The Very Best of Elvis Costello

Infobox Album
Name = The Very Best of Elvis Costello
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Elvis Costello


Released = April 17, 2001
Recorded = 1977-1998
Genre = Rock
Length = 154:07
Label = Polygram
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
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:9mev97qskrst link]
Last album = "For the Stars" (2001)
This album = "The Very Best of Elvis Costello" (2001)
Next album = "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. A one-disc version was also released.

Track listing

All songs written by Elvis Costello unless otherwise indicated.

Disc one

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

Disc two

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