1996 studio album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions
All This Useless Beauty
Studio album by
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Released
14 May 1996 (1996-05-14)
Recorded
1995–1996
Length
48:21
Label
Warner Bros.
Producer
Geoff Emerick, Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello and the Attractions chronology
Jake's Progress (1996)
All This Useless Beauty (1996)
Costello & Nieve (1996)
Singles from All This Useless Beauty
"It's Time" Released: April 1996
"Little Atoms" Released: July 1996
"The Other End of the Telescope" Released: July 1996
"Distorted Angel" Released: July 1996
"All This Useless Beauty" Released: July 1996
"You Bowed Down" Released: September 1996 (US)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic
[1]
Chicago Tribune
[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
[3]
Entertainment Weekly
A−[4]
The Guardian
[5]
Los Angeles Times
[6]
NME
7/10[7]
Pitchfork
7.5/10[8]
Q
[9]
Rolling Stone
[10]
Uncut
[11]
All This Useless Beauty is the seventeenth studio album by the English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, released in 1996 by Warner Bros. Records. It is his tenth and final album with his long-standing backing band the Attractions, and the last album he delivered under his contract to the Warner Bros. label, his contract expiring with a further compilation album, Extreme Honey. It peaked at number 28 on the UK album chart, and at number 53 on the Billboard 200.
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^Caro, Mark (16 May 1996). "Elvis Costello and the Attractions: All This Useless Beauty (Warner)". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^Larkin, Colin (2011). "Costello, Elvis". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
^Willman, Chris (17 May 1996). "All This Useless Beauty". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 4 October 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^Sweeting, Adam (17 May 1996). "Elvis Costello & The Attractions: All This Useless Beauty (Warner Bros.)". The Guardian.
^Scribner, Sara (12 May 1996). "Elvis Costello 'All This Useless Beauty' (Warner Bros.)". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^Morton, Roger (11 May 1996). "Elvis Costello – All This Useless Beauty". NME. Archived from the original on 6 October 2000. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^Schreiber, Ryan (May 1996). "Elvis Costello & The Attractions: All This Useless Beauty". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 28 October 2004. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^Aizlewood, John (June 1996). "Lonesome". Q (117).
^"Joni Mitchell: Hits / Elvis Costello: All This Useless Beauty". Rolling Stone. 19 December 1996. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^Doggett, Peter (November 2001). "Brilliant Mistakes". Uncut (54): 110.
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