Elvis Costello discography

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Elvis Costello discography
Elvis Costello 15 June 2005.jpg
Costello performing at Glastonbury, 2005
Studio albums33
EPs2
Live albums6
Compilation albums17
Tribute albums6
Singles62
Box sets4

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.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

YearTitleArtist creditChart 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 Elvis Costello [upper-alpha 1] 1425321432
1978 This Year's Model
  • Released: 17 March 1978
  • Label: Radar/Columbia
Elvis Costello and the Attractions4261415111030
1979 Armed Forces
  • Released: 5 January 1979
  • Label: Radar/Columbia
29131291110
1980 Get Happy!!
  • Released: 15 February 1980
  • Label: F-Beat/Columbia
22534119611
1981 Trust
  • Released: 23 January 1981
  • Label: F-Beat/Columbia
9712817828
Almost Blue
  • Released: 23 October 1981
  • Label: F-Beat/Columbia
750211750
1982 Imperial Bedroom
  • Released: 2 July 1982
  • Label: F-Beat/Columbia
6494518373030
1983 Punch the Clock
  • Released: 5 August 1983
  • Label: F-Beat/Columbia
32227186924
1984 Goodbye Cruel World
  • Released: 18 June 1984
  • Label: F-Beat/Columbia
105352322035
1986 King of America
  • Released: 21 February 1986
  • Label: Demon/Columbia
The Costello Show featuring the Attractions and Confederates11674140211239
Blood & Chocolate
  • Released: 15 September 1986
  • Label: Demon/Columbia
Elvis Costello and the Attractions16192684
1989 Spike Elvis Costello5266119341332
1991 Mighty Like a Rose
  • Released: 14 May 1991
  • Label: Warner Bros.
537394711382355
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 183954125
1994 Brutal Youth
  • Released: 8 March 1994
  • Label: Warner Bros.
Elvis Costello23054481434
1995 Kojak Variety
  • Released: 9 May 1995
  • Label: Warner Bros.
21607423102
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 Attractions287783382453
1998 Painted from Memory Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach 3226693329381878
2001 For the Stars Anne Sofie von Otter Meets Elvis Costello67803325
2002 When I Was Cruel
  • Released: 23 April 2002
  • Label: Island
Elvis Costello17341534175620
2003 North
  • Released: 23 September 2003
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
442656252557
2004 The Delivery Man Elvis Costello and the Imposters7310065345840
Il Sogno
  • Released: 21 September 2004
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Elvis Costello [upper-alpha 2]
2006 The River in Reverse Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint 97613140103
2008 Momofuku
  • Released: 22 April 2008
  • Label: Lost Highway
Elvis Costello and the Imposters112983459
2009 Secret, Profane & Sugarcane Elvis Costello7182451388
2010 National Ransom
  • Released: 25 October 2010
  • Label: Hear Music/Universal
711163986
2013 Wise Up Ghost Elvis Costello and the Roots 284035261666
2018 Look Now [15]
  • Released: 12 October 2018
  • Label: Concord
Elvis Costello and the Imposters143540
[16]
4617
2020 Hey Clockface
  • Released: 30 October 2020
  • Label: Concord
Elvis Costello39
2022 The Boy Named If
  • Released: 14 January 2022
  • Label: EMI
Elvis Costello and the Imposters6200
[17]
2024 The Coward Brothers The Coward BrothersTo be released

Live albums

YearTitleChart 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
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

YearTitleChart position Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[2]
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
1985The Man – The Best of Elvis Costello
  • Date: April 1985
  • Label: Demon
831
The Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions
  • Label: Columbia
116
1987 Out of Our Idiot (UK only)
  • Date: 4 December 1987
  • Label: Demon
1989 Girls Girls Girls
  • Date: October 1989
  • Label: Demon/Columbia
67
1990The 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
1997 Extreme Honey
  • Date: 21 October 1997
  • Label: Warner Bros.
1999 The Very Best of Elvis Costello 4
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
2010Pomp & Pout: The Universal Years
  • Date: 24 August 2010
  • Label: Hip-O
2012In Motion Pictures
  • Date: 19 November 2012
  • Label: Universal Music Group
2015Unfaithful 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

YearTitle
1993 2½ Years
  • Date: 15 October 1993
  • Label: Rykodisc
2003Singles, 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
2020Armed Forces: Super Deluxe Edition (vinyl & digital only)
  • Date: 6 November 2020
  • Label: Universal
2024King of America & Other Realms(CD only) [18]
  • Date: 1 November 2024
  • Label: Universal

EPs

YearTitleNotes
2010 National Ransack solo
2018 Regarde Maintenant with the Imposters
2019Pursewith 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)
YearTitleArtist creditChart positionsAlbum
UK
[2]
AUS
[4] [21]
CAN IRL
[22]
NZ
[9]
US Hot 100
[23]
US
AAA

[24]
US MSR
[25]
US Alt
[26]
1977"Less Than Zero"ECMy Aim Is True [upper-alpha 3]
"Alison"
"(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes"
"Watching the Detectives"153560
[upper-alpha 4]
1978"(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea"EC+ATT169312This Year's Model [upper-alpha 5]
"Pump It Up"2455
"This Year's Girl" (US release only)
"Radio Radio"2993
1979"Oliver's Army"224425Armed Forces
"Accidents Will Happen"28
1980"I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down"414Get Happy!!
"High Fidelity"30
"New Amsterdam"EC [upper-alpha 7] 36
"Clubland"EC+ATT60Trust
1981"From a Whisper to a Scream"46
"Watch Your Step" (US release only)
"Good Year for the Roses"6345Almost Blue
"Sweet Dreams"42
1982"I'm Your Toy" b/w "Cry, Cry, Cry" and "Wondering" (non-album tracks, EC+ATT)EC+ATT+RPO51
"You Little Fool"EC+ATT52Imperial Bedroom
"Man Out of Time"58
"From Head to Toe" b/w "The World of Broken Hearts" [29] 43non-album single
"Party Party"48 Party Party Soundtrack
1983"Pills and Soap"IMP16Punch the Clock
"Everyday I Write the Book"EC+ATT28404023203633
"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)IMP48Goodbye Cruel World
"I Wanna Be Loved" / "Turning the Town Red" (non-album track) [upper-alpha 8] EC+ATT2511
"The Only Flame in Town"715644
1985"Green Shirt"68The Man – The Best of Elvis Costello
"The People's Limousine" b/w "They'll Never Take Her Love from Me"TCBnon-album single
1986"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"TCS33812238King of America
"Seven-Day Weekend" (with Jimmy Cliff)JC+EC+ATT Club Paradise
"Lovable" (US release only)TCSKing of America
"Tokyo Storm Warning" b/w "Black Sails in the Sunset"EC+ATT73Blood and Chocolate
"I Want You"79
1987"Blue Chair"EC94
"A Town Called Big Nothing"TMGnon-album single
1989"Veronica"EC312764221619101Spike
Baby Plays Around EP6527
"...This Town..."123414
1991"The Other Side of Summer"439672401Mighty Like a Rose
"So Like Candy"129
1993"Jacksons, Monk & Rowe"EC+BQ73The Juliet Letters
1994"Sulky Girl"EC [upper-alpha 9] 22Brutal Youth
"13 Steps Lead Down"59
[upper-alpha 10]
6
"You Tripped at Every Step"EC+ATT83
"London's Brilliant Parade"48
1996"It's Time"58All 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+BB72Painted from Memory
"She"EC19 Notting Hill: Music from the Motion Picture
2002"Tear Off Your Own Head (It's a Doll Revolution)"EC [upper-alpha 11] 5811 When I Was Cruel
"45"92
2004"Monkey to Man"EC+IMP10The Delivery Man
2005"Brilliant Mistake"EC [upper-alpha 12] King of America
2008"No Hiding Place"EC+IMP26Momofuku
"Go Away"
2009"Complicated Shadows"EC15Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
2010"A Slow Drag with Josephine" [upper-alpha 13] LUP National Ransom
"Jimmie Standing in the Rain" [upper-alpha 14]
2013"Walk Us Uptown"EC+ROOTS Wise Up Ghost
2017"Bright Blue Times"IMP
"American Tune" b/w "Lucky Dog" [32]
2018"Someone Else's Heart"EC
"Unwanted Number"EC+IMP8 Look Now
"Under Lime"
2020"No Flag"EC39 Hey Clockface
"Hetty O'Hara Confidential"
"We Are All Cowards Now"
"Hey Clockface / How Can You Face Me?"
"Newspaper Pane"
2021"Magnificent Hurt"EC+IMP10100The Boy Named If
2023"New Wave"
with Joker Out
EC

Limited edition singles

YearTitleAlbumRelease
1978"Stranger in the House"non-album singlepackaged with the first 1,000 copies of This Year's Model [33]
"Talking in the Dark"/"Wednesday Week" (with the Attractions)Christmas single given out free at concerts [34]
1979"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding"/"My Funny Valentine"cover single given out free at a Valentine's Day concert [35]

Contributions

Studio

YearTitleAlbumNotes
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 Notionsolo Merseybeats cover
1986"Seven-Day Weekend" Club Paradise with Jimmy Cliff and the Attractions
"The End of the Rainbow"It's a Live-In Worldsolo 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 [36] with Mary Coughlan
1992"May 17th"Ferrington Guitarssolo, some sources say 1993
1994"Sally Sue Brown"Adios Amigo: A Tribute to Arthur Alexandersolo 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 Groundsolo 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 Homewith 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 Mansolo
2001"Egypt"Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe [37] 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 Bloodwith 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 [38] solo Jesse Winchester cover
2013"It Had to Be You" Boardwalk Empire Volume 2: Music from the HBO Original Series solo Isham Jones & Gus Kahn cover
2014"I Surrender Dear" Boardwalk Empire Volume 3: Music from the HBO Original Series solo Harry Barris & Gordon Clifford cover
2016"Back Stabbers"Vinyl: The Essentials – Best of Season 1solo 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 [39] solo
2022"And Your Bird Can Sing/The Birds Will Be Singing"For the Birds, Vol II [40] solo cover medley

Live/alternate takes

YearTitleAlbumNotes
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 live with the Attractions
1991"Days" Until the End of the World later re-recorded for Kojak Variety
1994"Deep Dark Truthful Mirror" The Unplugged Collection, Volume One 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 Musiclive 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

YearTitleArtist creditChart positions
UK
[2]
NLD
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[10]
1993 Now Ain't the Time for Your Tears by Wendy James – all songs composed by Elvis Costello43
1997 Terror & Magnificence 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

YearTitleTrack(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"
1992Weird 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
2001Songs from a History of Britainby John Harle
2008 Acid Tongue by Jenny Lewis "Carpetbaggers"
2009Sheffield Streetsby Amy Allison "Monsters of the Id"
2022Now & Foreverby Rita Wilson "Fire" [41]

Remixes

Albums

YearTitleNotes
2021 Spanish Model Spanish-language remix [42]

EPs

YearTitleNotes
2021La Face de Pendule à CoucouFrench-language remix [43]

with the New Basement Tapes

YearTitle
2014 Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes

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. [27]
  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.
  6. "Accidents Will Happen" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. [28]
  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. [30] [31]
  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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