Momofuku (album)

Momofuku
Studio album by
Elvis Costello and the Imposters
Released22 April 2008 (2008-04-22)
Recorded16 January 2008; 7–14 February 2008
StudioSound City, Van Nuys, California
Genre
Length47:10
LabelLost Highway
Producer
Elvis Costello chronology
The River in Reverse
(2006) 		Momofuku
(2008) 		Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
(2009)
Elvis Costello and The Imposters chronology
The Delivery Man
(2004) 		Momofuku
(2008) 		Look Now
(2018)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Guardian[2]
Pitchfork7.5/10[3]
Spin[4]

Momofuku is an album by Elvis Costello and the Imposters, released in 2008. The album features Rilo Kiley's frontwoman Jenny Lewis on harmony vocals on several tracks. The album title refers to Momofuku Ando, the inventor of instant ramen noodles, and the speed at which the album was conceived and created.[5] It was first released on vinyl and as a digital download, then later released on CD.

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ "The first 10: Elvis Costello, Momofuku". The Guardian. 18 May 2008. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019.
  3. ^ Pitchfork review
  4. ^ "Discography Elvis Costello". Spin. Vol. 24, no. 12. December 2008. p. 76.
  5. ^ "Elvis Costello Reveals All About "Momofuku"". Billboard. Retrieved 6 May 2008.