Look Now
by Elvis Costello & the Imposters
  • Record Label: Concord
  • Release Date: Oct 12, 2018
User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 20
  3. Negative: 3 out of 20
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  1. 3492838
    Oct 21, 2018
    0
    The album is tedious and annoying. The voices give me a headache and the instrumentals are horrible

Awards & Rankings

86
#86 Best Album of 2018

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Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Pitchfork
    Oct 18, 2018
    80
    As a collection of tunes, Look Now is a triumph for Costello, a showcase for how he can enliven a mastery of form with a dramatist’s eye. But as an album, Look Now is a success because of the Imposters.
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  2. The Observer (UK)
    Oct 15, 2018
    60
    The album’s title speaks of urgency; its nearest song, Don’t Look Now, details the unwanted advances that bedevil a model. But the episode twinkles a little too prettily for the subject matter.
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  3. Variety
    Oct 12, 2018
    93
    The album is on the elegant side, to be sure, but it’s elegance with a distinct pulse, as the Imposters lean into soulful swing and Costello avoids the outright belting that you either loved or didn’t in the ’90s to do the most nuanced cooing and yelping of his career. ... A great cake of an album that doesn’t really sound that much like any of the 30 before it.
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