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Elvis Costello

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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 rock and New Wave musical genres. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader than that of most popular songs, and his music has drawn on many diverse genres; critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "Costello, the pop encyclopedia, can reinvent the past in his own image".

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Discography

  • North
  • Stiffed Again
  • King of America
  • My Aim Is True 1977-07-22
  • My Aim Is True 1978-03
  • This Year's Model 1978-03-17
  • This Year's Model 1978-05
  • King of America 1986-02-21
  • Out of Our Idiot 1987-12-04
  • Spike 1989
  • Mighty Like a Rose 1991-05-10
  • My Aim Is True 1993-10-15
  • This Year's Model 1993-10-19
  • Brutal Youth 1994
  • Kojak Variety 1995-05-09
  • My Aim Is True 2001-08-11
  • Spike (bonus disc) 2001-08-21
  • My Aim Is True (bonus disc) 2001-08-21
  • This Year's Model 2002-02-19
  • This Year's Model (bonus disc) 2002-02-19
  • When I Was Cruel 2002-04-23
  • When I Was Cruel 2002-09-23
  • When I Was Cruel (bonus disc) 2002-09-23
  • Mighty Like a Rose (bonus disc) 2002-11-19
  • North 2003-09-10
  • North 2003-09-15
  • North 2003-09-23
  • Il Sogno 2004-09-20
  • King of America (bonus disc) 2005-04-26
  • My Aim Is True 2007-10-01
  • This Year's Model 2008-03-04
  • Secret, Profane and Sugarcane 2009-06-02
  • Secret, Profane and Sugarcane 2009-06-02

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SongDown Among The Wine And Spirits
ArtistElvis Costello
AlbumSecret, Profane & Sugarcane
LabelHear Music/Universal
Year2009
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SongRiot Act
ArtistElvis Costello
AlbumGet Happy
LabelDemon Records
Year1980
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SongNight Rally
ArtistElvis Costello
AlbumThis Year's Model
LabelDemon
Year1978
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SongOliver's Army
ArtistElvis Costello
AlbumArmed Forces
LabelDemon/Shock
Year1979
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SongAlmost Blue
ArtistElvis Costello
AlbumImperial Bedroom
LabelDemon Records
Year1982
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Comments

On Feb 18, 2010. 1:00pm
Crammond said

(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.

On Oct 14, 2009. 12:45pm
Jackie said

Saw him on Sunday night in Hobart, Tasmania. AMAZING!!!! The man is brilliant!

On Aug 13, 2009. 1:06am
mick said

just saw elvis on letterman play sulfur to sugarcane. really, really, really can't wait for this tour!

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