All This Useless Beauty

All This Useless Beauty
Studio album by
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Released14 May 1996 (1996-05-14)
Recorded1995–1996
Length48:21
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerGeoff 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
  1. "It's Time"
    Released: April 1996
  2. "Little Atoms"
    Released: July 1996
  3. "The Other End of the Telescope"
    Released: July 1996
  4. "Distorted Angel"
    Released: July 1996
  5. "All This Useless Beauty"
    Released: July 1996
  6. "You Bowed Down"
    Released: September 1996 (US)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[4]
The Guardian[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
NME7/10[7]
Pitchfork7.5/10[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.

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "All This Useless Beauty – Elvis Costello / Elvis Costello & the Attractions". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Costello, Elvis". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  4. ^ Willman, Chris (17 May 1996). "All This Useless Beauty". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 4 October 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  5. ^ Sweeting, Adam (17 May 1996). "Elvis Costello & The Attractions: All This Useless Beauty (Warner Bros.)". The Guardian.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Morton, Roger (11 May 1996). "Elvis Costello – All This Useless Beauty". NME. Archived from the original on 6 October 2000. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Aizlewood, John (June 1996). "Lonesome". Q (117).
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ Doggett, Peter (November 2001). "Brilliant Mistakes". Uncut (54): 110.