The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977-86

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The Very Best of... Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977-86
The Very Best of... Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977-86 cover
Greatest hits by Elvis Costello and The Attractions
Released October 25, 1994
Recorded 1977-1986
Genre Rock/New Wave
Length 78:10
Label Rykodisc/Demon Records
Producer(s) Nick Lowe, Billy Sherrill, Geoff Emerick, Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley, T-Bone Burnett, Declan MacManus & Colin Fairley
Professional reviews
Elvis Costello and The Attractions chronology
Brutal Youth
(1994)		 The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977-86
(1994)		 Kojak Variety
(1995)


The Very Best of... Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977-86 is a 1994 compilation album by Elvis Costello and The Attractions.

All songs written by Elvis Costello unless otherwise indicated.

  1. "Alison" (from My Aim Is True, 1977) – 3:21
  2. "Watching the Detectives" (from single, 1978) – 3:45
  3. "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" (from This Year's Model, 1978) – 3:07
  4. "Pump It Up" (from This Year's Model, 1978) – 3:14
  5. "Radio Radio" (from single, 1978) – 3:05
  6. "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding" (Nick Lowe) (from single, 1979) – 3:31
  7. "Oliver's Army" (from Armed Forces, 1979) – 2:58
  8. "Accidents Will Happen" (from Armed Forces, 1979) – 3:00
  9. "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" (Homer Banks, Alan Jones) (from Get Happy!!, 1980) – 2:05
  10. "New Amsterdam" (from Get Happy!!, 1980) – 2:11
  11. "High Fidelity" (from Get Happy!!, 1980) – 2:26
  12. "Clubland" (from Trust, 1981) – 3:42
  13. "Watch Your Step" (from Trust, 1981) – 2:57
  14. "Good Year for the Roses" (Jerry Chesnut) (from Almost Blue, 1981) – 3:07
  15. "Beyond Belief" (from Imperial Bedroom, 1982) – 2:33
  16. "Man Out of Time" (from Imperial Bedroom, 1982) – 5:26
  17. "Everyday I Write the Book" (from Punch the Clock, 1983) – 3:53
  18. "Shipbuilding" (from Punch the Clock, 1983) – 4:51
  19. "Love Field" (from Goodbye Cruel World, 1984) – 3:26
  20. "Brilliant Mistake" (from King of America, 1986) – 3:42
  21. "Indoor Fireworks" (from King of America, 1986) – 4:07
  22. "I Want You" (from Blood and Chocolate, 1986) – 6:40


 v • d • e Elvis Costello

My Aim Is True • Spike • King of America • Brutal Youth • Mighty Like a Rose • Kojak Variety • North • Il Sogno

This Year's Model • Armed Forces • Get Happy!! • Trust • Almost Blue • Imperial Bedroom • Punch the Clock • Goodbye Cruel World • Blood and Chocolate • All This Useless Beauty

When I Was Cruel • Cruel Smile • The Delivery Man

Collaborations

The Juliet Letters with The Brodsky Quartet • Terror & Magnificence with John Harle • Painted from Memory with Burt Bacharach • The Sweetest Punch with Bill Frisell • For the Stars with Anne-Sofie von Otter • My Flame Burns Blue with The Metropole Orkest • Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland • The River in Reverse with Allen Toussaint

Live albums

Live at the El Mocambo • Deep Dead Blue • Costello & Nieve

Soundtracks

G.B.H. • Jake's Progress

Collections

Taking Liberties • Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers • The Best of Elvis Costello & The Attractions • Out of Our Idiot • Girls Girls Girls • 2 ½ Years • The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977-86 • Extreme Honey • The Very Best of Elvis Costello • Singles, Vol. 1 • Singles, Vol. 2 • Singles, Vol. 3

Categories

Elvis Costello albums • Elvis Costello songs


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