- Audio CD (15 Oct 1996)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Demon
- ASIN: B000001174
- Other Editions: Vinyl
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 77,998 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Seven Day Weekend - Jimmy Cliff/Elvis Costello & The Attractions | |||
| 2. Turning The Town Red - Elvis Costello & The Attractions | |||
| 3. Heathen Town - Elvis Costello & The Attractions | |||
| 4. The People's Limousine - The Coward Brothers | |||
| 5. So Young (Previously Unreleased) - Elvis Costello & The Attractions | |||
| 6. Little Goody Two Shoes - Elvis Costello & The Attractions | |||
| 7. American Without Tears No 2 (Twilight Version) - Elvis Costello | |||
| 8. Get Yourself Another Fool - Elvis Costello & The Attractions | |||
| 9. Walking On Thin Ice - Elvis Costello & The Attractions | |||
| 10. Withered And Died - The Imposter | |||
| 11. Blue Chair - Elvis Costello | |||
| 12. Baby It's You - Nick Lowe/Elvis Costello | |||
| 13. From Head To Toe - Elvis Costello & The Attractions | |||
| 14. Shoes Without Heels - Elvis Costello & The Confederates | |||
| 15. Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo - The Costello Show | |||
| 16. The Flirting Kid - Elvis Costello & The Attractions | |||
| 17. Black Sails In The Sunset - Elvis Costello & The Attractions | |||
| 18. A Town Called Big Nothing (Really Big Nothing) - The MacManus Gang | |||
| 19. Big Sister - Elvis Costello & The Attractions | |||
| 20. Imperial - Napolean Dynamite & The Royal Guard | |||
See all 21 tracks on this disc
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Product Description
ELVIS COSTELLO Out Of Our Idiot (1987 UK Demon 21-track compilation CD album featuring rare and unreleased recordings dating back to 1979 by Elvis Costello. The album is credited to Various Artists rather than to Costello because the tracks were recorded and credited under a variety of names including The Costello Show Elvis Costello & The Attractions Elvis Costello & The Confederates and The MacManus Gang and with a variety of collaborators including Jimmy Cliff and Nick Lowe. Picture sleeve FIENDCD67)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A great collection that is often overlooked; well worth obtaining a copy. Plenty of rare tracks plus alternative versions of some great album tracks. Elvis from a period in time when everything he wrote was delivered with a heartfelt statement that reflected his observation of all that life throws at you collated into 50mins or so of musical genius.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Smarter than the title....
5 Dec 2003
Format:Audio CD
Remember "Ten Bloody Marys and Ten How's You Fathers?" Or maybe "Taking Liberties?" Both of those were discs issued to sweep up the ever prolific Elvis Costello's B-Sides, soundtrack work and side projects. Unlike "Liberties," "Out Of Our Idiot" has never been given a proper release here in the states. It's also slowly being rendered superfluous by Rhino's gradual issuance of bonus material on individual EC album reissues. Just don't count on me to slip this one onto a used disc sales list anytime soon. I'll keep it for the Spaghetti Western "A Town Called Nothing," featuring Elvis' dad on the trumpet. Or his match-up with T-Bone Burnette on "The People's Limousine." Or an early flirtation of the Burt Bacharach catalog, duetting with Nick Lowe on "Baby It's You." Etc.....
Worth it if you're a completist. (Like me.)
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Outtakes?
29 Nov 2001
Format:Audio CD
These are the songs that didn't make it to the official releases. Even Elvis's outtakes are better than most bands best efforts. 'Turning The Town Red' is a radio classic (that has never been played on the radio). 'Black Sails In The Sunset' is a beautiful pop song. 'The Flirting Kind', 'Heathen Town', etc. As a songwriter myself, I could only hope that my work measures up to Elvis's outtakes. Elvis is a master songwriter who has written so many great tunes that he can allow some of them to never see the light of day. I'm going to go through his trash cans and a probably find enough material to launch my own career. Thanks Elvis.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
this one's a sleeper, but it will wake you up
18 Aug 1998
Format:Audio CD
this release nearly slipped under my radar, don't let the same fate befall you. All the Costello "greatest hits" attempts to date have been extremely weak..while not strictly a greatest hits album, this disc offers an incredible range of delights much as "taking liberites" did. If you are a Costello fan, this is a must have.
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