The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years

Greatest hits album by Elvis Costello

Released

1 May 2007

Recorded

1977–1986

Genre

Rock

Length

1:18:36

Label

Hip-O Records (US)
UM³ (International)

Elvis Costello chronology

The River in Reverse
(2006)

The Best of Elvis Costello: The First Ten Years
(2007)

Rock And Roll Music
(2007)

The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years is a compilation album by Elvis Costello released in 2007,^[1] consisting of songs taken from the early years of his discography, compiled by Costello himself.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Elvis Costello, except where noted.

No.	Title	Originally from	Length
1.	"(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes"	My Aim Is True	2:49
2.	"Alison"	My Aim Is True	3:24
3.	"Watching The Detectives (Single Version)"	My Aim Is True	3:47
4.	"(I Don't Wanna Go To) Chelsea"	This Year's Model	3:11
5.	"Pump It Up"	This Year's Model	3:18
6.	"Radio, Radio"	This Year's Model	3:07
7.	"Accidents Will Happen"	Armed Forces	3:01
8.	"Oliver's Army"	Armed Forces	3:00
9.	"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding (Nick Lowe)"	Armed Forces	3:33
10.	"I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (Homer Banks/Allen Jones)"	Get Happy!!	2:08
11.	"High Fidelity"	Get Happy!!	2:29
12.	"Clubland"	Trust	3:45
13.	"New Lace Sleeves"	Trust	3:48
14.	"Good Year for the Roses (Jerry Chesnut)"	Almost Blue	3:09
15.	"Beyond Belief"	Imperial Bedroom	2:35
16.	"Man Out of Time"	Imperial Bedroom	5:29
17.	"Almost Blue"	Imperial Bedroom	2:49
18.	"Everyday I Write the Book"	Punch the Clock	3:55
19.	"Shipbuilding (Elvis Costello/Clive Langer)"	Punch the Clock	4:53
20.	"Brilliant Mistake"	King of America	3:45
21.	"Indoor Fireworks"	King of America	4:10
22.	"I Want You"	Blood & Chocolate	6:42

Elvis Costello

The Imposters: Steve Nieve Pete Thomas Davey Faragher The Attractions: Steve Nieve Pete Thomas Bruce Thomas

Studio albums	My Aim Is True This Year's Model Armed Forces Get Happy!! Trust Almost Blue Imperial Bedroom Punch the Clock Goodbye Cruel World King of America Blood & Chocolate Spike Mighty Like a Rose Brutal Youth Kojak Variety All This Useless Beauty When I Was Cruel North The Delivery Man Il Sogno Momofuku Secret, Profane & Sugarcane National Ransom

Live albums	Live at the El Mocambo Deep Dead Blue with Bill Frisell Costello & Nieve My Flame Burns Blue with Metropole Orkest Live at Hollywood High

Collaborations	The Juliet Letters with The Brodsky Quartet Painted from Memory with Burt Bacharach Terror and Magnificence with John Harle For the Stars with Anne Sofie von Otter Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland The River in Reverse with Allen Toussaint Wise Up Ghost with The Roots Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes

Singles	"Less Than Zero" "Alison" "Red Shoes" "Watching the Detectives" "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" "Pump It Up" "Radio Radio" "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" "Oliver's Army" "Accidents Will Happen" "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" "High Fidelity" "New Amsterdam" "Clubland" "From a Whisper to a Scream" "Sweet Dreams" "You Little Fool" "Man Out of Time" "Pills and Soap" (as The Imposter) "Everyday I Write the Book" "Let Them All Talk" "Peace in Our Time" (as The Imposter) "I Wanna Be Loved" / "Turning the Town Red" "The Only Flame in Town" "The People's Limousine" (as The Coward Brothers) "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" "Seven-Day Weekend" with Jimmy Cliff "Lovable" "Tokyo Storm Warning" "I Want You" "Blue Chair" "A Town Called Big Nothing" (as The MacManus Gang) "Veronica" "Baby Plays Around" "...This Town..." "The Other Side of Summer" "So Like Candy" "Jacksons, Monk & Rowe" with The Brodsky Quartet "Sulky Girl" "13 Steps Lead Down" "You Tripped at Every Step" "London's Brilliant Parade" "It's Time" "Little Atoms" "The Other End of the Telescope" "Distorted Angel" "All This Useless Beauty" "You Bowed Down" "Toledo" with Burt Bacharach "She" "Tear Off Your Own Head (It's a Doll Revolution)" "45" "Still" "Monkey to Man" "She's Pulling Out the Pin" "Brilliant Mistake" "Who Are These People?" with Burt Bacharach "Bedlam" "Complicated Shadows" "My All Time Doll"

Other songs	"Girls Talk" "Lipstick Vogue" "Almost Blue" "Shipbuilding"

Classical works	Il Sogno performed by the London Symphony Orchestra

Scores	G.B.H. with Richard Harvey Jake's Progress with Richard Harvey

Collaborations	Terror + Magnificence by John Harle The Sweetest Punch by Bill Frisell Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland

Compilations	Taking Liberties Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers The Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions The Man Out of Our Idiot Girls Girls Girls 2½ Years The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977–86 Extreme Honey The Very Best of Elvis Costello Cruel Smile Rock and Roll Music The Best of Elvis Costello: The First Ten Years Pomp and Pout In Motion Pictures Unfaithful Music and Soundtrack album

Related articles	Discography Ghost Brothers of Darkland County

References

↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/qj54

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