Elvis Costello
b. Declan Patrick McManus, August 25, 1954


Short History


Albums Released

  • My Aim Is True (with the Attractions)   1977
  • This Year's Model (with the Attractions)   1978
  • Armed Forces (with the Attractions)   1979
  • Get Happy!! (with the Attractions)   1980
  • Taking Liberties   1980
  • Almost Blue   1981
  • Trust   1981
  • Imperial Bedroom   1982
  • Punch the Clock (with the Attractions)   1983
  • Goodbye Cruel World (with the Attractions)   1984
  • The Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions   1985
  • Blood and Chocolate (with the Attractions)   1986
  • King of America   1986
  • Out of Our Idiot   1987
  • Girls, Girls, Girls   1989
  • Spike   1989
  • Mighty Like a Rose   1991
  • The Juliet Letters   1993
  • 2 1/2 Years   1993
  • Brutal Youth   1994
  • The Very Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions, 1977-86   1994
  • Kojak Variety   1995
  • All This Useless Beauty   1996
  • Extreme Honey: The Very Best of the Warner Bros. Years   1997
  • Painted from Memory (with Burt Bacharach)   1998


U.S. Chart Success

Singles

  • "A Good Year for the Roses" - #50
  • "Everyday I Write the Book" - #36
  • "The Only Flame in Town" - #56
  • "Veronica" - #19

Albums

  • My Aim Is True - #32
  • This Year's Model - #30
  • Armed Forces - #10
  • Get Happy! - #11
  • Taking Liberties - #28
  • Trust - #28
  • Imperial Bedroom - #30
  • Punch the Clock - #24
  • Goodbye Cruel World - #35
  • The Best of Elvis Costello & the Attractions - #116
  • King of America - #39
  • Blood & Chocolate - #84
  • Spike - #32
  • Mighty Like a Rose - #55
  • Brutal Youth - #34
  • Kojak Variety - #102
  • All This Useless Beauty - #53
  • Painted From Memory - #78

Essential Listening


Offshoots


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