjoyed. Favorite Track: "Man Out of Time"

Didn't do much for me personally and the moments I liked were a bit too far in between.

I didn't particularly care for most of the album. It's COOL, like jazz bar hipsters and the like but it's just not my cup of tea

Shabby Doll is the first high note. Nice & funky. Turns out it's the only high note for me. Not my cup of tea. Cool artwork, though.

same old, same old

Not my thing

A little bit boring.

Magari ascolatandolo di piu' mi potrebbe piacere.

It’s alright, nothing too memorable

Was pretty bummed that this album was very middle of the road for me. I found myself skipping a few songs and I couldn't tell you any from the album. Pretty bold for this Elvis to follow the last Elvis but I did not like this one as much as I was hoping to.

Another elvis costello album

So annoying. Really could not get on board with this. Was ready for it to be over about a third of the way in. Don't like the nasal singing style. Samey

This is the 4th Elvis Costello album that's come up for me so far in this list... I didn't enjoy the first three, didn't enjoy this one either.

again. again. again and again and again

I'm sure it was fine if I bothered to listen to the lyrics. He seems very artsy.

Shabby Doll caught my attention. The rest of the album was largely meh. Some interesting arrangements here and there but a little too poppy for me

Elvis tries too hard.

Nah

nah dude. was gonna be nice with a 2 bc it’s better than the first one i got from him but nah can’t do this.

Is there a chance that I'll enjoy this? Not feeling optimistic as I'm not a fan of Elvis'. Costello or Presley.

Another damn Elvis Costello album?

Glad Shabby Doll was Track 2 so I could give up on this really early To quote a genius: "It really has been a lot of Elvis Costello/ And he’s not even the best Elvis"

No es mi estilo, se ve claramente la influencia de los beatles pero na que ver, aburrido de cojones

Unbelievably terrible

I find this man boring. Yet again.

Can I just give this a zero now or do I have to listen to it?

First contact with Elvis Costello's music, I'm not very convinced, it has good, interesting things but the voice doesn't convince me, interesting use of several instruments, sometimes I feel saturated with sounds the songs. Not for me.

why anybody would listen to that boring cliche trash is beyond me...

It's not that there's too much Elvis Costello on this list, it's that whoever made the list must be obsessed with him. This isn't a "bad" album. It's just really quite dull.

*Imperial Bedroom* de Elvis Costello no logró conectar conmigo en absoluto. La primera canción me pareció interesante y prometedora, pero el resto del álbum se me hizo recargado, difícil de seguir y poco memorable. Intenté darle una oportunidad, pero nunca enganché ni emocional ni musicalmente. Más que disfrutable, se sintió distante. 1/5

näeee

😒Forgettable—aside from the fucking annoying way he’d hit that shabby doll line—this shit put me in a bad mood.

Too heavy metal for me

Meh

The instrumentals in the back of the songs are really good, but I feel like the guy singing ruins it for me

Looked like it had to much potential from the front cover boring sloppy lazy

1. so dull.

Elvis Costello is so sauceless, I couldn't listen to another full album of his because its just too boring, for that he gets a 1

This was so boring and I’m wondering how many more Elvis Costello albums I will have to review before the end of this. To me, this sounds so generic, nothing special about the vocals or music to make it memorable (or enjoyable).

this man is indeed "mid" -juyeon

+ ikke mye - wacky shit ass 1/5 would destroy the record if it was gifted to me

Kæm faan høre på det her. Stygg stemme.

I'm just not a fan of Elvis Costello.

Hvor er det t vildt at det kun er det 2. Album vi har haft.. Det lyder som det vi hørte sidst, men allerede nu har jeg fået for meget. Det er ikke umuligt at lytte til, men det er bare den samme sang i 50 minutter..

I’m curious why this album stood out differently from the other Elvis Costello albums on the list. Like couldn’t we have skipped this one, kept the other nine that are on the list? Better yet, couldn’t we have skipped the other nine, and just kept one of his albums? If we did have to select only one entry from Costello I don’t think this would be it.

I found this really, really boring.

1. belief -1 2. tearz - 1 3. doll - 1 4. long -1 5. time - 1.5 6. blue - 2 7. Home -0 8. Loved - 1 9. Human -1 10. Kid -1 11. Savage -1.5 12. Boy -1.5 13. English -0 14. Fool -1 15. Town - 1.5

Didn’t like his voice

Don’t like Elvis Costello

Enough with Elvis Costello already. Overrepresented on this list.

If I never hear "Shabby Doll" again it will be too soon. Elvis just seems to whine his way through every song. Better than other EC&TA albums I've listened too, granted that's not saying much.

Please god, no more Costello

Not for me. 1/5

sorry boring

It was crap

lol at the dude drawing parallels with james joyce in the reviews. five of these fuckers down, one to go...

Imperial Bedroom is well-produced but quickly becomes boring. Costello’s voice and repetitive flow make the songs blend together into one long, heavy mass without real highlights. The album aims to be grand and artistic, but ends up feeling like polite background music with too much attitude. 1/5

Bland garbage

Every time I try to give Elvis Costello another chance, I’m reminded that all his shitty songs sound the same and his voice sucks.

Not a big fan of Elvis Costello, but can see where people would like this, but it's just not for me. If that makes me a hater, then call me Emperor Palpatine cause I'm letting the hate fill and flow through me.

Only one more from him after this, can't wait Will I listen to again: 0%

Büro, Heidenheim, Deutschland. Super nervig.

38/1001 :: Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Imperial Bedroom Heard before? ❌ Would I revisit? ❌ Rating: 2 Fav Tracks: Human Hands Elvis Costello? I don’t get it. Never have, never will (and I’ve tried). Not sure what else to say other than I was excited when it was over…

The more I listen to Elvis Costello albums, I less I like Elvis Costello. Shipbuilding, everyday I write the book need to retain that special place in my heart as a full album of his ridiculous voice is driving me crazy.

no me gusto, para nada, es mas no recuerdo que me haya dejado algo el album, puede ser que se escuchaba muy bien nomas.

Fake elvis

Ugh no. Elvis Costello is the worst and this is the third album THIRD I’ve had from this guy. Please stop.

Not on Amazon music so can’t listen to it

Costello is so overrated. There is no excuse for how many of his records are in this list. They all suck. They are all forgettable. This one is no different. There are so many bands who aren't in this book and turds like Costello are just hanging her with 10 records. It's bullshit.

Like fortsatt ikkje Elvis Costello

découvrir un nouveau album

Just when I thought there couldn't possibly be another Elvis Costello album, here we are. Google says he has 33 studio albums so I am just going to assume they are all on here. I can't stand his voice. I'm at the point with this guy that I can't even appreciate the song writing or music because his vocals are all I can hear.

+1 protest vote for simply too many Elvis Costello albums on this list. One EC album, or preferably none, would be a great improvement. So many fantastic albums are not on this list to make room for his entire catalog, it seems.

Showtuney

God I hate Elvis Costello

not my jam

Quatrième album de EC proposé => 1/5 : celui ci est encore plus ennuyeux que les 3 précédents et m'a paru tellement interminable ... que je ne l'ai pas terminé. Il y a d'ailleurs certainement une erreur dans le titre : il faut lire Imperial Boredom. Plus que 2 albums à subir.

Why the hell is this guy on the list so much

Please no more of this guy

Ok, I listened to part of it. I couldn't get through it. I'll admit, I was 9 when this came out, but I can't listen to this. Maybe his later works will hit me better.

Pretty annoying voice and sound.

This might be one of the most boring albums I've ever listened to. Had to tap out about 75% through it because my brain couldn't take it anymore.

Är det femte plattan jag får av den lilla jävla smurfjäveln! Blir så jävla less. Han är inte särskilt bra. Denna får därmed bottenbetyg i ren jävla protest! Enough!!!

Nope, still do NOT like Elvis Costello.

madonna che lagna ancora una volta bella solo la copertina

Imperial Boredom

Elvis Costello just does nothing for me. Boring and forgettable.

Weak sauce

Forgettable.

ugh

Elvis Costello again.... And as always, I'm thankful that it eventually ended.

I don’t understand the appeal. Terrible 1001 album worthy: No - 21/36

I didn't like it 1

It's something bothering me about this album but I don't know what. Maybe the fact that it has nothing interesting and his voice is annoying. I've seen many albums by this dude included on this list and I just don't get it.

Fourth album by Elvis Costello and his crew on this list, and easily the worst one so far. I don't have that much time, or more likely willingness to check what is so different on Imperial Bedroom as compared to other records, but I was struggling very much to finish this. I have seen this album being described as baroque pop, which apparently is something I just don't get at all. Convoluted melodies, unpredictable vocal lines, you can tell Wainwright was inspired by this music. Which makes sense, because I had zero pleasure listening to his albums as well. Bottom of the barrell it goes.

There is a Neil Young amount of unnecessary Elvis Costello on this list, and this is yet another one that doesn't even have Alison on it. What a snoozefest.

No thank you. Too much blandery.

So far on this list I've rated Elvis Costello 3, 3, 2, 2, and this one, hopefully the last, can go right into that sequence with a 1. Probably really a 2, it isn't egregiously bad, but I sure didn't need to hear it, total snoozefest, and we probably could have lost three of the other albums, too.

Who cares

Why? Why again? :( Best song: Shabby Doll Worst song: Town Cryer

Another Elvis Costello album just a couple of days after the first. I had to look it up and there's 6 Costello albums in total. The sooner I finish the better, this one was worse than This Year's Model. It's just so boring and it all sounds the same. It's nothing special about it, I can't imagine what has been left out to squeeze in 6 of Costello's albums.

Not a fan of his voice, feel like the singing is frequently off key. Emerick's stamp is evident in the recording/production quality though. Man Out of Time was a decent song, but wouldn't seek this one out again.

Elvis Costello sucks and I would leave anywhere he’s playing in the background.

Album war mir bisher nicht bekannt. Da habe ich aber auch nichts verpasst. Ist nicht der Rede wert.

Inge bra

Man I just do not like Elvis Costello.

Really good but again, very forgettable. Not a bad 1 star, but not a strong one either.

I’m tired of all the crap albums. I’m about done with this site. No way am I doing this for three years.

I'm not listening to another Elvis Costello album.

Artwork on album fits the music

6 (SIX) Costello albums!! WTF?? consider this another protest vote.

Rating: 2/10 Awful album. Vocally this album is absolutely horrendous, Elvis Costello sounds awful and sings like he's tone deaf. There are no memorable melodies and instrumentally it's very boring and forgettable. The vocals make this album almost unlistenable, it's shocking how bad the vocals are. Favorite song: Shabby Doll. Worst songs: everything else.

The vocals on this sound like something you'd find on a soundcloud track that has 14 listens and the person recorded on a cheap mic in their bedroom.

No, thank you. This is not an album that I think anyone has to hear before they die, and I couldnt even make it all the way through (I do make an effort to listen to every complete album on this list). It just sucks. 1/5

Grating. Annoying. Insufferable. I keep turning it down and down and down in the hopes that it will stop grating on my nerves SO DAMN MUCH. I am flabbergasted at the praise this album receives. Some songs sucked less than others, but goddamn. I watched the seconds tick down in the final song so I could be sure to turn it off before spotify subjected me to even more of this drivel. Music was fine, but the vocals. My god, THE VOCALS. This is the first album that had me rethinking my desire to complete this project. 1/5

Truly no aspect of this album seems great to me. The vocals, the band, the lyrics were all adequate I guess, but how this is on a list of greats, even a list 1000 long is beyond me. It is saved from a 1 star score only because the music isn't actively bad, but at least 1 star albums are memorable, this one I will forget as soon as I finish. No favorite track. Ok I actually changed my mind, the music is bad, 1 star.

I don’t get it. Feels like music for younger male boomers?

Actually the most annoying album on here because EC has produced brilliant stuff over the years. This is total wank.

why so much elvis costello?

Didn’t like, couldn’t stand his voice

Wow. I did not expect to hate this, but I seriously hate this. What’s the vibe here, Circus rock? Sgt. Pepper’s bloated farts club band? What a tedious pile of crud. Skipped halfway through almost every song, and there’s no way in hell I’m making it through the whole album. Terrible!

Was not a fan of this album this should have stayed in the bedroom 1/5

How is there more Elvis Costello on this list? I'm going to preempt my review here by saying I reckon it'll be blandly clever post punk with a 1950s feel. I'll come back and say if I was right after listening. Well. The first track was a bit more interesting than I expected. But after that, it's pretty much everything I expected. Dull Dull Dull made worse by the fact it thinks it's interesting. I felt every one of its bloated tracks pass in real time.

For someone with a name as cool as Elvis Costello, his music just really falls short. He is the diet pepsi of Joe Strummer, just no piss and vinegar. I finally thought I heard a song I liked off this album, turns out it was just Spotify playing a deep cut Clash song after this album had finished

Not my musi....

Didn't like the whiny vocals or the dull arrangements. This was a chore to get through and I was glad when it was over. If this is Mr Costello's best album then god help me when the others show up. Lots of bland songs of a similar length and nature, nothing stood out. Sometimes there were strange noises that only served to wake me up and check how much longer I had to endure before I could call this one done. As the last strings and brass plodded away, fading into the distance, I had an immense feeling of satisfaction, knowing I would never have to listen to this drek ever again.

God, I didn't expect much but this was even worse than expected. Why did anyone get excited about this guy?

I don't like his voice. Couldn't finish the album

That opener of Beyond Belief is one of my favorite Costello songs with all the hallmarks: great lyrics, bouncy guitar and a warm-up to a quickened pace. Of all the Costello songs that are out there-- many of which simply do not work, this is a great one especially because the vocals are tight and restrained. Almost predictably, the second track takes us to a Costello song that doesn't really work and isn't pleasant. And this is the big problem where the vocals-- all excellent-- don't seem to align with the accompanying music. Like, why did you opt for that wonky rhythm for these vocals where they are both operating at completely different tempos. Almost Blue is a great song and does come together nicely. Human Hands could be one of the worst songs I've ever heard. Like a haunted circus soundtrack on fleek. ...And this album leaves me as every other album in his catalogue does, wanting so much to like him, but finding myself hating it.

basta de elvis costello la concha tuya album generator

Arkkityyppipoprockia, en pidä oikein minään

Se, että Elvis Costello pusertaa biisejä ulos kuin mitäkin tuotetta, on uhka populaarimusiikille sinänsä. Totta kai kaikki popmusa on "tuotetta", mutta on ihan yhtä merkittävää, että hyvä sellainen TUNTUU olevan jotain enemmän. Costellon musiikki viittaa kyynisyyteen, joka näkee tuon tunteen turhana.

Like listening to a weird fever dream, it's once again been demonstrated to me why some people make music like this today.

There only one Elvis and he's the king. But we don't like him either cos he was a creep. Next please.

VITTU KUN EI VOI ANTAA YHTÄ TÄHTEÄ KUN EI SE OLE NIIN HUONO SE TÄSSÄ HARMITTAA AINAKUN COSTELLO LÄPSÄHTÄÄ toisaalta on muutes paskempi kuin viime kerran my aim is true albumi hehhheh yksi tähti kjeh kjeh

Tedious. I feel I aged 20 years just listening to this insipidity. 1 head of gray hair out of 5. 👴

sanantoisto poppia...paskaa ja paskaa...varasti ELVIS NIMI ELVIS PERSLEY...king of rock and motherfuckinf rolll..*explosion* radio fucking rock...kuuluuko costello, NO EI KUULU. tällästä jaksa... tämän takia vittuti niin paljeon että kuuntelin abbey road uudestan... vittu oli se 5/5 underrated classic tbh.... miks kukaan ei puhu siitä albumista underrated....pauli pojan ääni vituttaa vieläkin silti shabby doll

The was a big ol' yawn for me. Elvis sounds like he had a bad headcold half the time, the other half he sounds like he was trying to swallow the mic.

Costello just makes me feel sad. Maybe it's the voice. Another one I was hoping to enjoy and immerse myself in, but the mood just didn't work for me. It's fine for 'Shipbuilding', but I feel like I am past the point in my life where I enjoy suites of sad love songs. This is no doubt a very accomplished album, just not one for me.

Not my cup of tea.

скучно, есть банальные мелодии

3/29/2022 Today's Album: "Imperial Bedroom" by Elvis Costello & The Attractions - This album is pretty frustrating. The first 9 or so tracks show off the general theme of this track list, which is that some songs have a really fun energy that matches Elvis's blatantly horrible vocals. Whenever this guy has enough energy to sing a tight verse and chorus, it feels really fun and the 70s rock inspired instrumentals do numbers to lift up the lyrics in the songs mentioned in "Highlights", the other songs have just this unlistenable cheep feel to them, with each line feeling a little to long and all of the lyrics really bogging down what are admittingly decent instrumental performances. After these first 9 tracks, the view count on spotify really tanks and I can see why. It's pretty much more of the unlistenable stuff from the first half. Overall, I really wanted to like this project given some of the more promising tracks, but it just honestly should not be Elvis Costello leading this band. He is not a talented enough vocal performer to pull these ideas off in a listenable way. Score: 3/10 Just not very good Highlights: Tears Before Bedtime, Almost Blue, Human Hands,

Not my cup of tea

this is pretty annoying from beginning to end 1.5

Not my jam

Man out of time

one nice song, but couldn't really finish any of the other ones, definitely not my thing

Not for me