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1999 greatest hits album by Elvis Costello
The Very Best of Elvis Costello |
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Released | 2 August 1999 |
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Recorded | 1977–1998 |
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Genre |
New wave,
punk rock,
pub rock,
power pop,
pop rock |
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Length | 154:07 |
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Label |
Polygram |
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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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Source | Rating |
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Allmusic |
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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
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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
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