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This page lists albums, singles and compilations by the musician Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...

, distinguishing between United States

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 release dates and record labels. Of note are the reissue series, Costello's back-catalogue having undergone that treatment three times by three different companies.

Studio albums

Year	Title	Artist credit	Chart position								Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds)
			U.K. UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	JPN Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...	NLD MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top...	NOR VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by...	N.Z. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....	U.S. Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
1977	My Aim Is True My Aim Is True My Aim Is True is the debut album by Elvis Costello.The album was recorded at Pathway Studios in Holloway, London Borough of Islington, over the course of 1976 during late-night studio sessions, in a total of twenty-four hours... Label: Stiff Stiff Records Stiff Records is a record label created in London in 1976, by entrepreneurs Dave Robinson and Andrew Jakeman , and active until 1985. It was reactivated in 2007.... /Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...	Elvis Costello (some reissues of This Year's Model This Year's Model This Year's Model is Elvis Costello's second album and his first with The Attractions, released in 1978 . It was recorded mainly at Eden Studios in West London....   are credited to 'Elvis Costello and The Attractions')	14	25	285	-	-	32	14	32	Silver (U.K. British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies... ) Platinum (U.S. Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States... )
1978	This Year's Model This Year's Model This Year's Model is Elvis Costello's second album and his first with The Attractions, released in 1978 . It was recorded mainly at Eden Studios in West London.... Label: Radar Radar Records Radar Records was a UK-based record label formed by Martin Davis who had previously worked at United Artists Records, and Andrew Lauder, who had previously been head of A&R at the UK divisions of Liberty Records and United Artists... /Columbia		4	26	-	14	15	11	10	30	Gold (UK) Gold (U.S.)
1979	Armed Forces Label: Radar/Columbia	Elvis Costello and The Attractions	2	9	-	13	12	9	11	10	Platinum (UK) Gold (U.S.)
1980	Get Happy!! Label: F-Beat F-Beat Records F-Beat Records was one of the record labels set up by Jake Riviera in late 1979/early 1980, at the same time as he started Demon Records. The label's first release, I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down by Elvis Costello & the Attractions, reached number 4 in the UK charts, the highest singles chart... /Columbia		2	25	-	34	11	9	6	11	Gold (UK)
1981	Trust Label: F-Beat/Columbia		9	71	-	-	28	17	8	28
	Almost Blue Almost Blue Almost Blue is an album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. It was recorded May 1981 in Nashville, and released on 23 October 1981. The record's songs consist entirely of country covers, including works originally written by Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, George Jones and Gram Parsons... Label: F-Beat/Columbia		7	50	-	21	-	–	17	50	Gold (UK)
1982	Imperial Bedroom Imperial Bedroom Imperial Bedroom is a 1982 album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. It was the second Costello album, along with Almost Blue, not produced by Nick Lowe, the production duties handled by Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick... Label: F-Beat/Columbia		6	49	-	45	18	37	30	30
1983	Punch the Clock Punch the Clock Punch the Clock is an album released in 1983 by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. It was Costello's eighth album, his seventh with the Attractions since 1978. The album featured Costello's first U.S... Label: F-Beat/Columbia		3	22	-	27	18	6	9	24
1984	Goodbye Cruel World Goodbye Cruel World (album) Goodbye Cruel World was Elvis Costello's ninth album overall and eighth with backing band The Attractions. It was released in 1984 by F-Beat Records in the UK and Columbia in the US.... Label: F-Beat/Columbia		10	53	52	-	-	32	20	35	Silver (UK)
1986	King of America King of America King of America is the tenth studio album by the British rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, released in 1986 in the United Kingdom as F-Beat ZL 70946, and in the United States as Columbia JC 40173. It was billed as by "The Costello Show featuring the Attractions and Confederates" in the UK... Label: Demon Demon Music Group Demon Records is a United Kingdom record label founded in 1980 by former United Artists A&R executive Andrew Lauder and Jake Riviera who had previously started Stiff Records... /Columbia	The Costello Show featuring The Attractions and Confederates	11	67	41	-	-	21	12	39	Silver (UK)
	Blood & Chocolate Label: Demon/Columbia	Elvis Costello and The Attractions	16	–	-	19	-	–	26	–	Gold (UK)
1989	Spike Spike (Elvis Costello album) Spike is the 12th studio album by the British rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, released on and compact disc as Warner Brothers 25848. It was his first album for the label. It peaked at #5 on the UK album chart, and at #32 on the Billboard 200.... Label: Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...	Elvis Costello	5	26	61	19	-	34	13	32	Gold (UK) Gold (U.S.)
1991	Mighty Like a Rose Mighty Like a Rose Mighty Like A Rose is the 13th studio album by the British rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, released in 1991 on compact disc as Warner Brothers 26575. The title is presumably a reference to the pop standard "Mighty Lak' a Rose", and although that song does not appear on the album, the... Label: Warner Bros.		5	37	39	47	11	38	23	55	Silver (UK)
	G.B.H. G.B.H. (soundtrack) G.B.H. is a 1991 soundtrack album by Elvis Costello and Richard Harvey, the first of two collaborations Costello would do with Harvey. G.B.H. was a seven-part Channel 4 series first aired in the U.K. in 1991... Label: Demon	Elvis Costello with Richard Harvey	–	–	-	-	–	-	-	–
1993	The Juliet Letters The Juliet Letters The Juliet Letters is the 14th studio album by the British rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, released on compact disc as Warner Brothers 45180. The entire instrumental backing is provided by The Brodsky String Quartet. Costello described the album as "a song sequence for string quartet and... Label: Warner Bros.	Elvis Costello with The Brodsky Quartet Brodsky Quartet The Brodsky Quartet is a British string quartet, in existence since 1972, though only Ian Belton and Jacqueline Thomas are original members.In addition to performing classical music, and in particular the classic string quartet repertoire of Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Bartók and Shostakovich,...	18	–	39	54	-	–	-	125
1994	Brutal Youth Brutal Youth (Elvis Costello album) Brutal Youth is an album by Elvis Costello. This is the first album Costello recorded with his band the Attractions after Blood and Chocolate... Label: Warner Bros.	Elvis Costello	2	–	30	54	-	48	14	34	Silver (UK)
1995	Kojak Variety Kojak Variety Kojak Variety is a 1995 covers album by Elvis Costello. "Days" had previously appeared on the album Until the End of the World, the 1991 soundtrack to Wim Wenders' film of the same name.-Track listing:# "Strange" – 2:39... Label: Warner Bros.	Elvis Costello	21	–	60	74	-	–	23	102
	Jake's Progress Jake's Progress (soundtrack) Jake's Progress is a 1995 soundtrack album by Elvis Costello and Richard Harvey.-Track listing:All songs written by Elvis Costello and Richard Harvey.# "Jake's Progress Opening Sequence" - 4:12# "Map of Africa" - 2:02# "Julie's Pregnant Pause" - 2:36... Label: Demon/Rykodisc	Elvis Costello with Richard Harvey Richard Harvey Richard Harvey is a BAFTA Award–winning British musician and composer. He is best known for his film and television soundtracks...	–	–	-	-	-	–	–	-
1996	All This Useless Beauty All This Useless Beauty All This Useless Beauty is the 17th studio album by the English rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, released on compact disc as Warner Brothers 46198. It peaked at #28 on the UK album chart, and at #53 on the Billboard 200... Label: Warner Bros.	Elvis Costello and The Attractions	28	–	77	83	38	–	24	53
1997	Terror & Magnificence Terror & Magnificence Terror & Magnificence is a 1997 album by John Harle, featuringElvis Costello and others.-Track listing:# "Illyria" - 3:39# "O Mistress Mine" - 4:03... Label: Argo Argo Records Argo Records was started in December of 1955 to accommodate some of the rapidly growing recording activity at Chess Records. Originally the label was called Marterry, but bandleader Ralph Marterie objected, and within a couple of months the imprint was renamed Argo.Initially, Argo offered a...	Elvis Costello with John Harle John Harle John Harle is an English saxophonist and composer.-Biography:John Harle - SaxophonistJohn Harle is one of the world’s leading saxophonists, and the most significant performer of the saxophone in the concert hall today...	–	–	-	-	–	-	-	–
1998	Painted from Memory Painted from Memory Painted from Memory is a collaboration between Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach. It was released September 29, 1998 on Mercury Records, a division of Universal Music Group.... Label: Mercury Mercury Records Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal... /Polygram	Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach Burt Bacharach Burt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick...	32	26	69	33	29	38	18	78	Silver (UK)
	The Sweetest Punch The Sweetest Punch The Sweetest Punch is a 1999 album by Elvis Costello and Bill Frisell, released as a companion album to 1998's Painted from Memory. Many of the earlier album's songs are featured with new arrangements by Frisell, and mostly in instrumental versions.... Label: Universal Music Group Universal Music Group Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...	Elvis Costello with Bill Frisell Bill Frisell William Richard "Bill" Frisell is an American guitarist and composer.One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell's eclectic music touches on progressive folk, classical music, country music, noise and more...	–	–	-	–	-	-	–	-
2001	For the Stars For the Stars -Track listing:... Label: Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical record label which was the foundation of the future corporation to be known as PolyGram. It is now part of Universal Music Group since its acquisition and absorption of PolyGram in 1999, and it is also UMG's oldest active label...	Elvis Costello with Anne Sofie von Otter	67	–	-	80	33	–	25	–
2002	When I Was Cruel When I Was Cruel When I Was Cruel is Elvis Costello's 20th album, recorded in 2001 and 2002 and released in the US by Island Records on 23 April 2002. Although officially a solo Costello album, this was the first album to feature his new band, The Imposters, whose only difference from his previous band, The... Label: Island Island Records Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...	Elvis Costello and The Imposters	17	34	15	34	17	–	56	20	Silver (UK)
2003	North North (Elvis Costello album) North is a 2003 album by Elvis Costello. It reached 44 in the UK album charts, 57 in the US charts and No. 1 in the US Traditional Jazz charts.... Label: Deutsche Grammophon	Elvis Costello	44	–	26	56	25	–	25	57
2004	The Delivery Man The Delivery Man The Delivery Man is the 21st studio album by Elvis Costello, released on Lost Highway Records, B0002593-02. It was recorded with the Imposters at Sweet Tea Studio in Oxford, Mississippi. It peaked at #40 on the Billboard 200.-Content:... Label: Lost Highway	Elvis Costello and The Imposters	73	–	100	65	34	–	58	40
	Il Sogno Il Sogno Il Sogno is the 20th studio album by Elvis Costello, released on Deutsche Grammophon, B0003284-02. It is performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London... Label: Deutsche Grammophon	Elvis Costello	–	–	-	-	-	–	-	–
2005	Piano Jazz Label: Jazz Alliance	Elvis Costello with Marian McPartland Marian McPartland Margaret Marian McPartland, OBE is an English-born jazz pianist, composer, writer, and the host of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz on National Public Radio, NPR.-Early life:...	–	–	-	-	-	-	–	–
2006	The River in Reverse The River in Reverse The River in Reverse is a 2006 collaboration between Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint.It received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album.-Track listing:All songs written by Allen Toussaint unless otherwise indicated.# "On Your Way Down" – 4:54... Label: Verve Forecast	Elvis Costello with Allen Toussaint Allen Toussaint Allen Toussaint is an American musician, composer, record producer, and influential figure in New Orleans R&B.Many of Toussaint's songs have become familiar through numerous cover versions, including "Working in the Coalmine", "Ride Your Pony", "Fortune Teller", "Play Something Sweet ", "Southern...	97	–	-	61	31	–	40	103
2008	Momofuku Momofuku (album) Momofuku is an album released in 2008 by Elvis Costello and the Imposters. The album also features collaborations with Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis. The album title refers to Momofuku Ando, the inventor of instant ramen noodles, and the speed at which the album was conceived and created... Label: Lost Highway	Elvis Costello and The Imposters	112	–	98	-	34	-	–	59
2009	Secret, Profane & Sugarcane Label: Hear Music Hear Music Hear Music, also known as StarCon is the brand name of Starbucks' retail music concept and record label. Hear Music began as a catalog company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1990 before being purchased by Starbucks in 1999.-Concept:... /Universal	Elvis Costello	71	–	82	-	-	–	45	13
2010	National Ransom National Ransom National Ransom is the 2010 studio album by Elvis Costello. It was recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles with American songwriter and producer T-Bone Burnett, and was released on October 25, 2010 on the Hear Music label.... Label: Hear Music/Universal		71	–	116	-	-	–	-	39

Live albums

Year	Title	Chart position		Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds)
		U.K. UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	U.S. Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
1978	Live at the El Mocambo Live at the El Mocambo (Elvis Costello album) Live at the El Mocambo is a 1993 live album by Elvis Costello and The Attractions. Recorded in March 1978 and released only as a Canadian promotional album in the same year, it was heavily bootlegged... Date: 1978 (Promotional Release) / 12 October 1993 (Re-issue) / 29 September 2009 (Re-issue) Label: Columbia (Canada) Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...  (1978) / Rykodisc Rykodisc Rykodisc Records is an American record label. It is owned by Warner Music Group, operates as a unit of WMG's Independent Label Group and is distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance.-Company history:...  (1993) / Hip-O Hip-O Records Hip-O Records is a record label, currently part of Universal Music Group, which specializes in reissues and compilations. Their Hip-O Select label is currently in the midst of releasing the Complete Motown Singles, a series of fourteen box sets which include both sides of every 45 from Motown...  (2009)	–	–
1995	Deep Dead Blue Deep Dead Blue Deep Dead Blue is a live album by Elvis Costello with Bill Frisell recorded at the Meltdown Festival in 1995. The Allmusic review by Steve Huey states "It's no real surprise that the two work well together, given the musical affinity demonstrated on Frisell's masterful reinterpretations of Painted... Date: 14 August 1995 Label: Nonesuch Nonesuch Records Nonesuch Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by Warner Bros. Records.-Company history:Nonesuch was founded in 1964 by Jac Holzman to produce "fine records at the same price as a trade paperback", which would be half the price of a normal LP...	–	–
1996	Costello & Nieve Costello & Nieve Costello & Nieve is a limited edition five-disc 1996 live album by Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve recorded in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston and New York City, which was released in the USA only.- Disc 1 :# "Temptation" - 3:50... Date: 3 December 1996 Label: Warner Bros.	–	–
2006	My Flame Burns Blue My Flame Burns Blue My Flame Burns Blue is the twenty-second album by Elvis Costello, released on Deutsche Grammophon, B0005994-72. It is his second official live release after the El Mocambo bonus disc issued with the 2½ Years box set. It consists of recordings from the North Sea Jazz Festival in July 2004, made with... Date: 28 February 2006 Label: Deutsche Grammophon	–	188
2010	Live at Hollywood High Live at Hollywood High Live at Hollywood High is a recording by Elvis Costello and the Attractions from a 1978 concert at Hollywood High School in Los Angeles, California. Three songs from the concert were originally included as a bonus 7" vinyl EP that sold with initial pressings of the Armed Forces album in 1979... Date: 12 January 2010 Label: Hip-O	–	–

Compilation albums

Year	Title	Chart position			Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds)
		U.K. UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	N.Z. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	U.S. Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
1980	Taking Liberties Taking Liberties Taking Liberties is a US Elvis Costello and the Attractions album, composed of tracks not previously released on US albums. It is mostly made up of b-sides, although it does feature two previously unreleased recordings...  (US only) Date: November 1980 Label: Columbia	–	–	28
	Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers is an Elvis Costello and the Attractions album comprising tracks not previously released on albums. It is mostly made up of b-sides, however it does feature two previously unreleased recordings...  (UK only) Date: 7 November 1980 Label: F-Beat	–	–	–	Silver (UK)
1985	The Man - The Best Of Elvis Costello Date: April 1985 Label: Demon	8	31	–
	The Best of Elvis Costello & The Attractions The Best of Elvis Costello & The Attractions The Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions is a 1985 compilation album, the first of what would be many compilation albums for Costello.-Side one:# "Alison" – 3:22... Label: Columbia	–	–	116	Platinum (U.S.)
1987	Out of Our Idiot Out of Our Idiot Out of Our Idiot is a 1987 compilation album of then rare and unreleased recordings dating back to 1979 by Elvis Costello, which was released in the U.K. on Demon Records. It was only available as an import in the U.S. and other markets...  (UK only) Date: 4 December 1987 Label: Demon	–	–	–	Silver (UK)
1989	Girls Girls Girls Date: October 1989 Label: Demon/Columbia	67	–	–
1990	The Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions	–	–	–
1994	The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977-86 The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977-86 The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977–86 is a 1994 compilation album by Elvis Costello and The Attractions.-Track listing:All songs written by Elvis Costello except as noted.# "Alison" – 3:21... Date: 25 October 1994 Label: Rykodisc/Demon	57	–	–
1997	Extreme Honey Extreme Honey Extreme Honey: The Very Best of Warner Brothers Years is a 1997 compilation album by Elvis Costello, spanning the years 1989-1997.-Track listing:# The Bridge I Burned# Veronica# Sulky Girl# So Like Candy# 13 Steps Lead Down# All This Useless Beauty... Date: 21 October 1997 Label: Warner Bros.	–	–	–
1999	The Very Best of Elvis Costello The Very Best of Elvis Costello The Very Best of Elvis Costello is a compilation album on two compact discs by Elvis Costello, sampling his recorded work from the years 1977 through 1998. First issued on Polygram Records on September 21, 1999, it was re-released less than two years later on Rhino Records... Date: 21 September 1999 Label: Polygram	4	–	–	Gold (UK)
2002	Cruel Smile Cruel Smile Cruel Smile is a 2002 album by Elvis Costello and the Imposters. It consists of B-sides and leftover material from the When I Was Cruel sessions. Many critics panned it. [See AllMusic review]-Tracks:All tracks by Elvis Costello except were noted... Date: October 1, 2002 Label: Universal Music Group	–	–	180
2007	The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years is a compilation album by Elvis Costello released in 2007, consisting of songs taken from the early years of his discography, compiled by Costello himself.-Track listing:... Date: 1 May 2007 Label: Hip-O	–	–	110
	Rock and Roll Music Date: 1 May 2007 Label: Hip-O	–	–	–

Box sets

Year	Title
1993	2½ Years 2 1/2 Years 2½ Years is a 1993 box set by Elvis Costello. The Rykodisc Costello reissues was ultimately to include his eleven studio albums released from 1977 to 1991 on Columbia and Stiff Records, Radar Records, F-Beat Records and Demon Records plus a reissue of the G.B.H... Date: 15 October 1993 Label: Rykodisc
2003	Singles, Volume 1 (UK only) Date: 27 October 2003 Label: Edsel
	Singles, Volume 2 (UK only) Date: 27 October 2003 Label: Edsel
	Singles, Volume 3 (UK only) Date: 27 October 2003 Label: Edsel

Rykodisc/Demon reissues

From 1993 to 1995, Rykodisc Records (US) and Demon Records (UK) reissued Costello's pre-Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...

 catalogue with bonus tracks for each album as well as a greatest hits compilation and the live album Live at the El Mocambo. This licensing deal ended in 2000

• 15 October 1993 - My Aim Is True, This Year's Model, Armed Forces, Live At The El Mocambo
• 29 April 1994 - Get Happy!!, Trust
• 30 August 1994 - Almost Blue, Imperial Bedroom
• 5 September 1994 - G.B.H.
• 7 March 1995 - Punch the Clock, Goodbye Cruel World
• 6 July 1995 - King of America
• 12 September 1995 - Blood and Chocolate

Rhino

Rhino Records acquired both his Columbia back-catalogue, previously distributed by Rykodisc, and the Warner Bros. after Costello signed with Polygram, in 1999 bought by Vivendi

Vivendi

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 to become part of the Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...

. The label commenced its Costello reissue program with the Polygram compilation (see above) released less than two years previously. All were double-disc

Compact Disc

The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

 sets in slim-line jewel box cases, with the remaining installments in the series comprising the original studio albums on disc one, with disc two containing b-sides

B-Sides

B-Sides is an iTunes-exclusive album from the Coventry Trio The Enemy, consisting of ten songs that were B-sides to the single releases from their debut album We'll Live and Die in These Towns.-Track list:#Fear Killed the Youth of Our Nation...

, outtakes, demo recordings, concert tracks, and previously unreleased material. All included a booklet with original lyrics and liner notes

Liner notes

Liner notes are the writings found in booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or the equivalent packaging for vinyl records and cassettes.-Origin:...

 by Costello himself. All are currently out of print.

Starting in 2001, Rhino Records began an eighteen double-disc reissue program for Costello's back catalogue prior to his Polygram/Universal contract. Except for the compilation, each of the reissues presented the remastered original album on one disc, and a separate bonus disc of B-sides, outtakes, live tracks, alternate versions and/or demos of songs.

The project featured the direct participation and guidance of Costello, who wrote new liner notes for each album consisting of his thoughts on the music as well as anecdotes and reminiscences from the time. They were released in batches of three, with the exception of King of America, The Juliet Letters, and The Very Best of Elvis Costello

The Very Best of Elvis Costello

The Very Best of Elvis Costello is a compilation album on two compact discs by Elvis Costello, sampling his recorded work from the years 1977 through 1998. First issued on Polygram Records on September 21, 1999, it was re-released less than two years later on Rhino Records...

, the last being an unaltered re-release of the Polygram compilation of 1999, which arrived in the stores singularly. The reissue dates are as follows:

1. 17 April 2001: The Very Best of Elvis Costello
   The Very Best of Elvis Costello
   The Very Best of Elvis Costello is a compilation album on two compact discs by Elvis Costello, sampling his recorded work from the years 1977 through 1998. First issued on Polygram Records on September 21, 1999, it was re-released less than two years later on Rhino Records...
   
   
2. 11 August 2001: My Aim Is True
   My Aim Is True
   My Aim Is True is the debut album by Elvis Costello.The album was recorded at Pathway Studios in Holloway, London Borough of Islington, over the course of 1976 during late-night studio sessions, in a total of twenty-four hours...
   
   , Spike
   Spike (Elvis Costello album)
   Spike is the 12th studio album by the British rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, released on and compact disc as Warner Brothers 25848. It was his first album for the label. It peaked at #5 on the UK album chart, and at #32 on the Billboard 200....
   
   , All This Useless Beauty
   All This Useless Beauty
   All This Useless Beauty is the 17th studio album by the English rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, released on compact disc as Warner Brothers 46198. It peaked at #28 on the UK album chart, and at #53 on the Billboard 200...
   
   
3. 19 February 2002: This Year's Model
   This Year's Model
   This Year's Model is Elvis Costello's second album and his first with The Attractions, released in 1978 . It was recorded mainly at Eden Studios in West London....
   
   , Blood and Chocolate
   Blood and Chocolate
   Blood & Chocolate is a 1986 album by Elvis Costello and the AttractionsBlood & Chocolate may also refer to:*Blood and Chocolate , a 1997 supernatural werewolf novel by Annette Curtis Klause...
   
   , Brutal Youth
4. 19 November 2002: Armed Forces, Imperial Bedroom
   Imperial Bedroom
   Imperial Bedroom is a 1982 album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. It was the second Costello album, along with Almost Blue, not produced by Nick Lowe, the production duties handled by Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick...
   
   , Mighty Like a Rose
   Mighty Like a Rose
   Mighty Like A Rose is the 13th studio album by the British rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, released in 1991 on compact disc as Warner Brothers 26575. The title is presumably a reference to the pop standard "Mighty Lak' a Rose", and although that song does not appear on the album, the...
   
   
5. 9 September 2003: Get Happy!!, Trust, Punch the Clock
   Punch the Clock
   Punch the Clock is an album released in 1983 by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. It was Costello's eighth album, his seventh with the Attractions since 1978. The album featured Costello's first U.S...
   
   
6. 3 August 2004: Almost Blue
   Almost Blue
   Almost Blue is an album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. It was recorded May 1981 in Nashville, and released on 23 October 1981. The record's songs consist entirely of country covers, including works originally written by Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, George Jones and Gram Parsons...
   
   , Goodbye Cruel World
   Goodbye Cruel World (album)
   Goodbye Cruel World was Elvis Costello's ninth album overall and eighth with backing band The Attractions. It was released in 1984 by F-Beat Records in the UK and Columbia in the US....
   
   , Kojak Variety
   Kojak Variety
   Kojak Variety is a 1995 covers album by Elvis Costello. "Days" had previously appeared on the album Until the End of the World, the 1991 soundtrack to Wim Wenders' film of the same name.-Track listing:# "Strange" – 2:39...
   
   
7. 26 April 2005: King of America
   King of America
   King of America is the tenth studio album by the British rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, released in 1986 in the United Kingdom as F-Beat ZL 70946, and in the United States as Columbia JC 40173. It was billed as by "The Costello Show featuring the Attractions and Confederates" in the UK...
   
   
8. 21 March 2006: The Juliet Letters
   The Juliet Letters
   The Juliet Letters is the 14th studio album by the British rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, released on compact disc as Warner Brothers 45180. The entire instrumental backing is provided by The Brodsky String Quartet. Costello described the album as "a song sequence for string quartet and...
   
   

The Almost Blue and Kojak Variety bonus discs were particularly notable as each contained, essentially, an entire new album's worth of material also performed but either not issued, or released as B-sides on singles originally. The Kojak bonus disc also included ten songs of the 'George Jones

George Jones

George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....

' tape, cover songs Costello intended to induce the famed country singer to perform on a subsequent album. The Get Happy bonus disc was also of note, with 30 additional tracks, bringing the total for the two disc set to 50 songs.

At the conclusion of Rhino's reissue series (My Aim Is True through The Juliet Letters), Universal Music Enterprises

Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...

 announced their purchase of the early Costello catalogue. This licensing acquisition covers from My Aim Is True through King of America

King of America

King of America is the tenth studio album by the British rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, released in 1986 in the United Kingdom as F-Beat ZL 70946, and in the United States as Columbia JC 40173. It was billed as by "The Costello Show featuring the Attractions and Confederates" in the UK...

, excluding the Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...

 albums (Spike through All This Useless Beauty). These albums had all been re-released on Rhino, a Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...

 subsidiary. The press release says, "[l]eading the industry in online marketing with a dedicated department that manages its digital and mobile business, UMe also expects to mine Costello's catalogue for ringtones, digital box sets, and more." UMe announced that they would be reissuing the albums on their Hip-O Select label. Costello is quoted in the press release as saying, "[I]t's great to be able to do this through a company that has not only enjoyed major success with reissues but has done them with a genuine emphasis on quality."
This reissue series will mark the fourth release of his Stiff/Radar/Demon catalogue (released by Columbia Records

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

 in the U.S.) on compact disc.

Singles

The following is a list of all Costello's commercially available singles. The key for the Artist Credit below is as follows:

Elvis Costello - (EC); Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (EC+ATT); Elvis Costello & The Attractions with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - (EC+ATT+RPO); The Impostor - (IMP); The Costello Show - (TCS);

The MacManus Gang - (TMG), The Coward Brothers - (TCB); Jimmy Cliff Jimmy Cliff Jimmy Cliff, OM is a Jamaican musician, singer and actor. He is the only currently living musician to hold the Order of Merit, the highest honour that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievement in the arts and sciences...  & Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (JC+EC+ATT); Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet - (EC+BQ); Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach Burt Bacharach Burt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick...  - (EC+BB); Elvis Costello & The Imposters - (EC+IMP)

Year	Title	Artist Credit	Chart positions								Album
			U.K. UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	CA RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...	IRL Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	N.Z. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	U.S. Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	U.S. MSR	U.S. Modern Rock
1977	"Less Than Zero Less Than Zero (song) "Less Than Zero" is the eighth track on Elvis Costello's debut album My Aim Is True, and the first Costello single that Stiff Records released.In the liner notes to the Rhino edition of the album, Costello writes:... "	EC	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	My Aim Is True [A]
	"Alison Alison (song) "Alison" is the fifth track on Elvis Costello's first album, My Aim Is True, released in 1977. Because "Alison" was recorded before Elvis Costello and the Attractions formed, his backing band was Clover... "		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes"		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"Watching the Detectives Watching the Detectives (song) "Watching the Detectives" is a 1977 single by English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello. It was his first single that credited his backing band, the Attractions, and gave him his first UK hit single... "		15	35	60	–	–	108	–	–
1978	"(I Don't Want to Go To) Chelsea"	EC+ATT	16	93	–	12	–	–	–	–	This Year's Model [B]
	"Pump It Up Pump It Up (Elvis Costello song) "Pump It Up" is a song by Elvis Costello. It originally appeared on Costello's second album This Year's Model which was the first he recorded with The Attractions.- Lyrics :... "		24	55	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"Radio Radio Radio Radio "Radio Radio" was a single by Elvis Costello and The Attractions released in the UK in October 1978. The song had already appeared on the US version of their second album, This Year's Model, released earlier that year... "		29	93	–	–	–	–	–	–
1979	"Oliver's Army Oliver's Army "Oliver's Army" is a song written by Elvis Costello, originally performed by Elvis Costello and the Attractions and appearing on the album Armed Forces in 1979. It remains his most successful single, spending four weeks at Nº2 in the UK singles chart.... "		2	24	–	4	25	–	–	–	Armed Forces
	"Accidents Will Happen Accidents Will Happen "Accidents Will Happen" is a song by Elvis Costello. It first appeared on the 1979 album Armed Forces, which he recorded with The Attractions. In reference to the song title, the cover of the single was printed inside-out... "		28	–	–	–	–	101	–	–
1980	"I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" is a song by Sam & Dave released in 1967, written by Homer Banks and Allen Jones.British musician Elvis Costello covered the song in 1980 for his album Get Happy!!. It was one of 3 singles taken from the album in the UK and peaked at number four. It became one of... "		4	–	–	14	–	–	–	–	Get Happy!!
	"High Fidelity"		30	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"New Amsterdam"	EC [C]	36	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"Clubland"	EC+ATT	60	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Trust
1981	"From a Whisper to a Scream"		–	–	–	–	–	–	46	–
	"Watch Your Step" (US release only)		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"A Good Year for the Roses"		6	34	–	5	–	–	–	–	Almost Blue
	"Sweet Dreams"		42	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1982	"I'm Your Toy"	EC+ATT+RPO	51	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"You Little Fool"	EC+ATT	52	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Imperial Bedroom
	"Man Out Of Time"		58	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"From Head to Toe"		43	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	—
	"Party Party"		48	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Party Party Party Party (film) Party Party is a British comedy film about three friends and their South London crowd.This crowd includes workers, spivs and young police constables. A British entry into the teenage/youth house party genre typified by John Hughes' films and the late 80s movies of Kid and Play.The movie was...  Soundtrack
1983	"Pills and Soap"	IMP	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Punch the Clock
	"Everyday I Write the Book Everyday I Write the Book "Everyday I Write the Book" is a song written by Elvis Costello, from Punch the Clock, an album released in 1983 by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. The song peaked at 28 on the UK Singles Chart and was their first hit single in the United States, placing in the Billboard Top 40.-Lyrics:The... "	EC+ATT	28	40	40	23	20	36	33	–
	"Let Them All Talk"		59	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1984	"Peace In Our Time"	IMP	48	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Goodbye Cruel World
	"I Wanna Be Loved" / "Turning The Town Red" [D]	EC+ATT	25	–	–	11	–	–	–	–
	"The Only Flame in Town"		71	–	–	–	–	56	44	–
1985	"Green Shirt"		68	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	The Man - The Best of Elvis Costello
	"The People's Limousine"	TCB	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Out of Our Idiot
1986	"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" is a song written by Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell and Sol Marcus for the singer/pianist Nina Simone, who first recorded it in 1964. "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" has been recorded or performed by many artists, and is widely known by the 1965 blues rock hit... "	TCS	33	81	–	22	–	–	38	–	King of America
	"Seven Day Weekend"	JC+EC+ATT	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Out of Our Idiot
	"Lovable" (US release only)	TCS	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	King of America
	"Tokyo Storm Warning"	EC+ATT	73	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Blood and Chocolate
	"I Want You"		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1987	"Blue Chair"	EC	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Out of Our Idiot
	"A Town Called Big Nothing"	TMG	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1989	"Veronica Veronica (song) "Veronica" is a single from Elvis Costello's 1989 album Spike, co-written by Costello with Paul McCartney. The song "Veronica" was co-produced by T-Bone Burnett and Kevin Killen, and features Paul McCartney on his iconic Höfner bass... "	EC	31	27	64	22	–	19	10	1	Spike
	Baby Plays Around EP		65	–	–	27	–	–	–	–
	"...This Town..."		–	–	–	–	–	–	41	4
1991	"The Other Side of Summer"		43	–	72	–	–	–	40	1	Mighty Like a Rose
	"So Like Candy"		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1993	"Jacksons, Monk & Rowe"	EC+BQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	The Juliet Letters
1994	"Sulky Girl"	EC [E]	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Brutal Youth
	"13 Steps Lead Down"		59	–	–	–	–	115	–	6
	"You Tripped at Every Step"	EC+ATT	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"London's Brilliant Parade"		48	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1996	"It's Time"		58	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	All This Useless Beauty
	"Little Atoms"		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"The Other End Of The Telescope"		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"Distorted Angel"		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"All This Useless Beauty"		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"You Bowed Down" (US release only)		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1999	"Toledo"	EC+BB	72	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Painted from Memory
	"She She (Charles Aznavour song) "She" is the title of a song written, recorded and released by Charles Aznavour and Herbert Kretzmer.It reached number 1 in the UK single charts in 1974, but was not successful in the USA or France... "	EC	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Notting Hill Soundtrack
2002	"Tear Off Your Own Head (It's a Doll Revolution)"	EC [F]	58	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	When I Was Cruel
	"45"		92	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2004	"Monkey to Man"	EC+IMP	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	The Delivery Man
2005	"Brilliant Mistake"	EC [G]	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	King of America
2008	"No Hiding Place"	EC+IMP	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Momofuku
	"Go Away"		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009	"Complicated Shadows"	EC	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
2010	"National Ransom"		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	National Ransom

^ "Watching the Detectives" was a stand-alone single in the UK but was subsequently included on U.S. versions of My Aim Is True.

• B ^ "(I Don't Want to Go To) Chelsea" was not included on U.S. versions of This Year's Model. "Radio Radio" was a stand-alone single in the UK but was subsequently is included on U.S. versions of This Year's Model.
• C ^ The Attractions
  The Attractions
  The Attractions were best known as the backing band for Elvis Costello between 1978 and 1986, and again from 1994 through 1996. They also released one album as an independent entity in 1980.-History:...
  
   played on almost all of Costello's singles from 1978 to 1984 (and sporadically thereafter), but note that 1980's "New Amsterdam" was a solo single on which Elvis Costello played all instruments. Accordingly, The Attractions were not credited.
• D ^ "I Wanna Be Loved" / "Turning The Town Red" was tracked as a double A-side in the UK, with both sides charting. "Turning The Town Red" did not initially appear on Goodbye Cruel World, although it has been added as a bonus track to some CD reissues of this album.
• E ^ Although the Attractions played on "Sulky Girl" and "13 Steps Lead Down", these tracks were credited simply to Elvis Costello.
• F ^ The backing musicians on "Tear Off Your Own Head" and "45" were Steve Nieve, Davey Faragher, and Pete Thomas, later to be collectively billed as "The Imposters". However, these releases are credited solely to Costello.
• G ^ "Brilliant Mistake" was released as a UK single in 2005, 19 years after the track first appeared on the album King of America. Though the album was credited to The Costello Show, the single release was credited to Elvis Costello.