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.

[edit] Track listing

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


Elvis Costello
Albums
My Aim Is True | Spike | King of America | Brutal Youth | Mighty Like a Rose | Kojak Variety | North | Il Sogno
Elvis Costello and The Attractions
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
Elvis Costello and The Imposters
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