Extreme Honey Explained

Extreme Honey: The Very Best of Warner Brothers Years
Type:	greatest
Artist:	Elvis Costello
Cover:	extremehoney.jpg
Released:	21 October 1997
Genre:	Alternative rock, power pop
Length:	77:27
Label:	Warner Bros.
Prev Title:	Terror & Magnificence
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	Painted from Memory
Next Year:	1998

Extreme Honey: The Very Best of Warner Brothers Years is a compilation album by Elvis Costello, released in 1997. The album spanned songs from 1989 to 1997 that Costello had released under his contract with Warner Bros. Records.

The collection contains one exclusive track, "The Bridge I Burned". Costello had originally recorded a cover of Prince's "Pop Life" for inclusion, but Prince denied him permission to release it.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks written by Elvis Costello except where noted.

1. "The Bridge I Burned" – 5:19
2. "Veronica" (Paul McCartney, Costello) – 3:09
3. "Sulky Girl" – 5:07
4. "So Like Candy" (McCartney, Costello) – 4:36
5. "13 Steps Lead Down" – 3:18
6. "All This Useless Beauty" – 4:37
7. "My Dark Life" – 6:19
8. "The Other Side of Summer" – 3:55
9. "Kinder Murder" – 3:26
10. "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror" – 4:06
11. "Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)" (Costello, Jim Keltner) – 4:04
12. "Poor Fractured Atlas" – 4:01
13. "The Birds Will Still Be Singing" – 4:23
14. "London's Brilliant Parade" – 4:22
15. "Tramp the Dirt Down" – 5:40
16. "Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4" – 3:50
17. "I Want to Vanish" – 3:15
18. "All the Rage" – 3:52

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Song Prince Refused to Let Elvis Costello Sing . Allison . Rapp . Ultimate Classic Rock . 24 December 2022 . 27 December 2022.