- Almost Blue
Infobox Album
Name = Almost Blue
Type = Cover
Artist = Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Released = start date|1981|10|23
Recorded = May 1981, Nashville
Genre = Rock/Country
Length = 32:35
Label =F-Beat Records (UK)
Columbia (U.S.)
Demon/Rykodisc (August 30 1994 Reissue)
Rhino (August 3 2004 Reissue)
Producer =Billy Sherrill
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:52o7gjvrj6iw link]
*Robert Christgau (B-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1851&name=Elvis+Costello+and+the+Attractions link]
*"Rolling Stone " Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/elviscostello/albums/album/191457/rid/5941667/ link]
*"Stylus Magazine " (not rated) [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=371 link]
Last album = "Trust" (1981)
This album = Almost Blue (1981)
Next album = "Imperial Bedroom " (1982)"Almost Blue" (1981) is an
album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. It is notable for consisting entirely of covers of country songs. It originally appeared with a warning label that read "WARNING: This album contains country & western music and may cause offence to narrow minded listeners."
An alternative label read "WARNING! This album contains country & western music and may produce radical reaction in narrow minded people."Many versions of the artwork were made, with slightly different base colours.
Track listing
ide one
# "Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used to Do)?" (
Hank Williams ) – 1:40
# "Sweet Dreams" (Don Gibson ) – 3:00
# "Success" (Johnny Mullins) – 2:41
# "I'm Your Toy" (Gram Parsons ,Chris Ethridge ) – 3:23
# "Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down" (Merle Haggard ) – 2:09
# "Brown to Blue" (George Jones , Virginia Franks) – 2:40ide two
# "A Good Year for the Roses" (
Jerry Chesnut ) – 3:10
# "Sittin' and Thinkin'" (Charlie Rich ) – 3:02
# "Color of the Blues" (Lawton Williams,George Jones ) – 2:21
# "Too Far Gone" (Billy Sherrill ) – 3:28
# "Honey Hush " (Lou Willie Turner) – 2:15
# "How Much I Lied" (Parsons, Pam Rifkin) – 2:55Note: The Rykodisc version has the original tracks and bonus tracks on one CD. The Rhino version has two CDs with the original tracks on the first CD.Bonus tracks (1994 Rykodisc)
# "He's Got You" (Live) (
Hank Cochran ) – 4:07
# "Cry Cry Cry " (Live) (Johnny Cash ) – 2:45
# "There Won't Be Anymore" (Live) (Rich) – 2:23
# "Sittin' and Thinkin'" (Live) (Rich) – 2:55
# "Honey Hush " (Live) (Turner) – 2:31
# "Psycho" (Live) (Leon Payne ) – 3:36
# "Your Angel Steps Out of Heaven" (Jack Ripley) – 1:58
# "Darling, You Know I Wouldn't Lie" (Kemp,Red Lane ) – 2:37
# "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You" (Lee Ross,Bob Wills ) – 2:04
# "Tears Before Bedtime" (Early Version) (Costello) – 2:27
# "I'm Your Toy" (Live) (Parsons, Ethridge) – 3:46Bonus disc (2004 Rhino)
# "Stranger in the House" (Costello) – 3:39
# "We Ought to Be Ashamed" (James, Montgomery) – 2:47
# "Radio Sweetheart" (Live) (Costello) – 3:15
# "Stranger in the House" (Live) (Costello) – 3:56
# "Psycho" (Live) (Payne) – 3:35
# "If I Could Put Them All Together (I'd Have You)" (Live) (Even Stevens) – 2:28
# "Motel Matches" (Live) (Costello) – 2:21
# "He'll Have to Go" (Live) (Joe Allison /Audrey Allison) – 2:51
# "Girls Talk" (Live) (Costello) – 1:46
# "Too Far Gone" (Sherrill) – 3:11
# "He's Got You" (Cochran) – 3:51
# "Honky Tonk Girl" (Loretta Lynn ) – 2:26
# "That's Why I'm Walking" (Brownie McGhee ,Sonny Terry ) – 2:22
# "Wondering" (Joe Werner) – 2:21
# "Darling, You Know I Wouldn't Lie" (Kemp, Lane) – 2:37
# "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You" (Ross, Wills) – 2:04
# "Blues Keep Calling" (Janis Martin) - 2.07
# "Tears Before Bedtime" (Early Version) (Costello) – 2:27
# "Psycho" (Payne) – 3:32
# "Cry, Cry, Cry" (Cash) – 2:45
# "I'll Take Care of You" (Brook Benton ) – 3:11
# "Your Angel Steps Out of Heaven" (Ripley) – 1:59
# "Brand New Heartache" (Live) (Felice Bryant /Boudleaux Bryant ) – 2:29
# "There Won't Be Anymore" (Live) (Rich) – 2:32
# "Sittin' and Thinkin'" (Live) (Rich) – 2:51
# "Honey Hush" (Live) (Turner) – 2:30
# "I'm Your Toy" (Live) (Parsons, Ethridge) – 3:46Personnel
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Elvis Costello – Vocals,guitar
*Steve Nieve –piano , organ
*Bruce Thomas – bass
*Pete Thomas – drumsAdditional personnel
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John McFee – lead guitar andpedal steel guitar Charts
Album
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