Elvis Costello discography

Elvis Costello discography
Costello performing at Glastonbury, 2005
Studio albums	33
EPs	2
Live albums	6
Compilation albums	17
Tribute albums	6
Singles	62
Box sets	4

The discography of the English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello includes 33 studio albums, 6 live albums, 17 compilation albums, 6 tribute albums, 2 extended plays, 62 singles and 4 box sets. This page distinguishes between United States and United Kingdom release dates and record labels. Of note are the reissue series, Costello's back catalogue having undergone reissue three times by three different companies.

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Title	Artist credit	Chart position									Certifications (sales thresholds)
			UK [1] [2]	AUS [3] [4]	JPN [5] [6]	NLD [7]	NOR [8]	NZ [9]	SWE [10]	US [11]	SPA [12]
1977	My Aim Is True Released: 22 July 1977 Label: Stiff/Columbia	Elvis Costello [A]	14	25	–	–	–	32	14	32	–	Silver (UK) [13] Platinum (US) [14]
1978	This Year's Model Released: 17 March 1978 Label: Radar/Columbia	Elvis Costello and the Attractions	4	26	–	14	15	11	10	30	–	Gold (UK) [13] Gold (US) [14]
1979	Armed Forces Released: 5 January 1979 Label: Radar/Columbia		2	9	–	13	12	9	11	10	–	Platinum (UK) [13] Gold (US) [14]
1980	Get Happy!! Released: 15 February 1980 Label: F-Beat/Columbia		2	25	–	34	11	9	6	11	–	Gold (UK) [13]
1981	Trust Released: 23 January 1981 Label: F-Beat/Columbia		9	71	–	–	28	17	8	28	–
	Almost Blue Released: 23 October 1981 Label: F-Beat/Columbia		7	50	–	21	–	–	17	50	–	Gold (UK) [13]
1982	Imperial Bedroom Released: 2 July 1982 Label: F-Beat/Columbia		6	49	–	45	18	37	30	30	–
1983	Punch the Clock Released: 5 August 1983 Label: F-Beat/Columbia		3	22	–	27	18	6	9	24	–
1984	Goodbye Cruel World Released: 18 June 1984 Label: F-Beat/Columbia		10	53	52	–	–	32	20	35	–	Silver (UK) [13]
1986	King of America Released: 21 February 1986 Label: Demon/Columbia	The Costello Show featuring the Attractions and Confederates	11	67	41	40	–	21	12	39	–	Silver (UK) [13]
	Blood & Chocolate Released: 15 September 1986 Label: Demon/Columbia	Elvis Costello and the Attractions	16	–	–	19	–	–	26	84	–	Gold (UK) [13]
1989	Spike Released: 6 February 1989 Label: Warner Bros.	Elvis Costello	5	26	61	19	–	34	13	32	–	Gold (UK) [13] Gold (US) [14]
1991	Mighty Like a Rose Released: 14 May 1991 Label: Warner Bros.		5	37	39	47	11	38	23	55	–	Silver (UK) [13]
	G.B.H. Released: July 1991 Label: Demon	Richard Harvey & Elvis Costello	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1993	The Juliet Letters Released: 19 January 1993 Label: Warner Bros.	Elvis Costello and the Brodsky Quartet	18	106	39	54	–	–	–	125	–
1994	Brutal Youth Released: 8 March 1994 Label: Warner Bros.	Elvis Costello	2	55	30	54	–	48	14	34	–	Silver (UK) [13]
1995	Kojak Variety Released: 9 May 1995 Label: Warner Bros.		21	102	60	74	–	–	23	102	–
	Jake's Progress Released: 6 November 1995 Label: Demon/Rykodisc	Richard Harvey and Elvis Costello	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1996	All This Useless Beauty Released: 14 May 1996 Label: Warner Bros.	Elvis Costello and the Attractions	28	98	77	83	38	–	24	53	–
1998	Painted from Memory Released: 29 September 1998 Label: Mercury/PolyGram	Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach	32	26	69	33	29	38	18	78	–	Silver (UK) [13]
2001	For the Stars 10 April 2001 Deutsche Grammophon	Anne Sofie von Otter Meets Elvis Costello	67	–	–	80	33	–	25	–	–
2002	When I Was Cruel Released: 23 April 2002 Label: Island	Elvis Costello	17	34	15	34	17	–	56	20	–	Silver (UK) [13]
2003	North Released: 23 September 2003 Label: Deutsche Grammophon		44	72	26	56	25	–	25	57	–
2004	The Delivery Man Released: 21 September 2004 Label: Lost Highway	Elvis Costello and the Imposters	73	89	100	65	34	–	58	40	–
	Il Sogno Released: 21 September 2004 Label: Deutsche Grammophon	Elvis Costello [B]	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2006	The River in Reverse Released: 6 June 2006 Label: Verve Forecast	Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint	97	111	–	61	31	–	40	103	–
2008	Momofuku Released: 22 April 2008 Label: Lost Highway	Elvis Costello and the Imposters	112	–	98	–	34	–	–	59	–
2009	Secret, Profane & Sugarcane Released: 9 June 2009 Label: Hear Music/Universal	Elvis Costello	71	73	82	–	–	–	45	13	88
2010	National Ransom Released: 25 October 2010 Label: Hear Music/Universal		71	158	116	–	–	–	–	39	86
2013	Wise Up Ghost Released: 17 September 2013 Label: Blue Note	Elvis Costello and the Roots	28	40	–	35	26	–	–	16	66
2018	Look Now [15] Released: 12 October 2018 Label: Concord	Elvis Costello and the Imposters	14	–	–	35	–	–	40 [16]	46	17
2020	Hey Clockface Released: 30 October 2020 Label: Concord	Elvis Costello	39	174	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2022	The Boy Named If Released: 14 January 2022 Label: EMI	Elvis Costello and the Imposters	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	200 [17]	–
2024	The Coward Brothers Released: 21 November 2024 Label: New West Records	The Coward Brothers	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Live albums

Year	Title	Chart position
		US [11]
1978	Live at the El Mocambo Date: 1978 (Promotional Release) / 12 October 1993 (Re-issue) / 29 September 2009 (Re-issue) Label: Columbia (Canada) (1978) / Rykodisc (1993) / Hip-O (2009)	–
1995	Deep Dead Blue Date: 14 August 1995 Label: Nonesuch	–
1996	Costello & Nieve Date: 3 December 1996 Label: Warner Bros.	–
2006	My Flame Burns Blue Date: 28 February 2006 Label: Deutsche Grammophon	188
2010	Live at Hollywood High Date: 12 January 2010 Label: Hip-O	–
2012	The Return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook Date: 2 April 2012 Label: Universal Music Enterprises	–

Compilation albums

Year	Title	Chart position				Certifications (sales thresholds)
		UK [2]	AUS [4]	NZ [9]	US [11]
1980	Taking Liberties (US only) Date: November 1980 Label: Columbia	–	–	–	28
	Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers (UK only) Date: 7 November 1980 Label: F-Beat	–	–	–	–	Silver (UK) [13]
1985	The Man – The Best of Elvis Costello Date: April 1985 Label: Demon	8	152	31	–
	The Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions Label: Columbia	–	–	–	116	Platinum (US) [14]
1987	Out of Our Idiot (UK only) Date: 4 December 1987 Label: Demon	–	–	–	–	Silver (UK) [13]
1989	Girls Girls Girls Date: October 1989 Label: Demon/Columbia	67	–	–	–
1990	The Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions	–	–	–	–
1994	The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977–86 Date: 25 October 1994 Label: Rykodisc/Demon	57	124	–	–
1997	Extreme Honey Date: 21 October 1997 Label: Warner Bros.	–	–	–	–
1999	The Very Best of Elvis Costello Date: 21 September 1999 Label: PolyGram	4	168	–	–	Gold (UK) [13]
2002	Cruel Smile Date: 1 October 2002 Label: Universal Music Group	–	–	–	180
2007	The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years Date: 1 May 2007 Label: Hip-O	–	–	–	110
	Rock and Roll Music Date: 1 May 2007 Label: Hip-O	–	–	–	–
2010	Pomp & Pout: The Universal Years Date: 24 August 2010 Label: Hip-O	–	–	–	–
2012	In Motion Pictures Date: 19 November 2012 Label: Universal Music Group	–	–	–	–
2015	Unfaithful Music and Soundtrack Album Date: 23 October 2015 Label: Universal Music Group	96	–	–	–
2023	The Songs of Bacharach & Costello (with Burt Bacharach) Date: 3 March 2023 Label: Universal Music Group	–	–	–	–

Box sets

Year	Title
1993	2½ Years Date: 15 October 1993 Label: Rykodisc
2003	Singles, Volume 1(UK only) Date: 27 October 2003 Label: Edsel
	Singles, Volume 2(UK only) Date: 27 October 2003 Label: Edsel
	Singles, Volume 3(UK only) Date: 27 October 2003 Label: Edsel
2020	Armed Forces: Super Deluxe Edition (vinyl & digital only) Date: 6 November 2020 Label: Universal
2024	King of America & Other Realms(CD only) [18] Date: 1 November 2024 Label: Universal

EPs

Year	Title	Notes
2010	National Ransack	solo
2018	Regarde Maintenant	with the Imposters
2019	Purse	with the Imposters [19]
2022	The Resurrection of Rust	with the Imposters and Allan Mayes [20]

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 Imposter – (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) The Lupotones (Vocal refrain by Elvis Costello) – (LUP) Elvis Costello & The Roots – (EC+ROOTS)

Year	Title	Artist credit	Chart positions									Album
			UK [2]	AUS [4]	CAN	IRL [21]	NZ [9]	US Hot 100 [22]	US AAA [23]	US MSR [24]	US Alt [25]
1977	"Less Than Zero"	EC	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	My Aim Is True [C]
	"Alison"		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes"		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"Watching the Detectives"		15	35	60	–	–	– [D]	–	–	–
1978	"(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea"	EC+ATT	16	93	–	12	–	–	–	–	–	This Year's Model [E]
	"Pump It Up"		24	55	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"This Year's Girl" (US release only)		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"Radio Radio"		29	93	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1979	"Oliver's Army"		2	24	–	4	25	–	–	–	–	Armed Forces
	"Accidents Will Happen"		28	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1980	"I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down"		4	–	–	14	–	–	–	–	–	Get Happy!!
	"High Fidelity"		30	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"New Amsterdam"	EC [G]	36	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"Clubland"	EC+ATT	60	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Trust
1981	"From a Whisper to a Scream"		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	46	–
	"Watch Your Step" (US release only)		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"Good Year for the Roses"		6	34	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	Almost Blue
	"Sweet Dreams"		42	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1982	"I'm Your Toy" b/w "Cry, Cry, Cry" and "Wondering" (non-album tracks, EC+ATT)	EC+ATT+RPO	51	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"You Little Fool"	EC+ATT	52	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Imperial Bedroom
	"Man Out of Time"		58	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"From Head to Toe" b/w "The World of Broken Hearts" [28]		43	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	non-album single
	"Party Party"		48	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Party Party Soundtrack
1983	"Pills and Soap"	IMP	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Punch the Clock
	"Everyday I Write the Book"	EC+ATT	28	40	40	23	20	36	–	33	–
	"Let Them All Talk" b/w "The Flirting Kind" (non-album track)		59	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1984	"Peace in Our Time" b/w "Withered and Die" (non-album track)	IMP	48	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Goodbye Cruel World
	"I Wanna Be Loved" / "Turning the Town Red" (non-album track) [H]	EC+ATT	25	–	–	11	–	–	–	–	–
	"The Only Flame in Town"		71	–	–	–	–	56	–	44	–
1985	"Green Shirt"		68	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	The Man – The Best of Elvis Costello
	"The People's Limousine" b/w "They'll Never Take Her Love from Me"	TCB	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	non-album single
1986	"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"	TCS	33	81	–	22	–	–	–	38	–	King of America
	"Seven-Day Weekend" (with Jimmy Cliff)	JC+EC+ATT	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Club Paradise
	"Lovable" (US release only)	TCS	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	King of America
	"Tokyo Storm Warning" b/w "Black Sails in the Sunset"	EC+ATT	73	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Blood and Chocolate
	"I Want You"		79	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1987	"Blue Chair"	EC	94	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"A Town Called Big Nothing"	TMG	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	non-album single
1989	"Veronica"	EC	31	27	64	22	16	19	–	10	1	Spike
	Baby Plays Around EP		65	–	–	27	–	–	–	–	–
	"...This Town..."		–	123	–	–	–	–	–	41	4
1991	"The Other Side of Summer"		43	96	72	–	–	–	–	40	1	Mighty Like a Rose
	"So Like Candy"		–	129	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1993	"Jacksons, Monk & Rowe"	EC+BQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	73	The Juliet Letters
1994	"Sulky Girl"	EC [I]	22	162	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Brutal Youth
	"13 Steps Lead Down"		59	137	–	–	–	– [J]	–	–	6
	"You Tripped at Every Step"	EC+ATT	83	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"London's Brilliant Parade"		48	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1996	"It's Time"		58	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	All This Useless Beauty
	"Little Atoms"		95	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"The Other End of the Telescope"		96	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"Distorted Angel"		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"All This Useless Beauty"		96	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"You Bowed Down" (US release only)		–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	–
1999	"Toledo"	EC+BB	72	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Painted from Memory
	"She"	EC	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Notting Hill: Music from the Motion Picture
2002	"Tear Off Your Own Head (It's a Doll Revolution)"	EC [K]	58	–	–	–	–	–	11	–	–	When I Was Cruel
	"45"		92	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2004	"Monkey to Man"	EC+IMP	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	–	–	The Delivery Man
2005	"Brilliant Mistake"	EC [L]	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	King of America
2008	"No Hiding Place"	EC+IMP	–	–	–	–	–	–	26	–	–	Momofuku
	"Go Away"		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009	"Complicated Shadows"	EC	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	–	–	Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
2010	"A Slow Drag with Josephine" [M]	LUP	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	National Ransom
	"Jimmie Standing in the Rain" [N]		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2013	"Walk Us Uptown"	EC+ROOTS	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Wise Up Ghost
2017	"Bright Blue Times"	IMP	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	—
	"American Tune" b/w "Lucky Dog" [31]		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2018	"Someone Else's Heart"	EC	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"Unwanted Number"	EC+IMP	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	–	Look Now
	"Under Lime"		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2020	"No Flag"	EC	–	–	–	–	–	–	39	–	–	Hey Clockface
	"Hetty O'Hara Confidential"		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"We Are All Cowards Now"		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"Hey Clockface / How Can You Face Me?"		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"Newspaper Pane"		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2021	"Magnificent Hurt"	EC+IMP	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	–	100	The Boy Named If
2023	"New Wave" with Joker Out	EC	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Limited edition singles

Year	Title	Album	Release
1978	"Stranger in the House"	non-album single	packaged with the first 1,000 copies of This Year's Model [32]
	"Talking in the Dark"/"Wednesday Week" (with the Attractions)		Christmas single given out free at concerts [33]
1979	"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding"/"My Funny Valentine"		cover single given out free at a Valentine's Day concert [34]

Contributions

Studio

Year	Title	Album	Notes
1979	"Crawling to the U.S.A."	Americathon	solo
1984	"Walking on Thin Ice"	Every Man Has a Woman	solo Yoko Ono cover
	"Really Mystified"	Sometimes a Great Notion	solo Merseybeats cover
1986	"Seven-Day Weekend"	Club Paradise	with Jimmy Cliff and the Attractions
	"The End of the Rainbow"	It's a Live-In World	solo Richard Thompson cover
1987	"Big Nothing"	Straight to Hell	as The Macmanus Gang, later released as the single "A Town Called Big Nothing"
1991	"Ship of Fools"	Deadicated	solo Grateful Dead cover
	"Mischievous Ghost"	Bringing It All Back Home [35]	with Mary Coughlan
1992	"May 17th"	Ferrington Guitars	solo, some sources say 1993
1994	"Sally Sue Brown"	Adios Amigo: A Tribute to Arthur Alexander	solo Arthur Alexander cover
	"But Not for Me"	The Glory of Gershwin	solo George & Ira Gershwin cover
	"Full Force Gale"	No Prima Donna: The Songs of Van Morrison	solo Van Morrison cover
1996	"My Dark Life"	Songs in the Key of X	with Brian Eno
	"The Night Before Larry Was Stretched"	Common Ground	solo traditional cover
	"What Do I Do Now?"	Volume 17: Fifth Birthday Bumper Bonanza!	solo
1997	"Lost in the Stars"	September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill	Maxwell Anderson & Kurt Weill cover
1998	"Long Journey Home (Anthem)"	Long Journey Home	with Anúna
	"My Mood Swings"	The Big Lebowski	solo
1999	"She"	Notting Hill	solo Charles Aznavour cover
	"I'll Never Fall in Love Again"	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	Burt Bacharach & Hal David cover with Bacharach
	"Sleepless Nights"	Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parson	solo Gram Parsons cover
2000	"La Paloma"	La Paloma #4	Sebastián Iradier cover with Patric Catani & Sir John Henry
	"You Stole My Bell"	The Family Man	solo
2001	"Egypt"	Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe [36]	solo Nick Lowe cover
2004	"Let's Misbehave"	De-Lovely	solo Cole Porter cover
2006	"Little Boxes"	Weeds: Volume 2	solo Malvina Reynolds cover
2007	"Edith and the Kingpin"	A Tribute to Joni Mitchell	solo Joni Mitchell cover
	"Ring of Fire"	Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash	solo Johnny Cash cover
	"Beautiful"	House M.D.	solo Christina Aguilera cover
2010	"Kiss Like Your Kiss"	True Blood	with Lucinda Williams
2012	"License to Kill"	Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan	solo Bob Dylan cover
	"Quiet About It"	Quiet About It: A Tribute to Jesse Winchester [37]	solo Jesse Winchester cover
2013	"It Had to Be You"	Boardwalk Empire Volume 2: Music from the HBO Original Series Label: ABKCO	solo Isham Jones & Gus Kahn cover
2014	"I Surrender Dear"	Boardwalk Empire Volume 3: Music from the HBO Original Series Label: ABKCO	solo Harry Barris & Gordon Clifford cover
2016	"Back Stabbers"	Vinyl: The Essentials – Best of Season 1	solo O'Jays cover
2018	"I'll Still Love You"	Forever Words	solo song based on poetry by Johnny Cash
2021	"Maud Gone Wrong"	Songs from Quarantine: Vol. 1 [38]	solo
2022	"And Your Bird Can Sing/The Birds Will Be Singing"	For the Birds, Vol II [39]	solo cover medley

Live/alternate takes

Year	Title	Album	Notes
1977	"Less Than Zero"	A Bunch of Stiff Records (UK only) Date: 1 April 1977	alternate mix
1978	"I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" and "Miracle Man"	Live Stiffs Live Label: Stiff/Arista	live with the Attractions
1991	"Days"	Until the End of the World Label: Warner Bros.	later re-recorded for Kojak Variety
1994	"Deep Dark Truthful Mirror"	The Unplugged Collection, Volume One Label: Warner Bros.	live with the Rude 5
2006	"The Butcher's Boy" and "Ommie Wise Part 1 & 2 (What Lewis Did Last...)	The Harry Smith Project: Anthology of American Folk Music	live with various artists
2015	"Please Mr. Kennedy" and "Which Side Are You On?"	Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of "Inside Llewyn Davis"	live with various artists

Other work

Albums which credit Costello as a featured artist

Year	Title	Artist credit	Chart positions
			UK [2]	NLD [7]	NOR [8]	SWE [10]
1993	Now Ain't the Time for Your Tears Label: MCA	by Wendy James – all songs composed by Elvis Costello	43	–	–	–
1997	Terror & Magnificence Label: Argo	John Harle featuring Elvis Costello, Sarah Leonard, and Andy Sheppard	–	–	–
2005	Piano Jazz: McPartland/Costello Label: Jazz Alliance	Marian McPartland with guest Elvis Costello	–	–	–	–

Guest appearances

Year	Title	Track(s)
1989	A Black & White Night Live by Roy Orbison	various songs
1991	The Bells of Dublin by the Chieftains	"St. Stephen's Day Murders"
1992	Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingusby Hal Willner	"Weird Nightmare"
1998	The Rugrats Movie by various artists	"I Throw My Toys Around" by No Doubt
1999	The Sweetest Punch by Bill Frisell	various songs
2001	Songs from a History of Britainby John Harle
2008	Acid Tongue by Jenny Lewis	"Carpetbaggers"
2009	Sheffield Streetsby Amy Allison	"Monsters of the Id"
2022	Now & Foreverby Rita Wilson	"Fire" [40]

Remixes

Albums

Year	Title	Notes
2021	Spanish Model Released: 10 September 2021 Label: Rough Trade	Spanish-language remix [41]

EPs

Year	Title	Notes
2021	La Face de Pendule à Coucou Released: March 2021 Concord	French-language remix [42]

with the New Basement Tapes

Year	Title
2014	Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes Label: Island Records / Harvest Records

Notes

1. Some reissues of This Year's Model are credited to Elvis Costello and the Attractions.
2. Elvis Costello is the composer of this orchestral score for ballet. The work is performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas.
3. "Watching the Detectives" was a stand-alone single in the UK but was subsequently included on US versions of My Aim Is True.
4. "Watching the Detectives" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number eight on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. ^[26]
5. "(I Don't Want to Go To) Chelsea" was not included on US versions of This Year's Model. "Radio Radio" was a stand-alone single in the UK but was subsequently included on US versions of This Year's Model.
7. The Attractions played on almost all of Costello's singles from 1978 to 1984 (and sporadically 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.
8. "I Wanna Be Loved" / "Turning the Town Red" was tracked as a double A-side in the UK, with both sides charting. "Turning The Town Red" did not initially appear on Goodbye Cruel World, although it has been added as a bonus track to some CD reissues of this album.
9. Although the Attractions played on "Sulky Girl" and "13 Steps Lead Down", these tracks were credited simply to Elvis Costello.
10. "Watching the Detectives" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 15 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. ^{[29] [30]}
11. 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.
12. "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.
13. "A Slow Drag With Josephine" was issued as a limited edition 78 rpm 10" single. For this single release, the design conceit was to emulate the look of a real 1930s 78 rpm single, and accordingly the artist credit on the label was given as "The Lupotones (Vocal refrain by Elvis Costello)"
14. "Jimmie Standing in the Rain" was issued as a limited edition 78 rpm 10" single. For this single release, the design conceit was to emulate the look of a real 1930s 78 rpm single, and accordingly the artist credit on the label was given as "The Lupotones (Vocal refrain by Elvis Costello)"

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