Brutal Youth

Brutal Youth
Studio album by Elvis Costello
Released 8 March 1994
Recorded 7 December 1992 – 7 February 1994, The Sound Factory, Hollywood, California, United States
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)Live at the El Mocambo1993		 Brutal Youth
(1994)		 The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977-86
(1994)The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977-861994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Blender[2]
Chicago Tribune[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
NME9/10[6]
Q[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
Uncut[9]
Vox8/10[10]

Brutal Youth is an album by Elvis Costello released in 1994. 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. Brutal Youth was the third, and most recent of Costello's albums, to peak at number two in the UK Albums Chart, following on from Armed Forces (1979) and Get Happy!! (1980). To date, no Costello album has reached the number one spot in that listing.[11]

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" – 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" – 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"

"London's Brilliant Parade (EP)"

Personnel

The Attractions

with:

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1994 Billboard 200 34
1994 UK Albums Chart 2

Singles and EP

Year Song Chart Position
1994 "13 Steps Lead Down" Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 6
1994 "13 Steps Lead Down" UK Singles Chart[11] 59
1994 "Sulky Girl" UK Singles Chart[11] 22
1994 "London's Brilliant Parade (EP)" UK Singles Chart[11] 48

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Brutal Youth – Elvis Costello". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Wolk, Douglas (March 2005). "Elvis Costello: Brutal Youth". Blender. Archived from the original on 4 February 2005. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Kot, Greg (6 March 1994). "Three Discs Worth Waiting For". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Browne, David (18 March 1994). "Brutal Youth". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  5. ↑ Willman, Chris (6 March 1994). "Elvis Costello 'Brutal Youth' (Warner Bros.)". Los Angeles Times.
  6. ↑ Quantick, David (5 March 1994). "Brutal Recall". NME.
  7. ↑ Maconie, Stuart (April 1994). "Reassuring". Q (91): 104.
  8. ↑ O'Connor, Rob (24 March 1994). "Brutal Youth". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  9. ↑ Roberts, Chris (April 2002). "Sweet Nerd of Youth". Uncut (59).
  10. ↑ Humphries, Patrick (March 1994). "Elvis Costello: Brutal Youth". Vox (42).
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 122–3. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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