Reviews (page 7 of 8)
2.4/5 listened 2x
Nothing remarkable.
I think this is better than his other work I've heard but I didn't love this one. It's too long and has some duds for sure. I think the instrumentals with a different singer may have a chance but this almost feels like the music in a musical. Like it's trying to accomplish something else so it ends up not being that great at being music. Maybe I'm missing something.
I rolled my eyes so hard seeing this pop up. Elvis Costello will need to work hard to impress me. I don't get it. It's fine. I don't know. It's plain white bread.
This is the secon time in a week that I get Costello, and it really makes him worse.
This is not my version of Costello. I really liked Blod and Chocolate’s urgency, it’s completely missing from imperial Bedroom. I would say it borders on yacht rock. 5.5/10
Hab die ersten 6 Lieder angehört, Shabby Doll stich raus, sonst klingt alles ziemlich gleich. Nicht schlecht, aber würde ich mir nicht anhören
Not good
Some nice instrumentation, some great chord progressions, it's just not doing it for me. Think it's down to the vox again.
Boring, forgettable, dull. The only thing that stands out is Elvis Costello's voice, and I am not yet sure if that is in a good way.
So boring. Less awful than the other Elvis Costello albums this list subjected me to
Nope
Nem fogott meg. Nem elég érdekes, hogy azért hallgassam és nem elég dallamos, hogy csak úgy random berakjam. Stílus se jött be igazán.
Kinda boring…
The Loved Ones You Little Fool I tried to enjoy this album but it just felt boring af. There’s no spice it’s just bland
No me pareció la gran cosa. Su otro disco me había gustado muchísimo, pero este se me hace insulso.
Yep, still don't like Elvis Costello
This was alright. I know Elvis Costello is very influential (and is going to pop up a lot in this list) but this album felt like it was all over the place and honestly just didn't do a lot for me.
I struggled to get through this
Too mellow for me, he has a great sound that has its place and time but nothing special to me.
More like Imperial Boredom. Yet again another Elvis Costello album that sounds pretty much the same as the others but slightly more 80s. Not a fan, droned on for me.
Pretty boring
Production is a little too muddy for the songs to really shine
I’d never listened to Elvis Costello before but I thought I knew what kind of music he sang. I was wrong. Meh.
Album cover is neat, the actual music is listenable. It's aight. I'm never listening to it again, but I've survived the experience. There were some moments I thought it was gonna do something sick, then it just went back to doing something boring, bland or similar to what it's already been doing. Fav songs: - Man Out of Time
I will admit that I wasn't overwhelmed with excitement to see yet another Elvis Costello album pop up on the list. That's five so far, and I have a nagging feeling there's a sixth lurking out there somewhere. I've never been a big fan, and unfortunately, the record did not win me over. Most of the songs had a meandering sense, setting ol' Declan to spew his word salad all over the place and be generally pleased with his own wit.
Very bland, almost totally unmemorable even as soon as I finished.
The king of the annoying "good guy" nerd music makes an annoying "good guy" mod album that to one extent or another informs the worst of Costello's future (non-)efforts stylistically.
My favorite song from the album was Shabby Doll, I didn't like it enough to add it to any playlists, but there was something catchy enough about it to hit the right spots. I'm definitely in agreement with the people who found his voice unpleasant, I typically found myself interested in where a song might go and then he'd start and I'd be less excited for it.
He definitely has a sound but not for me
I used to think Elvis Costello was a pretentious twat, now I know he is a bit boring too
I got tired of this album very quickly, the vocals especially sound flat to me.
I've never really liked Elvis Costello. I think I could but listening to this album hasn't changed my opinion much. I am slightly suspicious that it has been chosen for the 1001 albums list and has not one of his famous songs on it, nor any of the ones that are less well known but that my other half likes. Is this another "deep cut" or non-obvious not-actually-the-best album by this artist, like a few others that we've had to listen to? Anyway, this features a number of songs that sit somewhere between crooning, punk and pop and don't really feel very satisfying in any of these directions. I just don't get Elvis Costello, really. It sort of reminds me of The Boomtown Rats, in that it's a bit... shit. Sorry, I can't quite find a word for the feeling it gives me. Annoying? Suspicious? Fake? Smug? Something.
Not a fan though appreciate the artistry….
The slower jazz side of Elvis. Not my taste. I bet a different album of his will pop up that I will like more.
Beginning to think his music isn’t as good as I thought it would be when I first started
Blind album and artist. TIL I don't like Elvis Costello....
I don’t think I “get” Elvis Costello.
I don’t get Elvis Costello either and while the singing and playing are proficient nothing on this album did anything. It kind of annoy me.
Elvis Costello is one of those artists I like to grab out of a candy bowl and savor every now and then. I don't want to consume his material all at once because it's so vast and I don't want to get to a point where I have heard everything. I'm strange. I do this especially with artists who have passed and aren't still making music but Elvis is still alive and well and actually made a decent album back in 2020. And now I see he made an album in 2022 that I hadn't even heard of. Anyway, all that to say I have never heard this album but I'm looking forward to it like unwrapping a new piece of candy. So... This candy was not as good as I'd hoped. I could see it being a piece of candy I might try again, but the first try did not wow me. I liked Shabby Doll and The Loved Ones, but the rest just didn't do it for me in one listen. I also like when Elvis Costello sounds a bit more dark and brooding and this album has very little of that sound. Thematically this album can be heavy and somewhat dark, but I didn't feel like the music itself matched the lyrics. It felt a little like Elvis was trying to take some lyrics he wrote and slap them against some music and when I read about how this was recorded... I mean it sounds like there was a lot of experimentation in the studio. For me, it mostly didn't work that well, but maybe it's a grower album.
One interesting track but mostly boring
Oh no. Another Elvis Costello album. Nothing different or standout about this album from any of his other work.
nothing really stood out
I didn't know any of these songs well before, and don't like any of them much now. Feels loke a whole album of filler tracks, missing the killer song(s) that could have elevated it to "decent". I quite enjoyed some of their other stuff, but this one is not immediate, not interesting after a few listens, just outright not very good. It feels like it's on this list because to author likes it, not because it's actually good or important, and that is a waste of a space in my view.
No wonder this is called Imperial Bedroom, Elvis sounds like he's about to fall asleep the entire album.
Muniinpuhalteluks meni tämäkin
There was some intersting songs for me, but personally a bit unforgettable.
Through the years there are a number of tunes I've enjoyed by Elvis. This album does not include any of those. Some times his voice works great with some tunes, other times, it starts to annoy. This album leaned to the annoying side. Thought there was solid music, at times, but for the most part, some pretty bland, non interesting songs that I just wanted the album to end. Nothing offensive to the ears, just wasn't my interest. 2.5
2 I don’t disagree with Elvis Costello being on this list, and I think his debut (which we had some 300 albums ago) is a totally valid inclusion… but why the hell did this make it on? There’s nothing overly interesting going on at any point, and the production is just kind of bad… There's way too much going on and it all feels squished together, like nothing in the mix has room to breathe. I can tell he was going for some grandiose things here, but the end result is that it feels like a clumped ball of sound. How the hell did the producer of this work on Sgt. Pepper’s and Abbey Road? And why the hell was this critically acclaimed? I do feel this album benefitted a bit from re-listening, as I was able to start picking pieces out of the rubble and identifying individual songs, but really the only one that I would say I was able to develop a bit of an appreciation for after four listens is Man Out of Time. So I’ll give credit to Elvis C there, that’s a decent track, but the rest of this is just kind of forgettable. The only other positive thing I have to say about anything here is that I thought he was saying “Shabadoo” at first instead of “Shabby Doll” on said track, and that made me think of that bit from The Simpsons when Homer asks Moe about advice for his friend Joey Jojo Jr. Shabadoo. I’m going to link it here so that if you too disliked this album, hopefully this at least bring a smile to your face like it did me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dbi3--k4SM Man, The Simpsons was great back in the day. This album is not. On a side note, according to Wikipedia, the zipper creature things in the top right of the album cover spell out “Pablo Sí” (as a nod to Pablo Picasso), but I’ve stared at this thing for like ten minutes and still have no idea what it's talking about. Is it just me?
Nothing special and something about the songs felt off to me.
I like some Elvis Costello songs, but not really any on this album.
Så tråkigt... ärlighet saknas
Surprisingly listenable for a Costello album given the lack of his usual vocal hijinx. That being said, it's still a Costello LP musically and just fails to entertain as a result – the songwriting here is about as average as it gets, and there's not much exciting going on instrumentation-wise to jazz things up. Dare I say Elvis needs to do vocal acrobatics to make his music even somewhat interesting?
This album was so boring, even with all of its quirkiness and diversity from track to track. There's too much damn Elvis Costello on this project. There just was nothing inspired about this. It just felt very blah.
There’s too much Costello on this list
I liked some of it at first but idk it got annoying and boring and I didn't want to listen to it anymore
Another Elivs Costello album and this one does not need to be on the list, not a terrible album, but come on the man has enough already, give someone else a chance,
Genuinely don't know whether to review this as optimistically as "Tepid" or as realistically as "ass water", so I'll split the difference and review it as "tepid ass water".
I found it quite boring. Not as exciting as his earlier stuff.
Interesting but not quite my style. Nothing is bad, it just doesent grab me thr way it should
Do I really have to listen to all these Elvis Costello records before I die??? Nonetheless, this one was meh. Some good tracks ( Man Out of Time, Human Hands) but is outweighed by the stinkers. I’m also not a huge fan of his singing voice. Not sure why there are so many of his records on this list.
Previously rated: Armed Forces (3/5) My Aim Is True (4/5) ************************ There is nothing really terrible here. It's all just so dull and boring, especially compared to the last Elvis Costello album I got. His vocals just don't do it for me. Now that I've gotten three from the lesser Elvis out of the way, are there any Elvis *Presley* albums here?
Again I say Elvis Costello would have been more influential if he didn't have to compete with Bruce Springsteen. He is constantly trying to one up the Boss and seems to come up short. I could not get through this album. Just uneventful and lacking genuine emotion.
I was hoping for something better than what this album is. It's not Elvis Costello's best effort.
2/5 not of my taste
I started this yesterday and got bored. I started again this morning to rate and am still not really clicking with it. It's not unpleasant but I don't think it's all that good. The album artwork is very interesting, to say the least. Shabby Doll and Pidgen English feel like they could have been good but are somehow boring. The Long Honeymoon has some good sound. It appears to be the second most popular song on the album so that make sense. Gives travel vibes. I don't know what it is about this album. It's not bad musically but I feel SO BORED.
This album is pretty funky and really out of the ordinary with the vocals in my mind. I wish the dude would stop talking all the time. He never shuts up and he's not really adding positive things to this album. I like the keyboard and other jazzy instruments but I really wish this dude would shut up. It's like a karaoke bar singer who is way too full of himself, and way too full of cheap margaritas. Pigeon English is probably my favorite on the album but I would probably not add it to my liked songs. Plus one star because the rest of the band is pretty with it.
Beyond Belief is almost good. Reminds me of Vampire Weekend maybe. Shabby Doll is similar where it's almost good but keeps doing weird stuff. Man Out Of Time picks up the energy for a bit especially with the hootin' and hollerin' at the end. Not necessarily good still... Almost Blue is jazzy and seems to make the vibe make sense. Showcases the singer's voice nicely too. Pidgin English and You Little Fool had something going on but then he gets weird again on Town Cryer. This guy's voice is a little annoying. Like he's always off key kinda? Maybe there's something interesting going on musically but I'm not catching it. The vibe on here is kinda sleepy too. The guy can sing when he feels like it and band is good but it seems like they should be doing a different style where their skills would better apply.
The instrumentation is fine, but to me this just sounds like a goofy version of the Beatles. I can’t take his voice seriously, and I don’t particularly like it.
Nothing really stood out to me
Conflicted on this album, starts out horrifically slow and dull. Picks up about halfway through and some decent tunes in the back half. Curious what his other albums on this list sound like now…
Doesn't feel very urgent?
Eh
Not bad, and an easy listen, but dull and lifeless and he's so much better than this album shows
Shit
Meh
Elvis Costello was the first band I ever saw in concert, around 2003. This is a weird album. I can't say I like it more than the other stuff I've heard from him that i'm familiar with, that's for sure. It's not poppy like the other stuff. he's like doing his typical nerdy-voiced stuff but it's got this beatles-esque slant to it (also likely attributed to the producer). There is no doubt that the musicianship is great and same with the production, but I'm not sure what the impact of it is in the long run looking at this from 2023.. I like mellotron. The back half is better than the front half. Review of Reviews: People are bored by Elvis Costello and so am I. Best Track: The Loved Ones
Didn't enjoy this, which was surprising because I was quite a fan of their earlier stuff.
I don’t mind Costello but I don’t really see why this is on the list. I think it is his attempt at a Sgt Pepper style album. The ballads just make me feel nothing, that style doesn’t appeal to me at all. I think Sgt. pepper had survived the test of time (as has Costellos late 70s stuff) whereas this just sounds dated.
The wrong Elvis
Eh. Just doesn't do it for me. I don't like it, but I don't hate it.
not bad
It was somewhat bland. Nothing really happened.
nah 2*
Some decent bits but didn't really do much for me
For me, no amount of production can help the fact that I really am not a fan of Elvis Costello. I think the singer songwriter thing really requires one to be locked into the way an artist writes, and I just can’t get there with EC. This is another one of those records where people love to write endlessly about the production, but in the broader landscape of music, the production really didn’t feel all that special. Maybe I just didn’t get it, idk.
The saddest part of this is I LIKE Elvis Costello! But this was a rough one. There’s a few genuinely great tracks on here, but they’re sandwiched between such bloated and repetitive songwriting. I should’ve known from the start when this was advertised as his “masterpiece” that it would be overblown and pretentious. I struggled to even get through the whole thing.
I wasn't a big fan of this one. It wasn't bad, but the vocals got to me a few times and I just wanted to shut it off. The music itself just wasn't really my thing either. 2.5/5
This is a mixed bag of an album. Some of it bores me to tears but there are certainly some good songs here, not anything I'd deem to be great though. It feels too long as well. I like Elvis Costello, but this is like the 4th album I've gotten from him so far and I think that there's one or 2 more to go. He has albums that should be on this list, but this ain't one of 'em. I'm giving this one a 2 just for the low points of the album and because I think I've rounded up on a couple of the other ones. Overall this album is really just very okay.
Possibly an Elvis Costello album too far? The opener is strong and there are a couple of other decent tunes on here but I found it a bit arduous to get through the whole thing. I think his older, punkier style suited him better. It does feel like an album that would reward further listens, but I'm not sure it did enough on the first two to earn them from me. A slightly harsh 2.5 stars.
Musically it sounded good, vibe wise it left me feeling lacking, i'm sure it's just me but i'm not a fan of his music.
I've been too generous lately, and this is just not doing it for me.
-i have heard of elvis costello but i have never heard the music -first song was nice but nothing special -this stuff is sorta groovy but a little too relaxed for me -his voice is really nice but idk its a little dull for me -the long honeymoon is nice tho -this three day long listening of this album needs to end -town cryers the best and i don’t even super like that one tbh
Doing this generator has made me realise that i don't enjoy Costellos music. I had heard a couple of songs which were okey. But when you have to listen to more songs his voice becomes whiney really fast and the music becomes very bland, very fast. It's not bad, it's just not that interesting
Ugh, another Elvis Costello album. I think this is the fourth one that's been generated. It's so bland. I think one of his albums would be enough on the 1001 but four? No thanks. The author clearly is a fan but that doesn't mean that you have to listen to the entire Elvis Costello discography before you die.
Other 2-star snoozer from Elvis. I’m convinced this man was an editor of the 1001 albums book and just forced his albums into it. 3/10
Elvis Costello albums are like pizza, even the good ones… no wait that’s not it. This album was fine I guess but it’s Costello and it annoyed me 2.5 stars
1.5/5
First track, Beyond Belief, is not available to play in Sweden.
Oh Elvis Costello I always want to like you
Best Song: Beyond Belief. The busiest and most dynamic song on the album, which isn't saying much. Worst Song: Kid About It. The way he interrupts himself to close-whisper "kid about it" sounds predatory. Overall: He's just a less interesting Randy Newman. I really don't understand the appeal.
How many of these are there?
It's average with smatterings of bad.
It is an entire unnoteworthy album. It was 50 minutes long and no need to revisit it. I didn't hate it but I have no desire to listen to it again or any of its songs again. Better than a 2 but not really a 3.
i gave it a go, but man do i hate elvis costello
First off, if this album is ever remastered, please for the love of God, show some respect to the band and drop the vocals further back into the tracks. The album was mediocre but interesting at points, but completely fell off a cliff around 'The Loved Ones' and never really came back. Clearly there is a broader positive sentiment that I'm not connecting with, but I really can't get into Costello's country-rock-cosmopolitan discography.
From what I read, Costello is a great song writer. I dunno. Too Gen X for me I guess.
He is not bad, I just don't like it
Not my fav Costello, I prefer the attractions first two records to this one. Not sure why it would be on the list
It’s a nice album but nothing really stood out. Don’t really listen to Costello that much either but this just felt like an okay album. Nice sounding for sure but not my favorite and I assume not even his best.
Josh Weinstein of MST3K is a big fan of this album. He and I worked together for a bit and decided to swap our favorite music. Josh gave me this album and I gave him Operation Ivy. That's it, our relationship ended there. It's no wonder MST3K didn't speak to me either.
This is our 3rd Elvis Costello album. There are still 3 more to go. Album sales are not everything by any means, but Elvis Costello's top-selling album (it's not this one) is the 4,372nd best-selling album of all-time. I don't hate all of this. But I do hate "Shabby Doll." And a few others. I am not looking forward to 3 more Elvis Costello albums. Next new edition, instead of dropping another recently added 2000s album, maybe try dropping an Elvis Costello album? Or a Leonard Cohen album?
Elvis Costello voice is very annoying.
Meh
Sigh, again? GTA San Andreas gif. Again, a load of songs that are not bad, sometimes interesting but I'm so done with Costello at this point. Man Out of Time was good. And in every home is daft. We get it man, you worked on Sgt Peppers. I completely zoned out 4 songs before it finished.
Before this list I didn't mind Costello but now I can't stand him.
Just couldn't get into it.
I don't really like this. Not that it's awful, it's just not exactly my thing.
"Spare us the theatrics and the verbal gymnastics," goes one of Elvis Costello's characters on the second song from this album. Oh, the irony. Such wording is a nice way to say "shut up", that's for sure. But it's also what I want to tell Costello when I listen to "Imperial Bedroom". Just... stop talking. The music is already meandering too much. We don't need the constant barrage of oblique ditherings on top of it. I've been pretty unfair to other records by Elvis Costello mentioned in this list, I know it now. But here, I think I'll stand by my early *negative* feeling. "Imperial Bedroom" is just too damn chatty and too cute for its own good. Yes, there are lush instrumentations and arrangements in many of those tunes. But as sophisticated as those arrangements are, you won't convince me they don't sound incredibly awkward when paired with Costello's whiny voice. The whole thing makes you think of an odd couple. Which brings another involuntary layer of irony here, given that 'odd couples' is the theme of some of these songs... To put it in a nutshell, this record sounds über-pretentious as a whole. At least, Costello's first three LPs had a few lively rockers to make the whole thing dynamic enough. Here, all that you got is... melodic and verbal gymnastics, with no frigging *end point* in sight. 2/5. Number of albums left to review: 624 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 184 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 85 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 113 (including this one)
Have had some difficulties getting into this album. I’ve given it several listens, but Elvis Costello is currently rolling off of me. The production is interesting, songwriting is intriguing. I am just left with nothing to hold onto. Not counting him out. 2/5
I don't find Elvis Costello very compelling. This is a decent album and not really "bad," just not finding it very impressive.
Of all the "featured artists" in this load of shit list, Elvis Costello is maybe the most puzzling. This is album #6 so far. Everything else has sucked. Zero expectations. And yep it's more shit. 2/5.
This one isn't doing it for me. It's not bad, but nothing really stands out. "This Year's Model" was catchy the first time I listened to it, but either somehting is lost here, or it has more depth that needs more time to absorb. I gave this 2 listens and it didn't stick much more the second time. Unlikely to come back. 1 = bad 2 = average 3 = good 4 = great 5 = outstanding
For some reason latter day Elvis Costello doesn't click with me. I think his earlier albums were da bomb, in fact his debut album, My aim is true is my favourite of his but they gradually go downhill from there for me. I much prefer his post-punk energy and snarling vocals on Welcome to the working week, Miracle Man, Watching the detectives etc and I think they are peak Declan Patrick MacManus. Maybe because he got married to snore-fest jazz crooner Dianne Krall he mellowed out because his mellower songs just don't do it for me and I find his crooning to be downright annoying at times.
Rocker Elvis Costello > baroque Elvis Costello.
Didnt like the beat
The first and the last songs were good on this. The rest was pretty boring and almost unbearable.
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
Elvis Costello sucks eggs.
Heard Elvis died on the toilet. Hope it was this guy
Elvis has left the building
Worst Costello album yet I want to kill him
I like a few of his earlier’new wave’ singles (especially ‘Watching the Detectives’, ‘Accidents Will Happen’ and ‘Oliver’s Army’ but not fussed about this album particularly.
Not for me—boring, like Taylor Swift.
Elvis Costello on back-to-back days and for the third time on this list. That is four too many. 1.0
For the love of God. That’s now 6 albums from this dullard. Is he the most featured artist on this list? If so, why? I don’t want to research it to see if he is, in case I don’t like the answer. What if there’s a 7th one lurking? Or what if I’ve got an avalanche of Shakin Stevens albums still to come. Enough already.
Overly verbose and yet again lacking in anything I find engaging in music.
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.
Tried twice, couldn't finish.
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!