Kojak Variety (studio album) by Elvis Costello
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Kojak Variety is ranked 11th 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 312 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,801.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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04/04/2024 20:38 | BoxFL | 2,384 | 51/100 | |
12/13/2023 19:51 | spigelwii | 324 | 85/100 | |
04/21/2023 05:26 | Tamthebam | 21,425 | 69/100 | |
01/01/2023 20:11 | Igtonumama | 8,923 | 60/100 | |
05/07/2022 08:03 | LosWochos | 42,054 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 63.5/100, a mean average of 58.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 60.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.7.
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E' un tributo al rock'n'roll, al R&B ed alle ballate, prima ancora che a questo o quell'artista, ma la particolarità vera è che, nonostante i brani siano per l'appunto cover, sembra in toto un disco di canzoni di Costello e pure uno dei migliori. Pop frizzante che le chitarre, in particolare quella "stonata" di Marc Ribot, tolgono dall'imbarazzo di una possibile banalità.
Had this come out when it was planned, it might have fir in better to the Costello story. As it was, it signified even more meandering. He had the ability to always be interesting. Sometimes he wanders too far for me.
Elvis Costello's second covers album, after the country record, almost blue, in 1981. Although, almost blue, wasn't particularly authentic, it was still an enjoyable collection of songs, kojak variety, is not quite as much fun. In truth, it's an incredibly disappointing record, there's nothing really spectacular here, although his takes on Bob Dylan's, I threw it all away, and Ray Davies', days, are both good, but everything else is just a bit dull. There's not much energy here and it is a bit of a slog to get through the album in one sitting(or is that hearing?). It's okay, but not one I would wish to return to very often.
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