The Very Best of Elvis Costello
1999 greatest hits album by Elvis Costello
The Very Best of Elvis Costello | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Elvis Costello | ||||
Released | 2 August 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1977–1998 | |||
Genre | New wave, punk rock, pub rock, power pop, pop rock | |||
Length | 154:07 | |||
Label | Polygram | |||
Producer | Elvis Costello, Burt Bacharach, T-Bone Burnett, Geoff Emerick, Larry Kalman Hirsch, Trevor Jones, Kevin Killen, Nick Lowe, Clive Langer, Billy Sherrill, Alan Winstanley | |||
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The Very Best of Elvis Costello is a compilation album by English musician Elvis Costello, first released on 21 September 1999 through Polygram Records. The album spanned his recorded work from 1977 through 1998. It was re-released less than two years later on Rhino Records as the first entry in their comprehensive Costello reissue series.
Track listing
All songs written by Elvis Costello unless otherwise indicated.
Disc one
- "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" (Nick Lowe) (single, 1978) – 3:31
- "Oliver's Army" (from Armed Forces, 1979) – 2:57
- "Watching the Detectives" (single, 1977) – 3:43
- "Alison" (from My Aim Is True, 1977) – 3:21
- "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" (from This Year's Model, 1978) – 3:07
- "Accidents Will Happen" (from Armed Forces, 1979) – 3:01
- "Pump It Up" (from This Year's Model, 1978) – 3:13
- "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" (Homer Banks, Alan Jones) (from Get Happy!!, 1980) – 2:05
- "Radio Radio" (single, 1978) – 3:06
- "Clubland" (from Trust, 1981) – 3:43
- "A Good Year for the Roses" (Jerry Chesnut) (from Almost Blue, 1981) – 3:35
- "Man Out of Time" (from Imperial Bedroom, 1982) – 5:25
- "I Wanna Be Loved" (Farnell Jenkins) (from Goodbye Cruel World, 1984) – 4:46
- "Everyday I Write the Book" (from Punch the Clock, 1983) – 3:52
- "Brilliant Mistake" (from King of America, 1986) – 3:41
- "The Other Side of Summer" (from Mighty Like a Rose, 1991) – 3:53
- "Tokyo Storm Warning" (from Blood and Chocolate, 1986) – 6:23
- "Sulky Girl" (from Brutal Youth, 1994) – 5:04
- "So Like Candy" (MacManus, McCartney) (from Mighty Like a Rose, 1991) – 4:35
- "Veronica" (MacManus, McCartney) (from Spike, 1989) – 3:07
- "She" (Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer) (from Soundtrack to Notting Hill, 1999) – 3:05
Disc two
- "Big Tears" (B-side of "Pump It Up" single, 1978) – 3:10
- "Beyond Belief" (from Imperial Bedroom, 1982) – 2:33
- "Lipstick Vogue" (from This Year's Model, 1978) – 3:31
- "Green Shirt" (from Armed Forces, 1979) – 2:44
- "Pills and Soap" (from Punch the Clock, 1983) – 3:43
- "Tramp the Dirt Down" (from Spike), 1989) – 5:41
- "Shipbuilding" (MacManus, Clive Langer) (from Punch the Clock, 1983) – 4:51
- "High Fidelity" (from Get Happy!!, 1980) – 2:28
- "New Lace Sleeves" (from Trust, 1981) – 3:47
- "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" (from My Aim Is True, 1977) – 2:46
- "Talking in the Dark" (single, 1979) – 1:57
- "New Amsterdam" (from Get Happy!!, 1980) – 2:13
- "I Hope You're Happy Now" (from Blood and Chocolate, 1986) – 3:07
- "Riot Act" (from Get Happy!!, 1980) – 3:34
- "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) (B-side from "Oliver's Army" single, 1979) – 1:29
- "Indoor Fireworks" (from King of America, 1986) – 4:09
- "Almost Blue" (from Imperial Bedroom, 1982) – 2:49
- "I Want You" (from Blood and Chocolate, 1986) – 6:43
- "God Give Me Strength" (Burt Bacharach, MacManus) (from Painted from Memory, 1998) – 6:10
- "That Day Is Done" (MacManus, McCartney) (I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray, 1997) – 5:10
- "I Want to Vanish" (from All This Useless Beauty, 1996) – 3:14
Charts
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References
- ^ The Very Best of Elvis Costello at AllMusic
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Elvis Costello – The Very Best Of Elvis Costello" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Elvis Costello – The Very Best Of Elvis Costello" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Album 1999". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1999". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
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- The Imposters: Steve Nieve
- Pete Thomas
- Davey Faragher
- The Attractions: Steve Nieve
- Pete Thomas
- Bruce Thomas
- My Aim Is True
- This Year's Model
- Armed Forces
- Get Happy!!
- Trust
- Almost Blue
- Imperial Bedroom
- Punch the Clock
- Goodbye Cruel World
- King of America
- Blood & Chocolate
- Spike
- Mighty Like a Rose
- The Juliet Letters
- Brutal Youth
- Kojak Variety
- All This Useless Beauty
- Painted from Memory
- When I Was Cruel
- North
- Il Sogno
- The Delivery Man
- The River in Reverse
- Momofuku
- Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
- National Ransom
- Wise Up Ghost
- Look Now
- Hey Clockface
- The Boy Named If
- Live at the El Mocambo
- Deep Dead Blue
- Costello & Nieve
- My Flame Burns Blue
- Live at Hollywood High
- Taking Liberties
- Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers
- The Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions
- The Man
- Out of Our Idiot
- Girls Girls Girls
- 2½ Years
- The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977–86
- Extreme Honey
- Costello Album (bootleg)
- The Very Best of Elvis Costello
- Cruel Smile
- The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years
- The Songs of Bacharach & Costello
- "Less Than Zero"
- "Alison"
- "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes"
- "Watching the Detectives"
- "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea"
- "Pump It Up"
- "This Year's Girl"
- "Radio Radio"
- "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding"
- "Oliver's Army"
- "Accidents Will Happen"
- "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down"
- "High Fidelity"
- "New Amsterdam"
- "Clubland"
- "From a Whisper to a Scream"
- "Watch Your Step"
- "A Good Year for the Roses"
- "Sweet Dreams"
- "You Little Fool"
- "Man Out of Time"
- "Everyday I Write the Book"
- "The Only Flame in Town"
- "Green Shirt"
- "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
- "I Want You"
- "Blue Chair"
- "Veronica"
- "The Other Side of Summer"
- "Sulky Girl"
- "13 Steps Lead Down"
- "London's Brilliant Parade"
- "The Other End of the Telescope"
- "You Bowed Down"
- "She"
- "45"
- "Brilliant Mistake"
- "Complicated Shadows"
- "Welcome to the Working Week"
- "Lipstick Vogue"
- "Senior Service"
- "Stranger in the House"
- "Girls Talk"
- "Riot Act"
- "New Lace Sleeves"
- "Beyond Belief"
- "Almost Blue"
- "Shipbuilding"
- "Indoor Fireworks"
- "Jack of All Parades"
- "Suit of Lights"
- "I Hope You're Happy Now"
- "Next Time Round"
- Terror & Magnificence
- The Sweetest Punch
- For the Stars
- Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes
- The Resurrection of Rust
- G.B.H.
- Jake's Progress