The Very Best of Elvis Costello

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The Very Best of Elvis Costello
Compilation album by Elvis Costello
Released	April 17, 2001
Recorded	1977-1998
Genre	Rock
Length	154:07
Label	Rhino Records
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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Elvis Costello chronology
For the Stars (2001) The Very Best of Elvis Costello (2001) When I Was Cruel (2002)

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.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Elvis Costello unless otherwise indicated.

[edit] Disc one

1. "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding" (Nick Lowe) (from single, 1978) – 3:31
2. "Oliver's Army" (from Armed Forces, 1979) – 2:57
3. "Watching the Detectives" (from single, 1977) – 3:43
4. "Alison" (from My Aim Is True, 1977) – 3:21
5. "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" (from single, 1978) – 3:07
6. "Accidents Will Happen" (from Armed Forces, 1979) – 3:01
7. "Pump It Up" (from This Year's Model, 1978)– 3:13
8. "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" (Homer Banks, Alan Jones) (from Get Happy!!, 1980)– 2:05
9. "Radio Radio" (from single, 1978) – 3:06
10. "Clubland" (from Trust, 1981) – 3:43
11. "Good Year for the Roses" (Jerry Chesnut) (from Almost Blue, 1981) – 3:35
12. "Man Out of Time" (from Imperial Bedroom, 1982) – 5:25
13. "I Wanna Be Loved" (Farnell Jenkins) (from Goodbye Cruel World, 1984) – 4:46
14. "Everyday I Write the Book" (from Punch the Clock, 1983) – 3:52
15. "Brilliant Mistake" (Declan MacManus) (from King of America, 1986) – 3:41
16. "The Other Side of Summer" (MacManus) (from Mighty Like a Rose, 1991) – 3:53
17. "Tokyo Storm Warning" (MacManus) (from Blood and Chocolate, 1986) – 6:23
18. "Sulky Girl" (MacManus) (from Brutal Youth), 1994) – 5:04
19. "So Like Candy" (MacManus, McCartney) (from Mighty Like a Rose, 1991) – 4:35
20. "Veronica" (MacManus, McCartney) (from Spike, 1989) – 3:07
21. "She" (Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer) (from Soundtrack to Notting Hill, 1999) – 3:05

[edit] Disc two

1. "Big Tears" (from This Year's Model, 1978) – 3:10
2. "Beyond Belief" (from Imperial Bedroom, 1982) – 2:33
3. "Lipstick Vogue" (from This Year's Model, 1978) – 3:31
4. "Green Shirt" (from Armed Forces, 1979) – 2:44
5. "Pills and Soap" (from Punch the Clock, 1983) – 3:43
6. "Tramp the Dirt Down" (MacManus) (from Spike), 1989)– 5:41
7. "Shipbuilding" (Costello, Clive Langer) (from Punch the Clock, 1983)– 4:51
8. "High Fidelity" (from Get Happy!!, 1980) – 2:28
9. "New Lace Sleeves" (from Trust, 1981) – 3:47
10. "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" (from My Aim Is True, 1977) – 2:46
11. "Talking in the Dark" (from single, 1979) – 1:57
12. "New Amsterdam" (from Get Happy!!, 1980) – 2:13
13. "I Hope You're Happy Now" (from Blood and Chocolate, 1986) – 3:07
14. "Riot Act" (from Get Happy!!, 1980) – 3:34
15. "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) (B-side from "Oliver's Army" single, 1979) – 1:29
16. "Indoor Fireworks" (from King of America, 1986) – 4:09
17. "Almost Blue" (from Imperial Bedroom, 1982) – 2:49
18. "I Want You" (from Blood and Chocolate, 1986) – 6:43
19. "God Give Me Strength" (Burt Bacharach, Costello) (from Painted from Memory, 1998) – 6:10
20. "That Day Is Done" (MacManus, McCartney) (I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray, 1997) – 5:10
21. "I Want to Vanish" (from All This Useless Beauty, 1996) – 3:14

v • d • e Elvis Costello discography Albums My Aim Is True · King of America · Spike · Mighty Like a Rose · Brutal Youth · 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 · Momofuku 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 Compilations 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