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King of America
Elvis Costello
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Release Date
February 21, 1986
Duration
57:56
Genre
Pop/Rock
Styles
Alternative/Indie Rock
,
College Rock
,
Alternative Pop/Rock
Recording Date
1985
Recording Location
Ocean Way Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
Sound Factory, Los Angeles, CA
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Sunset Sound Studio
The Sound Factory, LA, CA
Discography Timeline
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My Aim Is True
(1977)
This Year's Model
(1978)
Live at the El Mocambo
(1978)
Armed Forces
(1979)
Get Happy!!
(1980)
Trust
(1981)
Almost Blue
(1981)
Imperial Bedroom
(1982)
Punch the Clock
(1983)
Goodbye Cruel World
(1984)
King of America
(1986)
Blood & Chocolate
(1986)
Spike
(1989)
Mighty Like a Rose
(1991)
The Juliet Letters
(1993)
G.B.H. (Original Music from the Channel Four Series)
(1994)
Brutal Youth
(1994)
Kojak Variety
(1995)
Deep Dead Blue: Live at Meltdown
(1995)
Jake's Progress [Original TV Soundtrack]
(1996)
All This Useless Beauty
(1996)
Costello & Nieve
(1996)
Terror + Magnificence
(1997)
Painted From Memory
(1998)
The Sweetest Punch: The Songs of Costello and Bacharach
(1999)
For the Stars (Anne Sofie von Otter Meets Elvis Costell…
(2001)
When I Was Cruel
(2002)
North
(2003)
Elvis Costello: Il Sogno
(2004)
The Delivery Man
(2004)
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Guest Elvis Costell…
(2005)
My Flame Burns Blue
(2006)
The River in Reverse
(2006)
Momofuku
(2008)
Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
(2009)
National Ransom
(2010)
The Return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook!!!
(2011)
Wise Up Ghost and Other Songs
(2013)
Look Now
(2018)
Hey Clockface
(2020)
Spanish Model
(2021)
The Boy Named If
(2022)
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