Momofuku
by Elvis Costello & the Imposters
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

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  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 complaining Elvis Costello doesn't make records that sound like his first 4 or 5. Well, this one does, so everyone can shut up.
  2. 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 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.
  3. TomThornton
    May 9, 2008
    8
    Very good stuff. Wasn't really expecting it to be as good as this.
  4. 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 '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.

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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. AllMusic
    80
    As it makes these digressions seem funny, not fussy, and that's ultimately the charm of Momofuku: it's captures a loose, natural Elvis Costello, somebody that hasn't been captured on record in years. It's still a Costello that plugs Lexus, writes operas and plays jazz festivals, but here he's not trying to prove anything, he's just making music and that's why it's one of his most enjoyable latter-day records.
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  2. Boston Globe
    80
    Costello gives us Momofuku, titled in tribute to the inventor of the Cup Noodle, and this collection goes down as easy and tasty as its namesake's ingenious snack.
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    75
    Some of the songs toward the end seem downright slight ("My Three Sons," "Song With Rose," "Go Away"), but in all it's a rewarding, rambunctious ride.
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