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Almost Blue

~ Elvis Costello
5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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Product details

  • Audio CD (26 Jul 2004)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Edsel
  • ASIN: B0002FHAFG
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 81,158 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1
1. Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do)?
2. Sweet Dreams
3. Success
4. I'm Your Toy
5. Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down
6. Brown To Blue
7. Good Year For The Roses
8. Sittin' And Thinkin'
9. Colour Of The Blues
10. Too Far Gone
See all 12 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Stranger In The House [duet with George Jones]
2. We Oughta Be Ashamed [duet with Johnny Cash]
3. Radio Sweetheart [live]
4. Stranger In The House
5. Psycho
6. If I Could Put Them All Together (I’d Have You) [live]
7. Motel Matches [live]
8. He’ll Have To Go [live]
9. Girls Talk [live]
10. Too Far Gone [“Lost Session” version]
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Product Description

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Costello's flirtation with "real" country music, this album of covers produced in Nashville by veteran Billy Sherrill was prompted by some genuinely bad feelings as his personal life fell apart. It hasn't held up well over the years since its 1981 release, but there is one brilliant moment--Costello's cracked-voice reading of hero Gram Parsons's "How Much I Lied." The Rykodisc edition adds an array of bonus tracks, including Leon Payne's apropos "Psycho," cut during the tour for the Baroque-pop Armed Forces. --Rickey Wright

CD Description
This is where Costello began to display the chameleonic tendencies that would serve him so well throughout his career. Abandoning snappy, "new wave"-associated rock for the first time, Elvis decided to visit Nashville and record his take on the country classics he loved so much. Enlisting the services of George Jones producer Billy Sherrill, Costello cloaked himself and the Attractions in countrypolitan trappings (including lush strings) for some distinctive version of country evergreens like "Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down" and "Sweet Dreams". Only the punk-derived fervour of "Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used To Do" and the bar-room raunch of "Honey Hush" interrupt the elegant, emotional balladry. Costelloalso pays tribute to a more recent generation on aching covers of Gram Parsons' "I'm Your Toy" and "How Much I Lied". Ryko's bonus cuts sweeten the pot considerably, especially the live version of Leon Payne's self-explanatory "Psycho".

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5.0 out of 5 stars Get it!, 29 Aug 2004
By Steve (Battle, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
Great album, its original length dwarfed by the record number of bonus tracks! Brilliant package, covering one of Costello's bravest and most successful ventures. Buy it now!
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