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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