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The Very Best Of Elvis Costello And The Attractions
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Track Listings
1 | Alison |
2 | Watching The Detectives |
3 | (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea |
4 | Pump It Up |
5 | Radio Radio |
6 | (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love... |
7 | Oliver's Army |
8 | Accidents Will Happen |
9 | I Can't Stand Up (For Falling Down) |
10 | New Amsterdam |
11 | High Fidelity |
12 | Clubland |
13 | Watch Your Step |
14 | Good Year For The Roses |
15 | Beyond Belief |
16 | Man Out Of Time |
17 | Everyday I Write The Book |
18 | Shipbuilding |
19 | Love Field |
20 | Brilliant Mistake |
21 | Indoor Fireworks |
22 | I Want You |
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22 track compilation from 1994 issued by Rykodisc.
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In 1977, Elvis burst out of the gate with a series of poison pen letters set to music. It was wordy, angry, and as catchy as a cold. And the man was prolific; he kept writing and recording like a man possessed, bringing forth a stream of great songs that showed not only an encyclopedic knowledge of music, but also a passion for it. From "Alison" to "Everyday I Write the Book" it was almost impossible to fault what he was doing, and even harder to select a few songs as better than the others. This best-of, which cuts off in 1986 with the Blood and Chocolate album, attempts that impossibility, and does a very good job of it. As good an introduction as there'll ever be. --Chris Nickson
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The Elvis Costello album to have if you can only have one! Jam-packed with twenty two of the master's best loved songs, hand-picked by the artist himself. Drawing from every album from MY AIM IS TRUE to BLOOD & CHOCOLATE, this set features not only the big hits that we couldn't possibly leave out ("Watching the Detectives," "Alison," "What's So Funny About Peace, Love & Understanding" and the rest); but essential, couldn't-be-missed album tracks like "I Want You," "Shipbuilding," and "Man Out of Time." The most thorough single-CD Costello collection available.
A staggering eleven albums were made in the first nine years of Costello's career, beginning with MY AIM IS TRUE in 1978. Most of them featured the Attractions, who've been widely hailed as one of the greatest rock combos ever, able to absorb pop, soul and country. Costello's songwriting made use of all that and more, starting with the stripped-down songwriting of MY AIM IS TRUE, moving through the blazing punk outbursts of THIS YEAR'S MODEL and ARMED FORCES, taking a soulful turn on GET HAPPY!!, hitting Nashville on ALMOST BLUE, exploring more ornate song structures on TRUST and IMPERIAL BEDROOM, then turning to glossier pop on PUNCH THE CLOCK and GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD, then revisiting country and punk with new perspectives on KING OF AMERICA, and BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE. In their new expanded Rykodisc editions, the albums in this extraordinary catalogue cumulatively contain nearly 200 tracks, of which Costello personally hand-picked 22 of the greatest for THE VERY BEST OF ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS.
Elvis & The Attractions (Steve Nieve on keyboards, Bruce Thomas on bass, and Pete Thomas on drums) reunited in 1994 for BRUTAL YOUTH, their first album together in eight years. On their summer tour of '94, the band played songs which may be found on THE VERY BEST OF..., re-acquainting audiences all over the world with such timeless classics as "Alison," "Watching the Detectives," "Radio, Radio," "Clubland" and "Everyday I Write the Book."
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 5.5 x 4.94 x 0.45 inches; 5.6 ounces
- Manufacturer : Rykodisc
- Date First Available : October 21, 2006
- Label : Rykodisc
- ASIN : B0000009VO
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #57,991 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #44 in British Punk
- #645 in New Wave
- #1,118 in Adult Alternative (CDs & Vinyl)
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Overall, this is an excellent collection, but I think it would helpful to maybe listen to a greater variety of Costello's songs on YouTube or the equivalent, and decide whether you want to buy this album, buy a more extensive collection, or download a variety of individual tracks to make your own Elvis Costello collection. The last option is what I myself ended up doing.
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Begann er Ende der 70er noch mit kurzen flotten New Wave und Post Punk Songs, so ließ er sich spätestens ab Beginn der 80er stilistisch nicht mehr festlegen. So gab es die schon angesprochenen New Wave Songs, Country (Album Almost Blue), R & B, Ska, Soul (Get Happy), Americana (King Of America), Klassik (The Juliet Letters), Cover-Versionen (Kojak Variety, wurde hier nicht berücksichtigt) oder seine Zusammenarbet mit Songwriterlegende Burt Bacharach (Painted From Memory). Die Musik war dabei von einfach bis filigran, sowie von künstlerisch bis künstlich, von rabiat bis überambitioniert. Nicht alle Experimente sind ihm gelungen, dafür wurde es aber auch selten langweilig.
Der Klang der Aufnahmen ist ziemlich unterschiedlich. Die Songs aus der Warner Zeit scheinen im Vergleich zu den Songs davor nicht remastered zu sein. Das Booklet gibt dazu leider keine Hinweise. Linernotes bietet das Booklet auch nicht, sondern nur Songwritercredits, Album-Hinweise, Angaben zu den Musikern etc.. Das Booklet gefällt sich lieber darin das Covermotiv in zig verschiedenen Farben ähnlich wie die Warhol Bilder von Marilyn Monroe zu variieren.
Etwas unglücklich ist für mich die Anordnung der Songs, die ein ziemlich wildes Durcheinander ist. Chronologisch geordnet hätte mir das besser gefallen. Aber egal, das kann heutzutage selbst erledigt werden. Mit 42 Songs und über 2,5 Stunden Spieldauer ist diese Doppel-CD eine qualitativ sehr hochwertige Zusammenstellung. Es gibt fast von jedem Studioalbum etwas zu hören. Musikalisch prallt fast schon zu viel auf einen ein.
Fazit:
Wenn man sich nicht durch alle Alben aus dieser Zeit hören und kaufen will (es sind eine ganze Menge, Costello veröffentlichte teilweise zwei Alben pro Jahr) ist The Very Best Of ein sehr guter Einstieg in das Werk dieses außergewöhnlichen Songwriters.