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Six years after the commencement of a major Elvis Costello reissue campaign at Rhino, his catalog transferred over to Universal, which had been releasing new Elvis music since 1998's Painted from Memory. Like every one of his previous two big catalog shifts -- a campaign with Rykodisc/Demon in 1994, a jump to Rhino in 2001 -- the 2007 series is preceded by a new hits collection, this time The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years, a 22-track collection of highlights that's pretty much exactly what it says it is. It is quite similar to the last previous single-disc collection, the 1994 Ryko/Demon set The Very Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions, which also ran 22 tracks, 19 of which also appear on The First 10 Years. The three omissions -- "Watch Your Step," "New Amsterdam," and "Love Field" -- will not be missed by anybody looking for a new Costello comp in 2007, particularly because all three substitutions are better choices for the casual man: "New Lace Sleeves," "Almost Blue," and "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes," which bizarrely wasn't on the 1994 set. With these three songs rubbing shoulders with "Alison," "Watching the Detectives," "Pump It Up," "Oliver's Army," "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding," and all the other usual suspects, The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years winds up being the best single-disc summary and introduction to Costello's prime years.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Nick Lowe, Producer - John Mcfee, Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - ELVIS COSTELLO, Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Sean Hopper, Organ, Piano, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bazza, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Ciambotti, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Shine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1977 Elvis Costello, under exclusive license to Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Lowe, Producer - John Mcfee, Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - ELVIS COSTELLO, Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Sean Hopper, Organ, Piano, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bazza, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Ciambotti, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Shine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1977 Elvis Costello, under exclusive license to Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Lowe, Producer - Steve Nieve, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - ELVIS COSTELLO, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Goulding, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Bodnar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bazza, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1977 Elvis Costello, under exclusive license to Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Lowe, Producer - Dan Hersch, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pete Thomas, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nieve, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - ELVIS COSTELLO, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roger Bechirian, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Thomas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Elvis Costello & The Attractions, MainArtist
℗ 1978 Elvis Costello, under exclusive license to Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Lowe, Producer - Dan Hersch, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pete Thomas, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nieve, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - ELVIS COSTELLO, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roger Bechirian, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Thomas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Elvis Costello & The Attractions, MainArtist
℗ 1978 Elvis Costello, under exclusive license to Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Lowe, Producer - Pete Thomas, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nieve, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - ELVIS COSTELLO, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roger Bechirian, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Thomas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Elvis Costello & The Attractions, MainArtist
℗ 1978 Elvis Costello, under exclusive license to Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Lowe, Producer - Pete Thomas, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nieve, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - ELVIS COSTELLO, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roger Bechirian, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Thomas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Elvis Costello & The Attractions, MainArtist
℗ 1979 Elvis Costello
Nick Lowe, Producer - Pete Thomas, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nieve, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - ELVIS COSTELLO, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roger Bechirian, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Thomas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Elvis Costello & The Attractions, MainArtist
℗ 1979 Elvis Costello
Nick Lowe, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Pete Thomas, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nieve, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - ELVIS COSTELLO, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Bechirian, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Thomas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Elvis Costello & The Attractions, MainArtist
℗ 1979 Elvis Costello
Nick Lowe, Producer - Allen Alvoid Jones Jr., ComposerLyricist - Roger Bechirian, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Homer Banks, ComposerLyricist - Elvis Costello & The Attractions, MainArtist
℗ 1980 Elvis Costello Ltd.
Nick Lowe, Producer - ELVIS COSTELLO, ComposerLyricist - Roger Bechirian, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Elvis Costello & The Attractions, MainArtist
℗ 1980 Elvis Costello
Nick Lowe, Producer - Pete Thomas, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nieve, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - ELVIS COSTELLO, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roger Bechirian, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Thomas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Elvis Costello & The Attractions, MainArtist - Neil King, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1981 Elvis Costello
Nick Lowe, Producer - Dan Hersch, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pete Thomas, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nieve, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - ELVIS COSTELLO, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roger Bechirian, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Thomas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Elvis Costello & The Attractions, MainArtist - Neil King, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1981 Elvis Costello
Jerry Chesnut, ComposerLyricist - Pete Thomas, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - BILLY SHERRILL, Producer - Steve Nieve, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - ELVIS COSTELLO, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - RON "SNAKE" REYNOLDS, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Thomas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Elvis Costello & The Attractions, MainArtist - Eddy Hudson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 Elvis Costello
Pete Thomas, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Geoff Emerick, Producer - Steve Nieve, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - ELVIS COSTELLO, Producer, Guitar, Associate Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bruce Thomas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Jacobs, Producer, Assistant Producer - Elvis Costello & The Attractions, MainArtist
℗ 1982 Elvis Costello
Pete Thomas, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Geoff Emerick, Producer - Steve Nieve, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - ELVIS COSTELLO, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Associate Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce Thomas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Jacobs, Producer, Assistant Producer - Elvis Costello & The Attractions, MainArtist
℗ 1982 Elvis Costello Ltd.
Pete Thomas, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Geoff Emerick, Producer - Steve Nieve, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - ELVIS COSTELLO, Producer, Guitar, Associate Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bruce Thomas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Jacobs, Producer, Assistant Producer - Elvis Costello & The Attractions, MainArtist
℗ 1982 Elvis Costello
David Bedford, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - CLIVE LANGER, Producer - Pete Thomas, Cymbals, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Claudia Fontaine, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Winstanley, Producer - Jeff Blythe, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Paterson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nieve, Organ, Hammond Organ, Piano, Synclavier, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - ELVIS COSTELLO, Guitar, Vocals, Synclavier, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - COLIN FAIRLEY, Producer, Assistant Producer - Gavin Greenaway, Producer, Assistant Producer - Bruce Thomas, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Caron Wheeler, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Morris Pert, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Russell, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Elvis Costello & The Attractions, MainArtist - Paul Speare, Flute, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Plews, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1983 Elvis Costello
David Bedford, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - CLIVE LANGER, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Pete Thomas, Cymbals, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Claudia Fontaine, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chet Baker, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Winstanley, Producer - Jeff Blythe, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Paterson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nieve, Organ, Hammond Organ, Piano, Synclavier, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - ELVIS COSTELLO, Guitar, Vocals, Synclavier, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - COLIN FAIRLEY, Producer, Assistant Producer - Gavin Greenaway, Producer, Assistant Producer - Bruce Thomas, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Caron Wheeler, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Morris Pert, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Russell, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Elvis Costello & The Attractions, MainArtist - Paul Speare, Flute, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Plews, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Wistanley, Producer
℗ 1983 Elvis Costello
T-Bone Wolk, Accordion, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Declan MacManus, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Scheff, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MITCHELL FROOM, Harpsichord, Hammond Organ, AssociatedPerformer - ELVIS COSTELLO, MainArtist - David Miner, Producer, Associate Producer - Mickey Curry, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - William Jackson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Dominguez Alhert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - J. Henry Burnett, Producer - Larry Kalman Hirsch, Producer - The Little Hand Of Concrete, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Elvis Costello
T-Bone Burnett, Producer - Declan MacManus, Producer - James Burton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Scheff, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MITCHELL FROOM, Hammond Organ, AssociatedPerformer - ELVIS COSTELLO, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Larry Hirsch, Producer - David Miner, Producer, Associate Producer - William Jackson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Dominguez Alhert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - J. Henry Burnett, Producer - Larry Kalman Hirsch, Producer - L.H.C., Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Elvis Costello
Nick Lowe, Producer - ELVIS COSTELLO, ComposerLyricist - COLIN FAIRLEY, Producer - Elvis Costello & The Attractions, MainArtist
℗ 1986 Elvis Costello
Album review
Six years after the commencement of a major Elvis Costello reissue campaign at Rhino, his catalog transferred over to Universal, which had been releasing new Elvis music since 1998's Painted from Memory. Like every one of his previous two big catalog shifts -- a campaign with Rykodisc/Demon in 1994, a jump to Rhino in 2001 -- the 2007 series is preceded by a new hits collection, this time The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years, a 22-track collection of highlights that's pretty much exactly what it says it is. It is quite similar to the last previous single-disc collection, the 1994 Ryko/Demon set The Very Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions, which also ran 22 tracks, 19 of which also appear on The First 10 Years. The three omissions -- "Watch Your Step," "New Amsterdam," and "Love Field" -- will not be missed by anybody looking for a new Costello comp in 2007, particularly because all three substitutions are better choices for the casual man: "New Lace Sleeves," "Almost Blue," and "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes," which bizarrely wasn't on the 1994 set. With these three songs rubbing shoulders with "Alison," "Watching the Detectives," "Pump It Up," "Oliver's Army," "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding," and all the other usual suspects, The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years winds up being the best single-disc summary and introduction to Costello's prime years.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:18:12
- Main artists: Elvis Costello
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UMe - Elvis Costello
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2007 Elvis Costello ℗ 2007 Elvis Costello
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