Extreme Honey: The Very Best Of The Warner Bros. Years
- Elvis Costello [77:30]


(The Very Best Of The Warner Bros. Years - German promo)
Release dateMedia Catalogue number (comments)
1997-10-17 CD Warner PROP333/9362-46801-2 (German promo. The title of this promo is simply The Very Best Of The Warner Bros. Years, and it comes in a typical Warners pale blue and white promo sleeve)
1997-10-21 CD Warner 46801-2 (Released 971103 in Australia. Early copies had a sticker on the case saying: "Includes 'The Bridge That I Burned' (previously unavailable elsewhere) plus 17 more")
1997-10-21CAS Warner 46801-4
1997-10-__ CD Warner 2-46801-a (US advanced promo)
1997-11-05 CD Warner WPCR-1633 (Japan)
Tracks:
  1. The Bridge I Burned (5:20)
  2. Veronica [McCartney/MacManus] (3:09)
  3. Sulky Girl (5:07)
  4. So Like Candy [McCartney/MacManus] (4:37)
  5. 13 Steps Lead Down (3:18)
  6. All This Useless Beauty (4:38)
  7. My Dark Life (6:20)
  8. The Other Side Of Summer (3:56)
  9. Kinder Murder (3:26)
  10. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (4:06)
  11. Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over) [EC/Keltner] (4:04)
  12. Poor Fractured Atlas (4:02)
  13. The Birds Will Still Be Singing (4:23)
  14. London's Brilliant Parade (4:22)
  15. Tramp The Dirt Down (5:41)
  16. Couldn't Call It Unexpected No.4 (3:50)
  17. I Want To Vanish (3:16)
  18. All The Rage (3:53)
Producer:
Mac Manus Pere Et Fils:
"The Bridge I Burned"
Elvis Costello, Kevin Killen & T-Bone Burnett (Spike):
"Veronica"
"Deep Dark Truthful Mirror"
"Tramp The Dirt Down"
Mitchell Froom & Elvis Costello (Brutal Youth):
"Sulky Girl"
"13 Steps Lead Down"
"Kinder Murder"
"London's Brilliant Parade"
"All The Rage"
Mitchell Froom, Kevin Killen & D.P.A.MacManus (Mighty Like A Rose):
"So Like Candy"
"The Other Side Of Summer"
"Hurry Down Doomsday"
"Couldn't Call It Unexpected No.4"
Geoff Emmerick & Elvis Costello (All This Useless Beauty):
"All This Useless Beauty"
"Poor Fractured Atlas"
"I Want To Vanish"
Brian Eno with Elvis Costello (The X Files various artists compilation):
"My Dark Life"
Kevin Killen, Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet (The Juliet Letters):
"The Birds Will Still Be Singing"
Personnel:
"The Bridge I Burned":
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"Veronica":
D.P.A.MacManus - vocals, guitar.
Micheal Blair - percussion.
T-Bone Burnett - guitar.
Mitchell Froom - electric piano, chamberlain.
Jerry Marotta - drums.
Paul McCartney - bass.
Benmont Tench - spinet.
"Sulky Girl", "13 Steps Lead Down" & "London's Brilliant Parade":
Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar.
Pete Thomas - drums & percussion section.
Steve Nieve - piano, organ & harmonium.
Bruce Thomas - bass.
"So Like Candy":
Elvis Costello - vocals, electric & acoustic rhythm guitars.
Jim Keltner - drums.
Mitchell Froom - mellotron, chamberlain, celeste.
Marc Ribot - spanish & electric guitar.
Larry Knechtel - tack piano.
Jerry Scheff - bass.
T-Bone Wolk - intro/outro bass figures.
"All This Useless Beauty":
Elvis Costello - vocals, electric/acoustic/slide guitars, backing vocals, celesta.
Steve Nieve - piano, keyboards.
Pete Thomas - drums, percussion.
Bruce Thomas - bass.
Pete Whyman - bass clarinet.
Roy Babbington - double bass.
"My Dark Life":
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"The Other Side Of Summer":
Elvis Costello - vocals, intro bass, 12-string guitar, b-vocals.
Larry Knetchel - grand piano, keyboards.
Pete Thomas - drums & percussion.
T-Bone Wolk - bass.
Jerry Scheff - fuzz 6-string bass.
James Burton - acoustic guitar.
Benmont Tench - tack piano.
Mitchell Froom - keyboards.
Richard Page, Steven Soles, Steve George - b-vocals.
"Kinder Murder":
Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar, piano.
Pete Thomas - drums & percussion section.
Steve Nieve - piano, organ & harmonium.
"Deep Dark Truthful Mirror":
D.P.A.MacManus - vocals.
Micheal Blair - percussion.
Jim Keltner - snare drum.
Allen Toussaint - piano.
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
"Hurry Down Doomsday":
Elvis Costello - vocals, main figure & rhythm guitar.
Jim Keltner - drum loops, beaten things, maestrodellavolta.
James Burton - guitar solos.
Nick Lowe - bass.
Marc Ribot - giant insect mutation & bug attack.
"Poor Fractured Atlas":
Elvis Costello - vocals, electric/acoustic/slide guitars, backing vocals.
Steve Nieve - piano, keyboards, sequencing.
Pete Thomas - drums, percussion.
Bruce Thomas - bass.
"The Birds Will Still Be Singing":
Elvis Costello - voice.
Michael Thomas - violin.
Ian Belton - violin.
Paul Cassidy - viola.
Jacqueline Thomas - violoncello.
"Tramp The Dirt Down":
D.P.A.MacManus - vocals.
Micheal Blair - percussion.
Mitchell Froom - harmonium.
Donal Lunny - bouzouki, guitar.
Marc Ribot - distant sound.
Jerry Scheff - bass.
Davy Spillane - low whistle, uileann pipes.
Pete Thomas - drums.
Steve Wickham - fiddle.
"Couldn't Call It Unexpected No.4":
Elvis Costello - vocals, celeste, toy piano.
Larry Knechtel - upright piano
Bermont Tench - harmonium, calliope.
Mitchell Froom - chamberlain.
Marc Ribot - banjo, cornet, Eb horn.
Jerry Scheff - tuba, upright electric bass.
Jim Keltner - drums
"I Want To Vanish":
Elvis Costello - vocals, electric/acoustic/slide guitars, backing vocals.
Steve Nieve - piano, keyboards, sequencing.
Pete Thomas - drums, percussion.
Bruce Thomas - bass.
Pete Whyman - bass clarinet.
Roy Babbington - double bass.
The Brodsky Quartet.
Ruth Causey - Bb clarinet.
"All The Rage":
Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar.
Pete Thomas - drums & percussion section.
Steve Nieve - piano, organ & harmonium.
Nick Lowe - bass.
Notes:
  • A US promo CD was released that is the same as the regular release except for the words "For promotional use only. Sale or other transfer is prohibited. Must be returned on demand of recording company" printed in gold on the front of the booklet.
  • The track "The Bridge I Burned" was especially recorded for this release.