Editing Elvis Costello (section)

=== Critics' best-of lists and music press awards ===
'''Best of year:'''

* [[NME Awards]] [[List of NME Award winners#NME Awards 1978|Best Songwriter]] (1978)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/awards-history/1978-606197|title=1987|date=28 February 1978|website=NME|access-date=31 May 2018}}</ref>
* [[NME Awards]] [[List of NME Award winners#NME Awards 1983|Best Songwriter]] (1983)<ref name="NMEAwards1983">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/awards-history/1983-606187|title=1983|date=28 February 1983|website=NME|access-date=31 May 2018}}</ref>
* [[NME Awards]] [[List of NME Award winners#NME Awards 1983|Best Album]], ''[[Punch the Clock]]'' (1983)<ref name="NMEAwards1983" />
* [[The Village Voice|''Village Voice'']] [[Pazz & Jop|Pazz and Jop]] critics' poll, number 1 album of the year, [[This Year's Model|''This Years Model'']] (1978)<ref name="Christgau-1979">{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres78.php |title=The 1978 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll |work=[[The Village Voice]] |date=22 January 1979 |access-date=28 May 2018 |author=Christgau, Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref>
* [[The Village Voice|''Village Voice'']] [[Pazz & Jop|Pazz and Jop]] critics' poll, number 1 album of the year, ''[[Imperial Bedroom]]'' (1982)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres82.php |title=The 1982 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll |work=[[The Village Voice]] |date=22 February 1983 |access-date=28 May 2018 |author=Christgau, Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref>

'''Best of all time:'''

* Five albums on [[NME's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|NME's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] (2013):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2013/10/the-top-500-albums-of-all-time-according-to-nme/|title=The Top 500 Albums of All Time, according to NME|last=Kaye|first=Ben|date=25 October 2013|website=Consequences of Sound|access-date=28 May 2018}}</ref>
** ''This Year's Mode''l (#256)<ref name="Barker2013">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/photos/the-500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-300-201-1426482|title=The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time: 300–201|last=Barker|first=Emily|date=21 October 2013|website=NME|access-date=28 May 2018}}</ref>
** ''My Aim is True'' (#281)<ref name="Barker2013" />
** ''Imperial Bedroom'' (#316)<ref name="Barker2013" />
** ''Punch the Clock'' (#345)<ref name="Barker2013" />
** ''Blood and Chocolate'' (#483)<ref name="Barker2013" />
* Four albums on [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] (2009):<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531|title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time|date=31 May 2012|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=28 May 2018}}</ref>
**''This Year's Model'' (#98)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/elvis-costello-this-years-model-20120524|title=98. Elvis Costello, This Years Model|date=25 October 2018|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=28 May 2018}}</ref>
** ''Imperial Bedroom'' (#166)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/elvis-costello-and-the-attractions-imperial-bedroom-20120524|title=166. Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Imperial Bedroom|date=25 October 2012|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=28 May 2012}}</ref>
** ''My Aim Is True'' (#168)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/elvis-costello-my-aim-is-true-20120524|title=168. Elvis Costello, My Aim Is True|date=25 October 2012|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=28 May 2018}}</ref>
** ''Armed Forces'' (#475)<ref name="Rolling Stone-2012">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/elvis-costello-and-the-attractions-armed-forces-20120525|title=475. Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Armed Forces|date=25 October 2012|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=28 May 2018}}</ref>
* Number 24 on [[Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time]] (2015)<ref name="Rolling Stone-2015">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-songwriters#elvis-costello|title=24 Elvis Costello, The 100 greatest songwriters of all time|date=August 2015|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=28 May 2018}}</ref>
* Number 80 on [[Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time]] (2010)<ref name="RS80" />