Brutal Youth

Brutal Youth
Studio album by Elvis Costello
Released	8 March 1994
Recorded	7 December 1992 – 7 February 1994, The Sound Factory, Hollywood
Genre	Alternative rock, punk rock, power pop
Length	56:55
Label	Warner Bros. Rhino (3 August 1994 Reissue)
Producer	Mitchell Froom
Elvis Costello chronology
Live at the El Mocambo (1993) Brutal Youth (1994) The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977-86 (1994)

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]
Piero Scaruffi	4/10[4]

Brutal Youth is an album by Elvis Costello. This is the first album Costello recorded with his band the Attractions since Blood and Chocolate (1986). The several albums in between were recorded with session musicians.

It was among the six Costello albums featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Track listing

All songs by Declan MacManus unless otherwise indicated.

1. "Pony St" – 3:25
2. "Kinder Murder" – 3:25
3. "13 Steps Lead Down" – 3:16
4. "This Is Hell" – 4:27
5. "Clown Strike" – 4:05
6. "You Tripped at Every Step" – 4:12
7. "Still Too Soon to Know" – 2:19
8. "20% Amnesia" – 3:26
9. "Sulky Girl" – 5:07
10. "London's Brilliant Parade" (Elvis Costello) – 4:23
11. "My Science Fiction Twin" – 4:10
12. "Rocking Horse Road" – 4:03
13. "Just About Glad" – 3:14
14. "All the Rage" (Costello) – 3:52
15. "Favourite Hour" – 3:31

Bonus disc (2002 Rhino)

1. "Life Shrinks" – 3:37
2. "Favourite Hour" (Church Studios Version) – 3:32
3. "This Is Hell" (Church Studios Version) – 4:10
4. "Idiophone" – 1:58
5. "Abandon Words" – 2:55
6. "Poisoned Letter" – 3:48
7. "A drunken man's praise of sobriety" (MacManus, William Butler Yeats) – 1:08
8. "Pony St." (Bonaparte Rooms Version) – 3:36
9. "Just About Glad" (Bonaparte Rooms Version) – 3:41
10. "Clown Strike" (Bonaparte Rooms Version) – 4:19
11. "Rocking Horse Road" (Demo) – 3:18
12. "13 Steps Lead Down" (Demo) – 2:07
13. "All the Rage" (Demo) – 3:38
14. "Sulky Girl" (Demo) – 4:31
15. "You Tripped at Every Step" (Church Studios Version) – 3:25

B-sides (available on the 13 Steps Lead Down EP)

1. "We Despise You"
2. "Basement Kiss"
3. "Puppet Girl"

Personnel

• Elvis Costello – guitar, vocals, piano, bass
• Steve Nieve – organ, piano, harmonium
• Bruce Thomas – bass
• Pete Thomas – drums, percussion
• Nick Lowe – bass

Charts

Album

Singles

Notes