Elvis Costello: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Brian Hinton, Let Them All Talk: The Music of Elvis Costello (1999), considers Costello’s life and work, with emphasis on the latter. James E. Perone, Elvis Costello: A Bio-Bibliography (1998), presents a brief biography but, more importantly, compiles more than 800 bibliographic citations and a complete discography.

Representative Works

  • My Aim Is True (1977)
  • This Year’s Model (1978)
  • Armed Forces (1979)
  • Trust (1981)
  • Imperial Bedroom (1982)
  • Blood and Chocolate (1986)
  • King of America (1986)

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: NPR - Elvis Costello is still trying to grow up. Aug 14, 2026
Add new Web site: CBC Radio - Elvis Costello draws back the curtain in new memoir. Jan 02, 2026
Add new Web site: ABC listen - The Music Show - Elvis Costello. Nov 07, 2025
Anniversary information added. Aug 21, 2025
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Elvis Costello. Jun 20, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - Elvis Costello is still trying to grow up. Mar 17, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake - Elvis Costello. Feb 04, 2025
Added more career highlights and the albums The Boy Named If and The Coward Brothers. Dec 01, 2024
Add new Web site: All American Entertainment Speakers - Elvis Costello. May 28, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 23, 2024
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Biography of Elvis Costello. Nov 15, 2022
Add new Web site: PBS News - For Elvis Costello, eclectic taste and self-reinvention started at home. May 29, 2022
Add new Web site: Songwriters Hall of Fame - Elvis Costello. May 29, 2022
Added the album Spanish Model. Feb 03, 2022
Added the album Hey Clockface and noted that he was appointed OBE. Nov 19, 2020
Added the album Look Now. May 29, 2020
Add new Web site: Famous Singers - Biography of Elvis Costello. Jan 07, 2020
Article revised and updated. May 22, 2018
Article revised and updated. Jan 06, 2016
Add new Web site: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Elvis Costello and The Attractions. Jan 14, 2014
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Elvis Costello. May 23, 2013
Article revised. Feb 09, 2000
New article added. Jan 21, 1999
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