Momofuku
by Elvis Costello & the Imposters
Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. NOW Magazine
    60
    This second album for Lost Highway isn’t radically different from 2004’s return to sneering form The Delivery Man, only the rockin’ tracks sound slightly less raucous and the ballads not quite as bitter. So he’s back in Attractions mode, sans the old piss and vinegar.
  2. The New York Times
    60
    It’s effortfully tossed off; it’s a middling record battling against his built-in high standards.

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User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 16
  3. Negative: 3 out of 16
  1. ScottS.
    May 10, 2008
    10
    His best album since "When I Was Cruel". I know that's not saying a whole lot as that album came out in 2002. People are always His best album since "When I Was Cruel". I know that's not saying a whole lot as that album came out in 2002. People are always complaining Elvis Costello doesn't make records that sound like his first 4 or 5. Well, this one does, so everyone can shut up.… Full Review »
  2. JacksonM.
    May 13, 2008
    8
    A really fresh rocking Elvis album. I'm loving the rhythms and the melodies. Not too long either(although if he'd dropped A really fresh rocking Elvis album. I'm loving the rhythms and the melodies. Not too long either(although if he'd dropped 'Drum and Bone' and 'Mr Feathers' I'd have give the album 9). Too early to say where it will rank in a career littered with highlights, but definitely the best album I've heard this year.… Full Review »
  3. ImanL.
    May 10, 2008
    7
    There is something so depressing about old rock stars past their prime. Costello, who changed my life with "This Year's Model", makes There is something so depressing about old rock stars past their prime. Costello, who changed my life with "This Year's Model", makes another predictably iffy rock ordinaire like his opera ordinaire and his jazz ordinaire. Ok here, less so there. It's a sad state of affairs when Jonathan Rice's latest cuts EC at his own game.… Full Review »
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