EC Extremes

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Best Album: Imperial Bedroom (Runner Up: Get Happy!!)
Worst Album: Kojack Variety (Runner Up: Mighty Like a Rose)

Most Underrated Album: The Juliet Letters (Runner Up: All This Useless Beauty)
Most Overrated Album: My Aim is True (Runner Up: Brutal Youth)

Best Song: Beyond Belief (Runner Up: Motel Matches)
Worst Song: Sour Milk Cow Blues (Runner Up: Moods for Moderns)

Best EC Producer: Geoff Emerick (Runner Up: Nick Lowe)
Worst EC Producer: Langer / Winstanley (Runner Up: Mitchell Froom)

Best Album Cover: Almost Blue (Runner Up: Trust)
Worst Album Cover: Mighty Like a Rose (Runner Up: Blood & Chocolate)
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Post by laughingcrow »

More best of's....this makes a change from the Top Tens...I couldn't/didn't do runners up...plus isn't it supposed to be extremes :lol:

Best Album: Imperial Bedroom
Worst Album: For the stars

Most Underrated Album: Spike
Most Overrated Album: My Aim is True

Best Song: Indoor Fireworks
Worst Song: Glitter Gulch

Best EC Producer: Nick Lowe
Worst EC Producer: Langer / Winstanley

Best Album Cover: Blood and Chocolate
Worst Album Cover: North
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Best Album: Imperial Bedroom
Worst Album: For The Stars (though that's not even an Elvis album)

Most Underrated Album: All This Useless Beauty
Most Overrated Album: Armed Forces

Best Song: Brilliant Mistake
Worst Song: I Wanna Be Loved

Best EC Producer: Nick Lowe
Worst EC Producer: Langer / Winstanley

Best Album Cover: Almost Blue
Worst Album Cover: The Delivery Man
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His pictures on the front, it's called 'ASVO meets EC', it's in his section in record stores, it's in his discography....I wish it wasn't an EC album but if push comes to shove I'm counting it as one (just so i don't have to diss KV). I think that's fair...it's not as if we said GBH or Jake's Progress or something. :lol:
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Disclaimer: these notations could well be different next week.

Best Album: Imperial Bedroom
Worst Album: Kojak Variety

Most Underrated Album: Mighty Like A Rose (Runner Up: The Juliet Letters)
Most Overrated Album: Brutal Youth (Runner Up: Spike)

Best Song: New Lace Sleeves
Worst Song: Sunday's Best

Best EC Producer: Nick Lowe
Worst EC Producer: Mitchell Froom (Runner Up: Langer/Winstanley)

None of the album covers strike me as best, but I've never been fond of Out Of Our Idiot, and I prefer the back covers to Imperial Bedroom and B&C.

And again, these choices could well be different next week.
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Re: EC Extremes

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Best Album: Blood & Chocolate
Worst Album: Armed Forces

Most Underrated Album: Brutal Youth
Most Overrated Album: This Year's Model

Best Song: Almost Blue
Worst Song: Dissolve

Best EC Producer: Brian Eno
Worst EC Producer: Burt Bacharach (co-producer)

Best Album Cover: Imperial Bedroom
Worst Album Cover: For The Stars (or Painted From Memory)
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Instead of "Best" and "Worst", I figured it as "Favorite" and "Least Favorite".


Best Album: Armed Forces (Runner Up: Trust)
Worst Album: Kojak Variety (Runner Up: Spike)

Most Underrated Album: Almost Blue (Runner Up: Mighty Like A Rose)
Most Overrated Album: North (Runner Up: Blood and Chocolate)

Best Song: Episode Of Blonde (Runner Up: Hurry Down Doomsday)
Worst Song: Love Field (Runner Up: Beaten To The Punch)

Best EC Producer: Nick Lowe (Runner Up: Geoff Emerick)
Worst EC Producer: Elvis Costello (Runner Up: D.P.A Macmanus)

Best Album Cover: Goodbye Cruel World (Runner Up: This Year's Model)
Worst Album Cover: Punch The Clock (Runner Up: Mighty Like A Rose)
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Best Album: Imperial Bedroom
Worst Album: For The Stars (Though I do like this so its more like a least favorite)

Most Underrated Album: North
Most Overrated Album: Spike

Best Song: Very hard but right now it's Mistress & Maid even though it's a collab.
Worst Song: Idiophone

Best EC Producer(s): Langer / Winstanley
Worst EC Producer: I really can't think of a bad one.

Best Album Cover: Imperial Bedroom
Worst Album Cover: Spike
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Best Album: Trust
Worst Album: Painted From Memory

Most Underrated Album: Spike
Most Overrated Album: This Years Model

Best Song: Watching the Detectives
Worst Song: From a Whisper to a Scream

Best EC Producer: Nick Lowe
Worst EC Producer: Langer / Winstanley

Best Album Cover: Trust
Worst Album Cover: Mighty Like a Rose
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His worst song is on your favorite album? No way! He has written much worse than FAWTAS.
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Best Album: Brutal Youth
Worst Album: Kojak Variety (but I still like it)

Most Underrated Album: Mighty Like A Rose
Most Overrated Album: Get Happy

Best Song: I Want You
Worst Song: Clubland

Best EC Producer: Mitchell Froom
Worst EC Producer: Elvis Costello

Best Album Cover: All This Useless Beauty
Worst Album Cover: Armed Forces (American Version)
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Taste Of Poison, why don't you like Clubland?


Most Underrated Album: ATUB
Most Overrated Album: IB

Best Song: American Without Tears
Worst Song: something I can't be bothered trying to remember

Best EC Producer: Geoff Emerick
Worst EC Producer: Langer / Winstanley

Best Album Cover: KOA
Worst Album Cover: B&C
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Clubland

I hated that one from the start --
it's got a very pointless meandering melody, with EC pushing his vocal limits.
And the production is boomy and too full. I think I read somewhere that Nick Lowe had a day off ...
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Best Album: Get Happy, King of America
Worst Album: The Juliet Letters, Kojack Variety

Most Underrated Album: Oh, gosh, Brutal Youth, Get Happy, ATUB
Most Overrated Album: Armed Forces

Best Song: Beyond Belief (Riot Act, I'll Wear It Proudly, Still)
Worst Song: Broken.

Best EC Producer: Nick Lowe, Geoff Emerick
Worst EC Producer: ?

Best Album Cover: I just don't care. ATUB
Worst Album Cover: I still don't care? Armed Forces?
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Post by Watching_Detectives »

wehitandrun wrote:His worst song is on your favorite album? No way! He has written much worse than FAWTAS.
Yes. Good observation. But I skip over it every time. The rest...great.
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Best Album:King of America (or, Imperial Bedroom)
Worst Album: North

Most Underrated Album: For the Stars
Most Overrated Album: Blood and Chocolate

Best Song: New Lace Sleeves
Worst Song: Broken ( or, Tokyo Storm Warning... sorry Cait.)

Best EC Producer: they all have their good and bad points.(including the man himself)
Worst EC Producer: Ditto.

Best Album Cover: Armed Forces
Worst Album Cover: Punch the Clock
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Post by E.C. Lover »

I have to clarify,
that even though "For the Stars" is not really his album,
I love that album.
It soothes me,
and I love to listen to that record when I travel.
It takes me to a place far away from aiports.

I actually am also madly in love with "Painted From Memory" for the same reasons.

except, that "Painted from Memory" is great to sing-along to at the top of your lungs on solo road trips.

Did I mention I was raised on show tunes?
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Post by bobster »

EC Lover -- I can definitely relate (and my long time friends here definitely have noted my affection for the standards). Here's my list...

Best Album: Imperial Bedroom...or Blood & Chocolate
Worst Album: Goodbye Cruel World (surprised this hasn't come up more often on the list, as it is the traditional choice...and one with which I strongly agree! It's the only EC album I don't actually enjoy more than a couple of tunes of off, though, as is also the traditonal argument, most of that goes to the production more than the songs...see below!)
Most Underrated Album: For the Stars...though, since that's not really an EC album, I'll throw in the truly underrated "Mighty Like a Rose"
Most Overrated Album: King of America (heresy, I know..and it has lots of great tunes and it's growing on me, but still a lesser favorite)

Best Song: Oy vey. I don't know..."Baby Plays Around" (Thank you, Cait!)
Worst Song: Broken (the other side of the coin, Cait.)

Best EC Producer: Nick Lowe is still my favorite producer. Period. Sad he doesn't do it much anymore.
Worst EC Producer: Langer/Winstanley (though I enjoy large chunks of "Punch the Clock", but they must be eternally chastened for GCW!)

Best Album Cover: Trust
Worst Album Cover: Mighty Like a Rose (Beard years, 'nuff said.)
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Best Album:Get Happy!!
Worst Album: Snorth

Most Underrated Album: For the Stars
Most Overrated Album: King of America

Best Song: Favourite Hour
Worst Song: You think there has to be something worse than Broken, but then nothing comes to mind.

Best EC Producer: Lowe
Worst EC Producer: Burnett

Best Album Cover: This Year's Model
Worst Album Cover: Goodbye Cruel World
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Best album: King of America (runner up: Imperial Bedroom)
Worst Album: GCW

Most underrated album: Almost Blue
Most overrated album: Armed Forces (runner up: This Year's Model)

Best Song: Sleep of the Just (runner up: Big Sister's Clothes, Watch your step)
Worst Song: Bama lama bama loo (though not real ec)

Best EC Producer: Geoff Emerick
Worst EC Producer: Elvis Costello

Best Album Cover: Almost Blue (runner up: Armed Forces)
Worst Album Cover: Punch The Clock
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Best Album: Get Happy (Runner Up: My Aim Is True)
Worst Album: North (Runner Up: Painted From Memory)

Most Underrated Album: Trust (Runner Up: Brutal Youth)
Most Overrated Album: Imperial Bedroom (Runner Up: North)

Best Song: Less Than Zero (Runner Up: No Action)
Worst Song: Kid About It (Runner Up: Toledo)

Best EC Producer: Nick Lowe
Worst EC Producer: whoever produced Painted From Memory

Best Album Cover: This Year's Model (Runner Up: Armed Forces (original)
Worst Album Cover: Spike (Runner Up: North)


i haven´t heard all of his albums yet... and as Blue likes to say everything i have once said i hated, i ended up loving the next day (Get Happy!!, for example), so lets not take my opnions very seriously.
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Worst Song: Kid About It (Runner Up: Toledo)

That really upsets me.

"But do people living in Toledo..."
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"Kid About It" is one of my favourites.
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Yeah, same here. I love it.

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I used to love Kid About It... but in the last few months i cannot listen to it!
Then again, this doesn´t mean its Costello worst effort, its a personal matter! This track would be a highlight in almost every record (and it´s definitely a stand out IB song). the real problem is me. me and my big fat ears...


never liked Toledo though...
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