One of the great singer-songwriters of the last 25 years. This isn't a greatest hits collection per se but it IS replete with classic Costello gems and some B-side cuts that transcend the quality of most B-sides. Perfect for the Elvis Costello "newbie" or long-time listener.

This is a collection of b-sides and album cuts that were left off Elvis' UK albums (the American Version is slightly different and bears the title "Taking Liberties"). It was like the early Beatles' records, in that so much material was being written and recorded, that the albums just couldn't contain them all. For instance, the UK versions of "My Aim Is True" and "This Year's Model" didn't contain the songs "Watching The Detectives" or "Radio Radio," and the US versions lost "Night Rally" and "I Don't Want to Go to Chelsea." You may want to skip this disc, since Rhino's reissues have pretty much placed these songs alongside their recorded counterparts, remastered. But it did give us EC completists a chance to wallow in some amazing songs, like "Dr Luther's Assistant" "Girls Talk" and his early forays into country, "Stranger in the House" and "Radio Sweetheart."

I have this cd under a different title, "Taking Liberties". It's fantastic, and if you like Elivis Costello, especially the eraly albums (This Year's Model, etc...) you'll love this cd as well. Especially good is "Hoover Factory" and "Getting Mighty Crowded"

Never heard of him before. Sound really terrible. I whish i never heart of him before.