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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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.
All songs written by Elvis Costello unless otherwise indicated.
- "(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
- "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
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