Dig Music Home > Just Played > Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Artist Note
Official EC Website or this detailed EC Fan Website
Biography
Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus, 25 August 1954) is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader than that of most popular songs. His music has drawn on many diverse genres; one critic described him as a "pop encyclopedia", able to "reinvent the past in his own image".
More about Elvis Costello at Wikipedia
This entry is automatically sourced from Wikipedia 
, the user-contributed encyclopedia.
It may not have been reviewed by professional editors and is
licensed under CC-BY-SA . Visit
Elvis Costello on Wikipedia to correct or update this entry.
Any changes made to the Wikipedia article will not be
immediately available here. The ABC is not responsible for the
content of external sites.
Discography
- King of America, 1995
- My Aim Is True, 1988
- The Sweetest Punch
- Secret, Profane and Sugarcane, 2009
- For the Stars, 2001
- North, 2003
- Spike, 1989
- The Juliet Letters (bonus disc), 2006
- Stiffed Again
- The River in Reverse, 2006
- Brutal Youth, 2002
- The Juliet Letters, 2006
- 1996-05-20: Paradise Theater, Boston, MA, USA (disc 1), 1996
- When I Was Cruel (bonus disc), 2003
- Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz With Guest Elvis Costello, 2005
- Mighty Like a Rose, 1991
- National Ransom, 2010
- Sweetwater
- Kojak Variety, 1995
- This Year’s Model, 1986
- Il Sogno, 2004
- Painted From Memory, 1998
- Live On Broadway, 1986-10-22, 1986
- When I Was Cruel, 2002
- 2003-10-01: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, Tokyo, Japan
- 1996-05-15: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA, 1996
- Mighty Like a Rose (bonus disc), 2002
- Painted From Memory (disc 2)
This entry is automatically sourced from Musicbrainz , the public domain music
database. Visit the
Elvis Costello page on Musicbrainz to correct or update this entry.
Any changes made to the article will not be immediately
available here. The ABC is not responsible for the content of
external sites.
Recently Played on Dig Music.
| Song | Everyday I Write The Book |
| Artist | Elvis Costello |
| Album | Punch The Clock |
| Label | Imp Records/Shock |
| Year | 1983 |
| Song | My All Time Doll |
| Artist | Elvis Costello |
| Album | Secret, Profane & Sugarcane |
| Label | Hear Music/Universal |
| Year | 2009 |
| Song | Broken Promise Land |
| Artist | Elvis Costello |
| Album | The River In Reverse |
| Label | Verve Forecast/UMA |
| Year | 2006 |
| Song | The Sweetest Punch |
| Artist | Elvis Costello |
| Album | Painted From Memory |
| Label | Mercury/UMA |
| Year | 1998 |
| Song | (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understa |
| Artist | Elvis Costello |
| Album | Armed Forces |
| Label | Demon/Shock |
| Year | 1979 |
Media
Our default Flash video is not available on your device. Please use the link(s) 
below to open the video in your own player.
- YouTube Elvis Costello Pump it up 3:17
- YouTube Elvis Costello She 3:09
- YouTube Elvis Costello Alison 2:58
- YouTube Accidents Will Happen High Quality Elvis Costello 3:00
- YouTube Elvis Costello Whats So Funny Bout Peace Love and Understanding 3:19
More Elvis Costello on YouTube
Non-ABC videos are automatically sourced from YouTube , the user-contributed video sharing site. The ABC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Non-ABC images are automatically sourced from Discogs , a community-built database of music information. The ABC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Links
Artist Website
On the ABC
- Spectacle: Elvis Costello With... - She And Him, Jenny Lewis ...
- Elvis Costello headlining 'best' Sydney Festival. 03/11/2005 ...
- Spectacle: Elvis Costello With... - Renee Fleming / Rufus ...
- DIG Internet Radio - Elvis Costello: Interview And Music
- Elvis Costello in Hobart - ABC Hobart - Australian ...
- ABC Events - Elvis Costello
- DIG Internet Radio - Interview: Elvis Costello
- The Planet - 18 May 2001 - Friday 18th May 2001 {Anne Sofie ...
- 612 listeners Ross and Robyn's new friend - Elvis Costello ...
- RN Garrison Keillor - 19 July 2009 - GKRS with Elvis Costello
Elsewhere on the Web
- Elvis Costello
- Elvis Costello : Rhapsody
- ELVIS COSTELLO (music artist) - music, MP3s, songs, lyrics ...
Links suggested here are generated automatically. The ABC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Page created on Mar 29, 2009. 5:52am and updated on Dec 29, 2011. 3:57am.
Recommendations
Related Stories
Elvis Costello is urging fans NOT to buy his latest box set and is instead suggesting a cheaper alternative.
Elvis Costello has announced that his current album, National Ransom, will be his last.
In addition to his East and West Coast Bluesfest appearances, Elvis has announced a couple of sideshows during his upcoming trip Down Under.
If you liked our recent Elvis Costello feature album 'National Ransom', you’ll be pleased to hear that Elvis has just released a new 4 track EP.
Comments
Elvis Costello is king!
Have that song on th CD he did with Burt Bacharach - Painted From Memory- truly amazing CD but that was a truly amazing version.
(Accidents Will Happen) The forgotten single from 'Armed Forces' (79) (the other, of course, was 'Oliver's Army', and frankly it's a better song but that's not dissing AWH much)
Costello is one of those people who just keeps surprising. Just when you think..... WHAM! And I don't doubt he could do it again. All the same, I'm a bit different from those who chant 'This Year's Model' (78) and 'Trust' (81)'. For my money his best two were 'King of America' and 'Blood and Chocolate' (both released in 86). After that he stopped sounding like a lead singer of a band, and started sunding like a singer with a bunch of session musos. Not that that this all bad. The material was almost uniformly terrific, especicially the tragic-glorious 'Veronica' from 'Spike' (89) (I DEFY you to get it out of your head), 'The Other Side of Summer' from 'Mighty Like a Rose (91), and that's just scratching the surface. Then after his Chamber music excursion with the Brodsky Quartet he bounced back with the sublime 'Brutal Youth' (94), in between flirting with Burt Bacarach, Robby the robot and God knows who else. Now he interviews Bill Clinton in between tossing off cello concertos.
Let's be honest. Paul McCartney said he was the only songwriter he'd met who was 'as good as John'. If you want to argue against that, you'll need to do some research.
Saw him on Sunday night in Hobart, Tasmania. AMAZING!!!! The man is brilliant!
just saw elvis on letterman play sulfur to sugarcane. really, really, really can't wait for this tour!
Post new comment