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Elvis Costello

Artist Song
Elvis Costello  No Hiding Place  
Elvis Costello & The Attractions  Pills & Soap  
Elvis Costello & The Attractions  Riot Act  
Elvis Costello  Girls Talk  
Elvis Costello  My Mood Swings  
Elvis Costello  Stranger in the House  
Elvis Costello & The Attractions  I'm Your Toy  
Elvis Costello & The Attractions  Party Girl  
Elvis Costello  Jimmie Standing In the Rain  
Elvis Costello  Still  
Elvis Costello  Alibi  
Elvis Costello  Turpentine  
Elvis Costello  13 Steps Lead Down  
Elvis Costello  Tiny Steps  
Elvis Costello & The Attractions  Motel Matches  
Elvis Costello & The Attractions  The Long Honeymoon  
Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello  This House Is Empty Now  
Elvis Costello & The Attractions  All This Useless Beauty  
Elvis Costello & The Imposters  Country Darkness  
Elvis Costello & The Attractions  Temptation  
Elvis Costello & The Attractions  Watch Your Step  
Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello  Toledo  
Elvis Costello & The Attractions  King Horse  
Elvis Costello  My Funny Valentine  
Elvis Costello  Radio Sweetheart  

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Combine Costello's beguiling talent as a songwriter and performer with his unique combination of creativity and curiosity, and you've got a body of work that demands the deepest exploration. Even as early as 1979, Elvis tweaked expectations — putting the cool-crooning jazz standard “My Funny Valentine” on the B-side of his anti-British-military indictment, “Oliver’s Army.” He did it again with a twang and a Nudie-clad nod to country-rock godfather Gram Parsons, reworking the Flying Burrito Brothers’ “Hot Burrito #1” as “I’m Your Toy.” But nothing could’ve prepared his audiences for the matchup with classical music’s Brodsky Quartet, merging high and low art with lit-crit lyrics in “Jacksons, Monk and Rowe.” Keep listening and you’ll discover why his blood-oath-loyal fans consider deep cuts like “King Horse,” “Watch Your Step,” and “All This Useless Beauty” every bit the equal of signature songs like “Alison” and “Accidents Will Happen.”
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