Top 3 Elvis Costello Album Covers?
Top 3 Elvis Costello Album Covers?
1. Armed Forces - Just the image of the elephants marching looks so great
2. Imperial Bedroom - It's a beautiful abstract painting. The yellow man is supposed to be Elvis, and the woman to the left is the audience. It's a cover that sticks in my head.
3. King of America - It perfectly illustrates just how much Elvis has changed, and I like how grim it looks
2. Imperial Bedroom - It's a beautiful abstract painting. The yellow man is supposed to be Elvis, and the woman to the left is the audience. It's a cover that sticks in my head.
3. King of America - It perfectly illustrates just how much Elvis has changed, and I like how grim it looks
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The Julet Letters
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The Julet Letters
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Get Happy!!
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Get Happy!!
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Trust
This Year's Model
Painted From memory
and not one with The Attractions or The Imposters !
The only "band" cover is on The Juliet letters.
This Year's Model
Painted From memory
and not one with The Attractions or The Imposters !
The only "band" cover is on The Juliet letters.
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We've had this before, but it's always fund to remind ourselves
King of America (original, non-colourised version) - the unreadable expression is priceless and somehow hilarious, yet timeless
This Year's Model - classic new wave image, much imitated
Trust - again, the slightly unreadable expression makes it intriguing
Sulky, I'm quite intrigued that Painted from Memory is in your top 3! We can't see Elvis's face, it could be a lego man.
Spike, for me, is bubbling under. Very funny, striking image showing him bagged as a prize on the Warner Brothers boardroom wall.
When 'Look Now' came out, we had a discussion at the London meetup about the cover, and decided it's probably one of his worst. For me the others are 'Punch the Clock' (very dated, Smash Hits look to it) and The Delivery Man, which just isn't very exciting to look at!
King of America (original, non-colourised version) - the unreadable expression is priceless and somehow hilarious, yet timeless
This Year's Model - classic new wave image, much imitated
Trust - again, the slightly unreadable expression makes it intriguing
Sulky, I'm quite intrigued that Painted from Memory is in your top 3! We can't see Elvis's face, it could be a lego man.
Spike, for me, is bubbling under. Very funny, striking image showing him bagged as a prize on the Warner Brothers boardroom wall.
When 'Look Now' came out, we had a discussion at the London meetup about the cover, and decided it's probably one of his worst. For me the others are 'Punch the Clock' (very dated, Smash Hits look to it) and The Delivery Man, which just isn't very exciting to look at!
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10 Bloody Marys+10 How’s Your Fathers (the black/gold cassette version)
My Aim Is True ( black and white version)
Just missing out......Taking Liberties
10 Bloody Marys+10 How’s Your Fathers (the black/gold cassette version)
My Aim Is True ( black and white version)
Just missing out......Taking Liberties
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Neil. wrote:We've had this before, but it's always fund to remind ourselves
King of America (original, non-colourised version) - the unreadable expression is priceless and somehow hilarious, yet timeless
This Year's Model - classic new wave image, much imitated
Trust - again, the slightly unreadable expression makes it intriguing
Sulky, I'm quite intrigued that Painted from Memory is in your top 3! We can't see Elvis's face, it could be a lego man.
Spike, for me, is bubbling under. Very funny, striking image showing him bagged as a prize on the Warner Brothers boardroom wall.
When 'Look Now' came out, we had a discussion at the London meetup about the cover, and decided it's probably one of his worst. For me the others are 'Punch the Clock' (very dated, Smash Hits look to it) and The Delivery Man, which just isn't very exciting to look at!
Very interestingly two of the covers I really dislike are Spike and Look Now. Just goes to show we’re all different!...........be a bit boring if we were all the same!
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King of America
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Trust
I quite like the Secret, Profane & Sugarcane and National Ransom covers too.
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Trust
I quite like the Secret, Profane & Sugarcane and National Ransom covers too.
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Goodbye Cruel World - weak album but I've always loved the cover and full band present
KIng Of America
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Get Happy!! and National Ransom with honourable mentions
KIng Of America
This Year's Model
Get Happy!! and National Ransom with honourable mentions
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I think you're thinking of the Bacharach songNeil. wrote:We've had this before, but it's always fund to remind ourselves
King of America (original, non-colourised version) - the unreadable expression is priceless and somehow hilarious, yet timeless
This Year's Model - classic new wave image, much imitated
Trust - again, the slightly unreadable expression makes it intriguing
Sulky, I'm quite intrigued that Painted from Memory is in your top 3! We can't see Elvis's face, it could be a lego man.
LEt me GO to him !!
I make no apology for having "cabin fever"!
PS I'd forgotten about Taking Liberties so now my list is:-
1. Taking Liberties
2) Trust
3) This Year's Model
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Bloody amateur !sulky lad wrote:I think you're thinking of the Bacharach songNeil. wrote:We've had this before, but it's always fund to remind ourselves
King of America (original, non-colourised version) - the unreadable expression is priceless and somehow hilarious, yet timeless
This Year's Model - classic new wave image, much imitated
Trust - again, the slightly unreadable expression makes it intriguing
Sulky, I'm quite intrigued that Painted from Memory is in your top 3! We can't see Elvis's face, it could be a lego man.
LEt me GO to him !!
I make no apology for having "cabin fever"!
PS I'd forgotten about Taking Liberties so now my list is:-
1. Taking Liberties
2) Trust
3) This Year's Model
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Let you off Sulks !
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Outrageous - there goes your copy of Hammersmith !!Goon Squad wrote:Bloody amateur !sulky lad wrote:I think you're thinking of the Bacharach songNeil. wrote:We've had this before, but it's always fund to remind ourselves
King of America (original, non-colourised version) - the unreadable expression is priceless and somehow hilarious, yet timeless
This Year's Model - classic new wave image, much imitated
Trust - again, the slightly unreadable expression makes it intriguing
Sulky, I'm quite intrigued that Painted from Memory is in your top 3! We can't see Elvis's face, it could be a lego man.
LEt me GO to him !!
I make no apology for having "cabin fever"!
PS I'd forgotten about Taking Liberties so now my list is:-
1. Taking Liberties
2) Trust
3) This Year's Model
Can't believe I missed that as it's such an iconic (reverse) pose by Elvis when he was the coolest man on earth ( apart from me with my West Country Afro circa early 1978 )
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You’re still ultra cool Sulks, but I can’t now erase the thought of you with an Afro !sulky lad wrote:Outrageous - there goes your copy of Hammersmith !!Goon Squad wrote:Bloody amateur !sulky lad wrote: I think you're thinking of the Bacharach song
LEt me GO to him !!
I make no apology for having "cabin fever"!
PS I'd forgotten about Taking Liberties so now my list is:-
1. Taking Liberties
2) Trust
3) This Year's Model
Can't believe I missed that as it's such an iconic (reverse) pose by Elvis when he was the coolest man on earth ( apart from me with my West Country Afro circa early 1978 )
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Sulky with an afro - OMG, there's got to be a photo! Please say there is!
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There are a couple which I was unable to destroy before other members of my so called beloved family retrieved from my Dad's house last year - blackmail or what?
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More like - High Fidelity, which kicks off :
Some things you'll never get used to...
Some things you'll never get used to...
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Top balcony wrote:More like - High Fidelity, which kicks off :
Some things you'll never get used to...
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I’d go with “Such a picture of loveliness” from Painted From Memory!
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I think it can be hard to separate one's feelings for the music from their appreciation of cover art. I've tried my best to do that here:
(1) When I was Cruel
(2) This Years Model
(3) Brutal Youth
These are definitely not my top 3 musically, but they're my favorite covers.
(1) When I was Cruel
(2) This Years Model
(3) Brutal Youth
These are definitely not my top 3 musically, but they're my favorite covers.
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That's so true. It's tough to separate those feelings from the cover art--they become entwined. Here's my attempt to remove the emotion:JerseyPride78 wrote:I think it can be hard to separate one's feelings for the music from their appreciation of cover art. I've tried my best to do that here:
(1) When I was Cruel
(2) This Years Model
(3) Brutal Youth
These are definitely not my top 3 musically, but they're my favorite covers.
1. This Year's Model
2. National Ransom
3. King of America
Who put these fingerprints on my imagination?