Elvis CostelloBest Elvis Costello Albums Ranked
7.6
Avg Score
33
Opinions
22
Albums
7
Reviewers
Summary from 33 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Elvis Costello’s catalog across 22 albums from 33 opinions, with an overall average of 7.6/10. The top-rated Elvis Costello album is King of America (1986) with a 8.9/10 average from 3 ratings, followed by My Aim Is True and When I Was Cruel. The discography on Rate.fm spans 1977 to 2024. Alison ranks as the highest-rated Elvis Costello song on Rate.fm with a 9.3/10 average.
My Aim Is True
“In November 1977, just three months after the death of Elvis Presley, along comes a gangly, bespectacled twenty-three-year-old Brit clutching a red Fender Jazzmaster guitar, looking like some knock-kneed punk version of Buddy Holly, complete with the skinny tie and jacket that would become the de rigueur costume of late-1970s New Wave. The tiny black-and-white-checkerboard […]”
My Aim Is True
“One of three versions of the Elvis Costello's debut album currently in print, this 2xCD "deluxe" version packs the original album, outtakes, and the singer-songwriter's solo demos on the first disc, as well as an entire 1977 live show from the Nashville Rooms (complete with soundcheck) on its second.”
King of America
“Originally credited to the Costello Show, this is a newly reissued and expanded version of the 1986 LP that saw Declan ditch the Attractions and return to his pub-rock roots.”