Out of Our Idiot is a compilation album by English musician Elvis Costello. It was released only in the United Kingdom on 4 December 1987, through Demon Records. The album consists of B-sides, non-album tracks, and previously unreleased material recorded between 1979 and 1987. Rather than being credited to Elvis Costello, the album is instead credited to "Various Artists" due to Costello's use of pseudonyms on many of the tracks (including "Napoleon Dynamite", "The Emotional Toothpaste", and "The Costello Show"), as well as the numerous collaborations with other artists, including Jimmy Cliff, T Bone Burnett (as "The Coward Brothers"), and Nick Lowe.
