Less Than Zero (album version)
~ Recording by Elvis Costello
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.8 | Less Than Zero | 3:16 | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True | Elvis Costello | Album |
| Stiff Records | SEEZ 3 |
| 1.9 | Less Than Zero | 3:13 | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True | Elvis Costello | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | JC 35037 |
| 1.9 | Less Than Zero | 3:13 | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True (made in Japan) | Elvis Costello | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 35037 |
| 1.8 | Less Than Zero | 3:16 | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True | Elvis Costello | Album |
| Demon Records (80s UK new wave/reissues) | IMP FIEND CD13 |
| 1.9 | Less Than Zero | 3:13 | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True (HMV repackaging) | Elvis Costello | Album |
| HMV (record store promos) | HMV C88 2-12 |
| 2.18 | Less Than Zero | 3:12 | Elvis Costello | Girls +£÷ Girls =$& Girls: The Songs of Elvis Costello / The Sounds of Elvis Costello & The Attractions | Elvis Costello | Album + Compilation |
| Demon Records (80s UK new wave/reissues) | D FIEND CD 160, D-FIEND 160 |
| 2.18 | Less Than Zero | 3:12 | Elvis Costello | Girls Girls Girls | Elvis Costello | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | C2K 46897 |
| 2.18 | Less Than Zero | 3:12 | Elvis Costello | Girls! Girls! Girls! | Elvis Costello | Album + Compilation |
| Demon Records (80s UK new wave/reissues) | D FIEND CD 160 |
| 1.9 | Less Than Zero | 3:12 | Elvis Costello | The Stiff Records Box Set | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label), Demon Records (80s UK new wave/reissues) | R2 71062 |
| 1.9 | Less Than Zero | 3:12 | Elvis Costello | The Stiff Records Box Set | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Demon Records (80s UK new wave/reissues) | STIFF BOX 1 |
| 1.8 | Less Than Zero | 3:15 | Elvis Costello & The Attractions | 2½ Years | Elvis Costello & The Attractions | Album + Compilation |
| Rykodisc | RCD-90271/74 |
| 1.8 | Less Than Zero | 3:19 | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True (club edition) | Elvis Costello | Album |
| Rykodisc | RCD 20271 |
| 1.8 | Less Than Zero | 3:19 | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True | Elvis Costello | Album |
| Rykodisc | RCD 20271, RCD20271 |
| 1.8 | Less Than Zero | 3:19 | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True | Elvis Costello | Album |
| Demon Records (80s UK new wave/reissues) | DPAM 1 |
| 1.8 | Less Than Zero | 3:19 | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True | Elvis Costello | Album |
| BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), Rykodisc | D 106951, RCD 20271 |
| 1.8 | Less Than Zero | 3:19 | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True | Elvis Costello | Album |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 74285 |
| 1.8 | Less Than Zero | 3:18 | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True | Elvis Costello | Album |
| Edsel Records | MANUS 101 |
| 1.8 | Less Than Zero | 3:19 | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True | Elvis Costello | Album |
| Hip‐O Records | B0008635-02 |
| 1.8 | Less Than Zero | 3:18 | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True | Elvis Costello | Album |
| Hip‐O Records | |
| 1.8 | Less Than Zero | 3:15 | Elvis Costello | The First Ten Years (Amazon exclusive edition) | Elvis Costello | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”) | |
| 1.8 | Less Than Zero | 3:19 | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True (deluxe edition) | Elvis Costello | Album |
| Hip‐O Records | B0009514-02 |
| 1.10 | Less Than Zero | 3:15 | Elvis Costello | The Big Stiff Box Set | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Salvo | SALVOBX402 |
| 1.8 | Less Than Zero | 3:19 | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True (deluxe edition) | Elvis Costello | Album |
| Universal Island Records (not for release label use; a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 1741478 |
| 1.9 | Less Than Zero | 3:13 | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True | Elvis Costello | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | MFSL 1-329 |
| 1.7 | Less Than Zero | 3:15 | Elvis Costello | Born Stiff: The Stiff Records Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Salvo | SALVOCD216 |
| 1.8 | Less Than Zero | 3:19 | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True | Elvis Costello | Album |
| Universal International (Japanese label; release must say “制作:Universal International” AND have no logos other than “Universal Music”) | UIGY 9065 |
| 1.8 | Less Than Zero | 3:18 | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True | Elvis Costello | Album |
| Hip‐O Records | |
| 1.8 | Less Than Zero | 3:15 | Elvis Costello | The First Ten Years | Elvis Costello | Album + Compilation |
| [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | A10303C100000EI2KW |
| 1.9 | Less Than Zero | 3:13 | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True | Elvis Costello | Album |
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| 1.9 | Less Than Zero | 3:11 | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True (DIDP pressing) | Elvis Costello | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 35037 |
| 1.9 | Less Than Zero | 3:11 | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True | Elvis Costello | Album |
| VCK-35037 | |
| 1.8 | Less Than Zero | 3:18 | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True | Elvis Costello | Album |
| Elvis Costello | |
| 1.9 | Less Than Zero | 3:13 | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True | Elvis Costello | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 35037 |
Relationships
| producer: | Nick Lowe (UK singer/songwriter/instrumentalist/producer) |
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| drums (drum set): | Mickey Shine (Clover drummer) (in 1976) |
| electric bass guitar [bass]: | Johnny Ciambotti (in 1976) |
| guitar: | Elvis Costello (in 1976) John McFee (singer, songwriter, guitarist for The Doobie Brothers) (in 1976) |
| organ: | Sean Hopper (US keyboardist for Huey Lewis & the News) (in 1976) Stan Shaw (in 1976) |
| piano: | Sean Hopper (US keyboardist for Huey Lewis & the News) (in 1976) |
| vocals: | Elvis Costello (in 1976) |
| recorded at: | Pathway Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1976) |
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| recording of: | Less Than Zero (in 1976) |
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Related works
Less Than Zero
| lyricist and composer: | Elvis Costello |
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