Brutal Youth

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Brutal Youth is an album by Elvis Costello. This is the first album Costello recorded with his band the Attractions after Blood and Chocolate (1986). The several albums in between were recorded with session musicians.

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" (Elvis Costello) – 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" (Costello) – 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. "London's Brilliant"
3. "Puppet Girl"

Personnel

• Elvis Costello – guitar, vocals, piano, bass
• Steve Nieve – organ, piano, harmonium
• Bruce Thomas – bass
• Pete Thomas – drums, percussion
• Nick Lowe – bass

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1994	The Billboard 200	34

Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Position
1994	"13 Steps Lead Down"	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	6
1994	"Sulky Girl"	UK Singles Chart	22