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Elvis Costello & the Attractions - The Best of Elvis Costello & the Attractions Audio CD

A fair review of the Elvis Costello & the Attractions "The Best of Elvis Costello & the Attractions" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Elvis Costello & the Attractions reviews here, or go back to the Elvis Costello & the Attractions tabs.

Band: Elvis Costello & the Attractions Title: The Best of Elvis Costello & the Attractions Rating: Release Date: 1990-10-25 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Alison 2: Watching the Detectives 3: (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? 4: Oliver's Army 5: (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes - Elvis Costello & the Attractions 6: Pump It Up 7: Accidents Will Happen 8: Radio, Radio 9: I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down 10: Good Year for the Roses - Elvis Costello & the Attractions 11: Almost Blue 12: Beyond Belief 13: Man out of Time - Elvis Costello & the Attractions 14: Clubland 15: Watch Your Step 16: Shipbuilding 17: I Wanna Be Loved 18: Everyday I Write the Book 19: Only Flame in Town

All The Greatest Costello Hits On One Release
This CD was definitely compiled for Generation X. If you're looking for Elvis Costello's essential hits, including his releases from the early 80s, this is a great CD. There is a good even mix of 70s and early 80s hits. Buying this CD at a used price doesn't hurt either.

Superior to all other compilations for one reason
And it's a song that you want on a greatest hits comp because you sure don't want to buy the crappy album it originally appeared on (_Goodbye Cruel World_). This is the only best-of compilation (AFAIK) that includes "The Only Flame in Town", which evidently Elvis never liked but is in fact one of his best tunes.

This CD's only shortcoming is the lack of "High Fidelity", from the _Get Happy!_ album. I would also have included "Less Than Zero" from the debut, but I can live without it. Of course to be complete, a best-of comp would have to include the entirety of the albums _This Year's Model_ and _Imperial Bedroom_, and most of _Armed Forces_ and _Trust_.

Later compilations are also weighted down by too much of his later work, which IMO is just not entertaining, so this the fact that this comp ends so early is actually another strength.

The original and best compilation, although incomplete
This was the very first CD I ever bought (May 1986) and I still play it. I had to write something because the other review does not do this disc justice at all. It was one of the first compilations done specifically for CD (65 minutes was a lot of music in those days) and although I have another Costello collection that is more complete, I like this disc the best. All 19 songs are wonderful and the sequencing is better than in the other compilations I've seen. This is apparently out of print, but if you find a used copy, it's worth a few bucks for sure.

Good, but....
That's 42 tracks and 2 cd's of his best stuff. This is actually a decent hits disc, but the only collection that's in print, and not an import, is "The Very Best Of Elvis Costello". Highly recommended.

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