Elvis Costello discography
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This page lists albums, singles and compilations by the musician Elvis Costello, release date (UK and U.S.) and label (UK and US).
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[edit] Albums
| Title | Release Date (Original) | Release Date (Rykodisc) | Release Date (Rhino) | Artist Credit | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| My Aim Is True | July 22, 1977 (UK) March 1978 (US) | October 19, 1993 | August 11, 2001 | Elvis Costello | Stiff Records/Columbia Records |
| This Year's Model | March 17, 1978 (UK) May 1978 (US) | October 19, 1993 | February 19, 2002 | Elvis Costello and The Attractions | Radar Records/Columbia Records |
| Armed Forces | January 5, 1979 | October 19, 1993 | November 19, 2002 | Elvis Costello and The Attractions | Radar Records/Columbia Records |
| Get Happy!! | February 15, 1980 | April 26, 1994 | September 9, 2003 | Elvis Costello and The Attractions | F-Beat Records/Columbia Records |
| Trust | January 1981 | April 26, 1994 | September 9, 2003 | Elvis Costello and The Attractions | F-Beat Records/Columbia Records |
| Almost Blue | October 23, 1981 | August 30, 1994 | August 3, 2004 | Elvis Costello | F-Beat Records/Columbia Records |
| Imperial Bedroom | July 2, 1982 | August 30, 1994 | November 19, 2002 | Elvis Costello and The Attractions | F-Beat Records/Columbia Records |
| Punch the Clock | August 5, 1983 | February 28, 1995 | September 9, 2003 | Elvis Costello and The Attractions | F-Beat Records/Columbia Records |
| Goodbye Cruel World | June 18, 1984 | February 28, 1995 | August 3, 2004 | Elvis Costello and The Attractions | F-Beat Records/Columbia Records |
| King of America | February 21, 1986 | June 28, 1995 | April 26, 2005 | The Costello Show and The Confederates and The Attractions | Demon Records/Columbia Records |
| Blood and Chocolate | September 15, 1986 | September 5, 1995 | February 19, 2002 | Elvis Costello and The Attractions | Demon Records/Columbia Records |
| Spike | February 6, 1989 | - | August 11, 2001 | Elvis Costello | Warner Bros. |
| Mighty Like a Rose | May 10, 1991 | - | November 19, 2002 | Elvis Costello | Warner Bros. |
| G.B.H. | July 1991 (UK only) | February 22, 1994 | - | Elvis Costello with Richard Harvey | Demon Records |
| The Juliet Letters | January 15, 1993 | - | March 21, 2006 | Elvis Costello with The Brodsky Quartet | Warner Bros. |
| Live at the El Mocambo | - | October 12, 1993 | - | Elvis Costello and The Attractions | Rykodisc |
| Brutal Youth | March 8, 1994 | - | February 19, 2002 | Elvis Costello | Warner Bros. |
| Kojak Variety | May 9, 1995 | - | August 3, 2004 | Elvis Costello | Warner Bros. |
| Deep Dead Blue (UK/DE only) | August 14, 1995 | - | - | Elvis Costello with Bill Frisell | Warner Bros./Nonesuch |
| Jake's Progress (UK only) | November 6, 1995 | - | - | Elvis Costello with Richard Harvey | Demon Records |
| All This Useless Beauty | May 14, 1996 | - | August 11, 2001 | Elvis Costello and The Attractions | Warner Bros. |
| Costello & Nieve | December 13, 1996 | - | - | Elvis Costello with Steve Nieve | Warner Bros. |
| Terror & Magnificence(UK only) | May 13, 1997 | - | - | Elvis Costello with John Harle | Argo Records |
| Painted from Memory | September 29, 1998 | - | - | Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach | Mercury Records/Polygram Records |
| The Sweetest Punch | September 29, 1998 | - | - | Elvis Costello with Bill Frisell | Universal Music Group |
| For the Stars | April 10, 2001 | - | - | Elvis Costello with Anne-Sofie von Otter | Deutsche Grammophon |
| When I Was Cruel | April 23, 2002 | - | - | Elvis Costello and The Imposters | Island Records |
| Cruel Smile | October 1, 2002 | - | - | Elvis Costello and The Imposters | Universal Music Group |
| North | September 23, 2003 | - | - | Elvis Costello | Deutsche Grammophon |
| The Delivery Man | September 21, 2004 | - | - | Elvis Costello and The Imposters | Lost Highway Records |
| Il Sogno | September 21, 2004 | - | - | Elvis Costello | Deutsche Grammophon |
| Piano Jazz | July 12, 2005 | - | - | Elvis Costello with Marian McPartland | Jazz Alliance |
| My Flame Burns Blue | February 28, 2006 | - | - | Elvis Costello | Deutsche Grammophon |
| The River in Reverse | June 6, 2006 | - | - | Elvis Costello with Allen Toussaint | Verve Forecast |
[edit] Collections
| Title | Release Date | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Taking Liberties | November 1980 | Columbia Records |
| Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers | November 7, 1980 | F-Beat Records |
| The Best of Elvis Costello & The Attractions | 1985 | Columbia Records |
| Out of Our Idiot (UK only) | December 4, 1987 | Demon Records |
| Girls Girls Girls | October 1989 | Demon Records/Columbia Records |
| 2½ Years | October 12, 1993 | Rykodisc |
| The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977-86 | October 25, 1994 | Rykodisc/Demon Records |
| Extreme Honey | October 21, 1997 | Warner Bros. |
| The Very Best of Elvis Costello | September 21, 1999 | Polygram Records |
| The Very Best of Elvis Costello | April 17, 2001 | Rhino Records |
| Singles, Volume 1 (UK only) | October 27, 2003 | Edsel Records |
| Singles, Volume 2 (UK only) | October 27, 2003 | Edsel Records |
| Singles, Volume 3 (UK only) | October 27, 2003 | Edsel Records |
[edit] 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 & Elvis Costello & The Attractions (JC+EC+ATT); Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet (EC+BQ); Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach (EC+BB); Elvis Costello & The Imposters (EC+IMP)
| Year | Title | Artist Credit | Chart Positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Singles Chart | US Charts | US Modern Rock (MOD) / US Mainstream Rock (MAIN) | ||||
| 1977 | "Less Than Zero" | EC | - | - | - | My Aim Is True |
| 1977 | "Alison" | EC | - | - | - | My Aim Is True |
| 1977 | "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" | EC | - | - | - | My Aim Is True |
| 1977 | "Watching the Detectives" | EC | #15 | #108 | - | My Aim Is True (US version) |
| 1978 | "(I Don't Want to Go To) Chelsea" | EC+ATT | #16 | - | - | This Year's Model (UK version) |
| 1978 | "Pump It Up" | EC+ATT | #24 | - | - | This Year's Model |
| 1978 | "Radio Radio" | EC+ATT | #29 | - | - | This Year's Model (US version) |
| 1979 | "Oliver's Army" | EC+ATT | #2 | - | - | Armed Forces |
| 1979 | "Accidents Will Happen" | EC+ATT | #28 | #101 | - | Armed Forces |
| 1980 | "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" | EC+ATT | #4 | - | - | Get Happy!! |
| 1980 | "High Fidelity" | EC+ATT | #30 | - | - | Get Happy!! |
| 1980 | "New Amsterdam" | EC 1 | #36 | - | - | Get Happy!! |
| 1980 | "Clubland" | EC+ATT | #60 | - | - | Trust |
| 1981 | "From a Whisper to a Scream" | EC+ATT | - | - | #46 (MAIN) | Trust |
| 1981 | "Watch Your Step" (US release only) | EC+ATT | - | - | - | Trust |
| 1981 | "A Good Year for the Roses" | EC+ATT | #6 | - | - | Almost Blue |
| 1981 | "Sweet Dreams" | EC+ATT | #42 | - | - | Almost Blue |
| 1982 | "I'm Your Toy" | EC+ATT+RPO | #51 | - | - | Almost Blue reissue |
| 1982 | "You Little Fool" | EC+ATT | #52 | - | - | Imperial Bedroom |
| 1982 | "Man Out Of Time" | EC+ATT | #58 | - | - | Imperial Bedroom |
| 1982 | "From Head to Toe" | EC+ATT | #43 | - | - | Imperial Bedroom reissue |
| 1982 | "Party Party" | EC+ATT | #48 | - | - | Soundtrack from Party Party |
| 1983 | "Pills and Soap" | IMP | #16 | - | - | Punch the Clock |
| 1983 | "Everyday I Write the Book" | EC+ATT | #28 | #36 | #33 (MAIN) | Punch the Clock |
| 1983 | "Let Them All Talk" | EC+ATT | #59 | - | - | Punch the Clock |
| 1984 | "Peace In Our Time" | IMP | #48 | - | - | Goodbye Cruel World |
| 1984 | "I Wanna Be Loved" / "Turning The Town Red" | EC+ATT | #25 | - | - | Goodbye Cruel World |
| 1984 | "The Only Flame in Town" | EC+ATT | #71 | #56 | #44 (MAIN) | Goodbye Cruel World |
| 1985 | "Green Shirt" | EC+ATT | #68 | - | - | Armed Forces |
| 1985 | "The People's Limousine" | TCB | - | - | - | King of America reissue |
| 1986 | "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" | TCS | #33 | - | #38 (MAIN) | King of America |
| 1986 | "Seven Day Weekend" | JC+EC+ATT | - | - | - | Blood and Chocolate reissue |
| 1986 | "Lovable" (US release only) | TCS | - | - | - | King of America |
| 1986 | "Tokyo Storm Warning" | EC+ATT | #73 | - | - | Blood and Chocolate |
| 1986 | "I Want You" | EC+ATT | #79 | - | - | Blood and Chocolate |
| 1987 | "Blue Chair" | EC | #94 | - | - | Blood and Chocolate reissue |
| 1987 | "A Town Called Big Nothing" | TMG | - | - | - | Blood and Chocolate reissue |
| 1989 | "Veronica" | EC | #31 | #19 | #1 (MOD) / #10 (MAIN) | Spike |
| 1989 | "Baby Plays Around" | EC | #65 | - | - | Spike |
| 1989 | "...This Town..." | EC | - | - | #4 (MOD) / #41 (MAIN) | Spike |
| 1991 | "The Other Side of Summer" | EC | #43 | - | #1 (MOD) / #40 (MAIN) | Mighty Like a Rose |
| 1991 | "So Like Candy" | EC | - | - | - | Mighty Like a Rose |
| 1993 | "Jacksons, Monk & Rowe" | EC+BQ | - | - | - | The Juliet Letters |
| 1994 | "Sulky Girl" | EC2 | #22 | - | - | Brutal Youth |
| 1994 | "13 Steps Lead Down" | EC2 | #59 | #115 | #6 (MOD) | Brutal Youth |
| 1994 | "You Tripped at Every Step" | EC+ATT | #83 | - | - | Brutal Youth |
| 1994 | "London's Brilliant Parade" | EC+ATT | #48 | - | - | Brutal Youth |
| 1996 | "It's Time" | EC+ATT | #58 | - | - | All This Useless Beauty |
| 1996 | "Little Atoms" | EC+ATT | #95 | - | - | All This Useless Beauty |
| 1996 | "The Other End Of The Telescope" | EC+ATT | #96 | - | - | All This Useless Beauty |
| 1996 | "Distorted Angel" | EC+ATT | - | - | - | All This Useless Beauty |
| 1996 | "All This Useless Beauty" | EC+ATT | #96 | - | - | All This Useless Beauty |
| 1996 | "You Bowed Down" (US release only) | EC+ATT | - | - | - | All This Useless Beauty |
| 1999 | "Toledo" | EC+BB | #72 | - | - | Painted from Memory |
| 1999 | "She" | EC | #19 | - | - | Soundtrack from Notting Hill |
| 2002 | "Tear Off Your Own Head (It's a Doll Revolution)" | EC3 | #58 | - | - | When I Was Cruel |
| 2002 | "45" | EC3 | #92 | - | - | When I Was Cruel |
| 2003 | "Smile" (JP release only) | EC | - | - | - | Cruel Smile |
| 2004 | "Monkey to Man" | EC+IMP | - | - | - | The Delivery Man |
| 2005 | "Brilliant Mistake" | EC4 | #222 | - | - | King of America |
Note 1: The Attractions played on almost all of Costello's singles from 1978 to 1984 (and sporadcially 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.
Note 2: Although the Attractions played on "Sulky Girl" and "13 Steps Lead Down", these tracks were credited simply to Elvis Costello.
Note 3: 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.
Note 4: "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.
