Album Club
12-03-2013, 20:17
Big thanks to Paul (Audioman) for this week's selection:
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Imperial Bedroom (1982)
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Imperial Bedroom is a 1982 album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. It was the second Costello album, after Almost Blue, not produced by Nick Lowe. Production duties were handled by Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick.
It was voted as the best album of the year in The Village Voice Jazz & Pop critics poll. In 1998 readers of Q magazine named it the 96th greatest album ever. In 1989, it was ranked #38 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s. In 2003, the album was ranked number 166 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2012, Slant Magazine listed the album at #59 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s". The album reached number 6 in the UK charts and number 30 in the U.S., but the singles were less successful. "You Little Fool" and "Man Out of Time" each briefly appeared in the British top 60, but neither charted in America.
This is my favorite EC album and is a quite a turn in style to his early work. Probably why it was less commercially successful than his preceding releases. The song writing and production are a big step up from earlier work and due to the use of Geoff Emerick has something of a Beatles / McCartney flavour. Apart from the minor hits it contains some fantastic material such as 'Pidgin English', 'Town Crier' and 'Shabby Doll'. Even those who don't normally like EC may well enjoy this one.
Available on CD and Vinyl including the recent MFSL 180 gram reissue.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Imperial-Bedroom-Elvis-Costello-Attractions/dp/B000OHZJLY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362476800&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Imperial-Bedroom-VINYL-Costello-Attractions/dp/B007DKN4GC/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1362476904&sr=8-8
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Imperial Bedroom (1982)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/619N0iyP3NL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
spotify:track:0z5yBrEtBkCy7Dsl0G8V2H
Imperial Bedroom is a 1982 album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. It was the second Costello album, after Almost Blue, not produced by Nick Lowe. Production duties were handled by Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick.
It was voted as the best album of the year in The Village Voice Jazz & Pop critics poll. In 1998 readers of Q magazine named it the 96th greatest album ever. In 1989, it was ranked #38 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s. In 2003, the album was ranked number 166 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2012, Slant Magazine listed the album at #59 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s". The album reached number 6 in the UK charts and number 30 in the U.S., but the singles were less successful. "You Little Fool" and "Man Out of Time" each briefly appeared in the British top 60, but neither charted in America.
This is my favorite EC album and is a quite a turn in style to his early work. Probably why it was less commercially successful than his preceding releases. The song writing and production are a big step up from earlier work and due to the use of Geoff Emerick has something of a Beatles / McCartney flavour. Apart from the minor hits it contains some fantastic material such as 'Pidgin English', 'Town Crier' and 'Shabby Doll'. Even those who don't normally like EC may well enjoy this one.
Available on CD and Vinyl including the recent MFSL 180 gram reissue.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Imperial-Bedroom-Elvis-Costello-Attractions/dp/B000OHZJLY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362476800&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Imperial-Bedroom-VINYL-Costello-Attractions/dp/B007DKN4GC/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1362476904&sr=8-8