Elvis Costello - Rock and Roll Music
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Rock and Roll Music
Music Price: $9.97
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About Elvis Costello - Rock and Roll Music
The first in a series of Elvis Costello curated themed releases. 22 fiery tracks spanning the punk era to his pop period.Includes rarities & two previously unreleased tracks! Album Description
Tracks
- Lipstick Vogue
- No Action
- Big Tears
- (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
- This Year's Girl
- Miracle Man
- Pump It Up
- Clean Money
- Tiny Steps
- Wednesday Week
- Mystery Dance
- You Belong To Me
- (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding
- Girls Talk
- King Horse
- Lover's Walk
- Uncomplicated
- Honey Are You Straight Or Are You Blind
- Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo
- I Hope You're Happy Now
- Tokyo Storm Warning
- Welcome To The Working Week
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User Reviews
Average user review: 
(9 reviews)
|  | GREAT MUSIC BUT DOESN'T SOUND REMASTERED |  |
This is an excellent, inexpensive collection of some of the best work of Costello & company. It's mainly The Attractions belting out great rock song after great etcetera, but is it remastered? It says it is-- yet I have the original discs (some of the very first issues, dunno what we're up to now) and they don't sound all that different. A bit tinny, with distortion here and there. It suits the songs-- as it did the first time around-- and is closer to the original records. There doesn't seem to be ANY boosting, to my ears. Oh well.
July 14, 2008All the reviews and music samples here appear to be for another CD than the one displayed at the top of the page. Instead of a CD of classic rock covers the samples and reviews are for one of Elvis' many 'best of' compilations.
March 21, 2008This is a very good best of Elvis Costello. But all (or allmost) Elvis' songs could be insert in a compilation. Most of the rock songs of "Little Hands of Concrete" (as he call himself) are inside. See the track listing! "Chelsea", "No action", "What so funny 'bout Peace, Love and Understanding", "Miracle Man", "Gilrls Talk"... And more! It's also include an excellent alternate version of "Honey are you straight or are you blind ?" (maybe better than the one included in "Blood and Chocolate"!)and the demo of "Welcome to the working week". For the fans as the absolute beginners... "Straight or blind" this one is for you. Just Rock'n'Roll Music by Declan Mac Mannus (his real name) : not more, not less. And it's means a lot.
Gilles "From Marseille, France" Borgogno.
PS: 'scuse my awfull American.
January 23, 2008The only thing keeping this collection from being five stars is that many Costello fans will have all these tracks. These tracks are all EC at his best.
July 12, 2007This album, paired with the "The Best of the First Ten Years," makes a good, low-cost introduction to the sonic boom that Costello left in his wake. On the other hand, anyone other than the neophyte should go with his original albums, reissued with many supplementary tracks, as they are far more satisfying.
May 19, 2007More reviews at Amazon.com ...