The Very Best of Elvis Costello

Tracklist

Disc one
"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" (Nick Lowe) (single, 1978) – 3:31
"Oliver's Army" (from Armed Forces, 1979) – 2:57
"Watching the Detectives" (single, 1977) – 3:43
"Alison" (from My Aim Is True, 1977) – 3:21
"(I Don't Want to Go To) Chelsea" (from This Year's Model, 1978) – 3:07
"Accidents Will Happen" (from Armed Forces, 1979) – 3:01
"Pump It Up" (from This Year's Model, 1978)– 3:13
"I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" (Homer Banks, Alan Jones) (from Get Happy!!, 1980)– 2:05
"Radio Radio" (single, 1978) – 3:06
"Clubland" (from Trust, 1981) – 3:43
"Good Year for the Roses" (Jerry Chesnut) (from Almost Blue, 1981) – 3:35
"Man Out of Time" (from Imperial Bedroom, 1982) – 5:25
"I Wanna Be Loved" (Farnell Jenkins) (from Goodbye Cruel World, 1984) – 4:46
"Everyday I Write the Book" (from Punch the Clock, 1983) – 3:52
"Brilliant Mistake" (Declan MacManus) (from King of America, 1986) – 3:41
"The Other Side of Summer" (MacManus) (from Mighty Like a Rose, 1991) – 3:53
"Tokyo Storm Warning" (MacManus) (from Blood and Chocolate, 1986) – 6:23
"Sulky Girl" (MacManus) (from Brutal Youth), 1994) – 5:04
"So Like Candy" (MacManus, McCartney) (from Mighty Like a Rose, 1991) – 4:35
"Veronica" (MacManus, McCartney) (from Spike, 1989) – 3:07
"She" (Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer) (from Soundtrack to Notting Hill, 1999) – 3:05
Disc two
"Big Tears" (from This Year's Model, 1978) – 3:10
"Beyond Belief" (from Imperial Bedroom, 1982) – 2:33
"Lipstick Vogue" (from This Year's Model, 1978) – 3:31
"Green Shirt" (from Armed Forces, 1979) – 2:44
"Pills and Soap" (from Punch the Clock, 1983) – 3:43
"Tramp the Dirt Down" (MacManus) (from Spike), 1989)– 5:41
"Shipbuilding" (Costello, Clive Langer) (from Punch the Clock, 1983)– 4:51
"High Fidelity" (from Get Happy!!, 1980) – 2:28
"New Lace Sleeves" (from Trust, 1981) – 3:47
"(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" (from My Aim Is True, 1977) – 2:46
"Talking in the Dark" (single, 1979) – 1:57
"New Amsterdam" (from Get Happy!!, 1980) – 2:13
"I Hope You're Happy Now" (from Blood and Chocolate, 1986) – 3:07
"Riot Act" (from Get Happy!!, 1980) – 3:34
"My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) (B-side from "Oliver's Army" single, 1979) – 1:29
"Indoor Fireworks" (from King of America, 1986) – 4:09
"Almost Blue" (from Imperial Bedroom, 1982) – 2:49
"I Want You" (from Blood and Chocolate, 1986) – 6:43
"God Give Me Strength" (Burt Bacharach, Costello) (from Painted from Memory, 1998) – 6:10
"That Day Is Done" (MacManus, McCartney) (I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray, 1997) – 5:10
"I Want to Vanish" (from All This Useless Beauty, 1996) – 3:14