Trust
by Elvis Costello And The Attractions
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Elvis Costello And The Attractions bestography
Trust is ranked 7th best out of 37 albums by Elvis Costello on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Elvis Costello is This Year's Model which is ranked number 330 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,047.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Trust track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Trust rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  spigelwii | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 67/100 | 33 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 19/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1981 | 42/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 14 Music Albums of 1981 | 9/14 | 2 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 30 Music Albums of 1981 | 24/30 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 80 Music Albums of 1981 | 13/80 | 4 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 41 Music Albums of 1981 | 16/41 | 3 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 36/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 167 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 640 | |||
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Trust ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/07/2026 10:21 | cobbo95 | 360 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/06/2026 04:39 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,555 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 17:39 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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Boltzmann 03/09/2020 11:03 | #248598
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Trust appears to be somewhat underrated, I think it should rank as one of Costello's finest albums.
I suppose it is difficult to fit it in his top 3 as he has produced so many quality albums, but I would put this up there with Get Happy and King Of America...ok, and This Year's Model too, and then again, how can I leave out Imperial Bedroom?
But it could be argued that Trust is more consistent than any of those, maybe it doesn't reach the heights of some of those records apart from New Lace Sleeves but there isn't really a bad track here.
indieshins 02/27/2018 00:18 | #209698 | TOP COMMENT
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This tends to alternate with Imperial Bedroom as my favourite Costello album - it may be better, as the second side of that album suffers from some perhaps over-ambitious arrangement. Trust shows the Attractions at their peak as a four-piece, and Costello at his first peak as a songwriter. Nearly every song here is stunning, but the centrepiece is undoubtedly New Lace Sleeves, boasting incredibly creative drumming from Pete Thomas, and an odd but catchy melody from Costello that is delivered with at the time uncharacteristic restraint. The only blemishes for me are the derivative blues rock of Luxembourg and the Glenn Tilbrook duet From a Whisper to a Scream. He would also do country better than he does on Different Finger. But the highs on this album are so dizzying that I can forgive these and just enjoy the sheer brilliance that this album has to offer. Another masterpiece!
Trust, tends to be overlooked and certainly underrated, it includes some of Costello's best songs of the eighties. Clubland, is one of his best opening tracks, and it's followed by the brilliant, lovers walk. The highlights on the record though are, the excellent, new lace sleeves, the duet with Glenn Tilbrook, whisper to a scream, and the lovely, you'll never be a man. Different finger, is a foretaste of where Elvis will ago next with his country covers album, almost blue. Shot with his own gun, is also a standout, as is, watch your step. It's definitely not Costello's best record of the eighties, but certainly not his worst either, deserves more attention.
Jhlffc 07/12/2015 20:08 | #145615
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