Elvis Costello & the Attractions - The Very Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions

A solid complement to Ryko's Costello reissue series if you don't want to pick up each individual album. Of course, the 22 tracks (drawn from his first 11 albums and, according to the liner notes, "hand-picked by Elvis himself") also sport the crisply remastered sound featured on the rest of the series. The Very Best Of halts abruptly at 1986's Blood And Chocolate, his last release for Columbia. ~ Roch Parisien, All Music Guide