Brutal Youth

Brutal Youth is an album by Elvis Costello released in 1994. This is the first album Costello recorded with his band the Attractions since Blood and Chocolate (1986). The several albums in between were recorded with session musicians. Brutal Youth was the third, and most recent of Costello's albums, to peak at number two in the UK Albums Chart, following on from Armed Forces (1979) and Get Happy!! (1980).

It was among the six Costello albums featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Track listing
All songs by Declan MacManus unless otherwise indicated.


 * 1) "Pony St." – 3:25
 * 2) "Kinder Murder" – 3:25
 * 3) "13 Steps Lead Down" – 3:16
 * 4) "This Is Hell" – 4:27
 * 5) "Clown Strike" – 4:05
 * 6) "You Tripped at Every Step" – 4:12
 * 7) "Still Too Soon to Know" – 2:19
 * 8) "20% Amnesia" – 3:26
 * 9) "Sulky Girl" – 5:07
 * 10) "London's Brilliant Parade" – 4:23
 * 11) "My Science Fiction Twin" – 4:10
 * 12) "Rocking Horse Road" – 4:03
 * 13) "Just About Glad" – 3:14
 * 14) "All the Rage" – 3:52
 * 15) "Favourite Hour" – 3:31

Bonus disc (2002 Rhino)

 * 1) "Life Shrinks" – 3:37
 * 2) "Favourite Hour" (Church Studios Version) – 3:32
 * 3) "This Is Hell" (Church Studios Version) – 4:10
 * 4) "Idiophone" – 1:58
 * 5) "Abandon Words" – 2:55
 * 6) "Poisoned Letter" – 3:48
 * 7) "A Drunken Man's Praise of Sobriety" (MacManus, William Butler Yeats) – 1:08
 * 8) "Pony St." (Bonaparte Rooms Version) – 3:36
 * 9) "Just About Glad" (Bonaparte Rooms Version) – 3:41
 * 10) "Clown Strike" (Bonaparte Rooms Version) – 4:19
 * 11) "Rocking Horse Road" (Demo) – 3:18
 * 12) "13 Steps Lead Down" (Demo) – 2:07
 * 13) "All the Rage" (Demo) – 3:38
 * 14) "Sulky Girl" (Demo) – 4:31
 * 15) "You Tripped at Every Step" (Church Studios Version) – 3:25

B-sides (available on the 13 Steps Lead Down EP)

 * 1) "We Despise You"
 * 2) "Basement Kiss"
 * 3) "Puppet Girl"

"London's Brilliant Parade (EP)"

 * "London's Brilliant Parade"
 * "Sweet Dreams"
 * "The Loved Ones"
 * "From Head to Toe"

Personnel
with:
 * Elvis Costello – guitar, vocals, piano, bass
 * The Attractions
 * Steve Nieve – organ, piano, harmonium
 * Bruce Thomas – bass
 * Pete Thomas – drums, percussion
 * Nick Lowe – bass

Charts
Album Singles and EP