Rank Trust

[King Hoarse]

Rank the songs from Trust, beginning with your favourite and ending with the one you like the least.

1. New Lace Sleeves
2. Clubland
3. Strict Time
4. Watch Your Step
5. White Knuckles
6. Pretty Words
7. Shot With His Own Gun
8. Big Sister’s Clothes
9. You’ll Never Be A Man
10. Fish ’N’ Chip Paper
11. Lovers Walk
12. Different Finger
13. From A Whisper To A Scream
14. Luxembourg

After Get Happy!! I thought this was an easier task, but damn! this record is great!

[BlueChair]

1. New Lace Sleeves
2. Clubland
3. You’ll Never Be A Man
4. Shot With His Own Gun
5. From A Whisper To A Scream
6. Watch Your Step
7. Big Sister’s Clothes
8. Strict Time
9. White Knuckles
10. Pretty Words
11. Different Finger
12. Fish ’N’ Chip Paper
13. Luxembourg
14. Lovers Walk

[wardo68]

1. New Lace Sleeves
2. You’ll Never Be A Man
3. Pretty Words
4. Shot With His Own Gun
5. Fish ’N’ Chip Paper
6. White Knuckles
7. From A Whisper To A Scream
8. Luxembourg
9. Clubland
10. Big Sister’s Clothes
11. Strict Time
12. Watch Your Step
13. Different Finger
14. Lovers Walk

I agree -- this is a tough one to rank. Though I must add that New Lace Sleeves is probably my single favorite EC tune.

I've never particularly liked Watch Your Step, except for the live versions, which sound like Secondary Modern, which I much prefer.

Suggestion: we should have a Taking Liberties/10 Bloody Marys ranking to cover some of the leftovers.

[so lacklustre]

1. Pretty Words
2. White Knuckles
3. New Lace Sleeves
4. From A Whisper To A Scream
5. Shot With His Own Gun
6. Clubland
7. Fish ’N’ Chip Paper
8. Watch Your Step
9. Big Sister’s Clothes
10. You’ll Never Be A Man
11. Strict Time
12. Lovers Walk
13. Different Finger
14. Luxembourg

[laughingcrow]

eins -Watch Your Step
zwei - Big Sister’s Clothes
drei - New Lace Sleeves
vier - Shot With His Own Gun
funf - Clubland
sechs - Strict Time
sieben - You’ll Never Be A Man
acht - Pretty Words
neun - From A Whisper To A Scream
zehn - Lovers Walk
elf - Different Finger
zwolf - White Knuckles
dreizehn - Fish ’N’ Chip Paper
vierzehn - Luxembourg

[Branst]

01. You'll Never Be A Man
02. Fish 'N' Chip Paper
03. Pretty Words
04. White Knuckles
05. Strict Time
06. Lovers Walk
07. Clubland
08. New Lace Sleeves
09. Big Sister's Clothes
10. Luxembourg
11. Watch Your Step
12. From A Whisper To A Scream
13. Shot With His Own Gun
14. Different Finger

[And No Coffee Table]

1. New Lace Sleeves
2. Shot With His Own Gun
3. Big Sister's Clothes
4. Watch Your Step
5. Lovers Walk
6. Strict Time
7. You'll Never Be A Man
8. Clubland
9. Pretty Words
10. White Knuckles
11. Luxembourg
12. Fish 'N' Chip Paper
13. From A Whisper To A Scream
14. Different Finger

But I like them all really...

[Mr. Average]

1. Watch Your Step
2. Clubland
3. Strict Time
4. Pretty Words
5. New Lace Sleeves
6. Lovers Walk
7. Big Sister’s Clothes
8. From A Whisper To A Scream
9. You’ll Never Be A Man
10. Fish ’N’ Chip Paper
11. Shot With His Own Gun
12. White Knuckles
13. luxembourg
14. Different Finger

[wehitandrun]

My favorite Elvis record (well, with Armed Forces).


001. Lovers Walk
002. White Knuckles
003. New Lace Sleeves
004. You'll Never Be A Man
005. Strict Time
006. Clubland
007. Pretty Words
008. Shot With His Own Gun
009. Fish N' Chip Paper
010. From A Whisper To A Scream
011. Luxembourg
012. Watch Your Step
013. Big Sister's Clothes
014. Different Finger

[invisible Pole]

1. Watch Your Step
2. Big Sister's Clothes
3. You'll Never Be A Man
4. New Lace Sleeves
5. From A Whisper To A Scream
6. Clubland
7. Shot With His Own Gun
8. Different Finger
9. White Knuckles
10. Strict Time
11. Pretty Words
12. Fish 'N' Chip Paper
13. Lover's Walk
14. Luxembourg

[Watching_Detectives]

1. You'll Never Be a Man
2. New Lace Sleeves
3. Watch Your Step
4. Pretty Words
5. White Knuckles
6. Clubland
7. Strict Time
8. Shot With His Own Gun
9. Different Finger
10. Fish 'n' Chip Paper
11. Lovers Walk
12. Luxembourg
13. From A Whisper To A Scream

[Bob And Charlotte]

Some of Elvis Costello´s best songs are on this sometimes forgotten gem of a record.

1.Big Sister's Clothes
2.Lovers Walk
3.You'll Never Be a Man
4.Clubland
5.New Lace Sleeves
6.Watch Your Step
7.Shot With His Own Gun
8.From A Whisper To A Scream
9.Different Finger
10.Luxembourg
11.Pretty Words
12.Strict Time
13.Fish 'n' Chip Paper
14.White Knuckles

A blinder of an album!

[mood swung]

1. Lovers Walk
2. Fish ‘n’ Chip Paper
3. You’ll Never Be A Man
4. Pretty Words
5. From A Whisper to a Scream
6. Big Sister’s Clothes
7. Luxembourg
8. Different Finger
9. Strict Time
10. White Knuckles
11. Watch Your Step
12. New Lace Sleeves
13. Clubland
14. Shot With His Own Gun

[bambooneedle]

1. Clubland
2. New Lace Sleeves
3. Watch Your Step
4. Strict Time
5. Big Sister's Clothes
6. Shot With His Own Gun
7. You'll Never Be A Man
8. Pretty Words
9. White Knuckles
10. Different Finger
11. Fish 'N' Chip Paper
12. Lover's Walk
13. From A Whisper To A Scream
14. Luxembourg

[oily slick]

1. clubland
2. you'll never be a man
3. watch your step
4. new lace sleeves
5. from a whisper to a scream
6. pretty words
7. different finger
8. strict time
9. big sisters clothes
10.white knuckles
11. fish 'n' chip paper
12. luxembourg
13. shot with his own gun
14. lover's walk

moody, somehow your list got inverted

[Goody2Shoes]

New Lace Sleeves
Clubland
You'll Never Be A Man
Watch Your Step
Big Sister's Clothes
Strict Time
Pretty Words
From A Whisper To A Scream
Lovers Walk
White Knuckles
Shot With His Own Gun
Different Finger
Luxembourg
Fish 'n' Chip Paper

[SweetPear]

Watch Your Step
You'll Never Be A Man
Clubland
New Lace Sleeves
Shot With His Own Gun
Pretty Words
Lover's Walk
Strict Time
Fish'n'Chips Paper
Big Sister's Clothes
Different Finger
Luxembourg
White Knuckles
From A whisper To A Scream

That was harder than I thought it was going to be. Elvis has such a sexy voice and he's particularly SEXY on this record. He gives me little butterflies in the pit of my stomach.

[Otis Westinghouse]

At least you didn't all vote for Luexmbourg as 14. Actually, it probably is the worst thing on it, but I still love it!

[King of Confidence]

You people.

Strict Time
Luxembourg
Watch Your Step
Clubland
Lovers Walk
You'll Never Be A Man
Shot With His Own Gun
Big Sister's Clothes
New Lace Sleeves
Pretty Words
White Knuckles
Different Finger
From A Whisper To A Scream
Fish 'n' Chip Paper

[Otis Westinghouse]

Luxembourg no. 2! Wow.

[wehitandrun]

Luxembourg is pretty awesome.

[King of Confidence]

Luxembourg no. 2! Wow.

Well, I was being a little obtuse, Otis. I think I would put Clubland, Watch Your Step, and Lovers Walk ahead of it. But I have never understood why people are so dismissive of Luxembourg. It's not a masterpiece or anything but I've always thought it was pretty fun.

Ditto for Playboy to a Man, btw, which seems to come in for the same amount of unfathomable dislike.

[Otis Westinghouse]

Luxembourg is so much funnier though. One of very few Costello songs that can make you crack up.

[normabuel]

i New Lace Sleeves
ii Strict Time
iii. Lover's Walk
iv. Watch Your Step
v. Clubland (I like it better with a Latin beat as he has done in concert)
vi. Big Sister's Clothes
vii. From a Whisper to a Scream
viii. Different Finger
ix. Luxembourg
x. Fish n Chip Papers
xi. Shot With His Own Gun
xii. You'll Never Be A Man
xiii. White Knuckles
xiv. Pretty Words

[wehitandrun]