Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Almost Blue

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do?) Written-By – Hank Williams	1:30
2	Sweet Dreams Written-By – Don Gibson	2:52
3	Success Written-By – Johnny Mullins	2:35
4	I'm Your Toy Written-By – Chris Ethridge, Gram Parsons	3:18
5	Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down Written-By – Merle Haggard	2:05
6	Brown To Blue Written-By – Johnny Mathis*, George Jones , Virginia Franks	2:35
7	Good Year For The Roses Written-By – Jerry Chesnut	3:05
8	Sittin' And Thinkin' Written-By – Charlie Rich	2:50
9	Colour Of The Blues Written-By – George Jones , Lawton Williams	2:15
10	Too Far Gone Written-By – Billy Sherrill	3:18
11	Honey Hush Written-By – Lou Willie Turner	2:05
12	How Much I've Lied Written-By – Gram Parsons, David Rifkin*	2:40

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elvis Costello
• Copyright (c) – Elvis Costello
• Licensed To – Universal Music Enterprises
• Record Company – UMG Recordings, Inc.
• Recorded At – CBS Studios, Nashville
• Mastered At – DigiPrep
• Pressed By – Sony DADC – DIDX-168785
• Published By – Sony/ATV Songs LLC
• Published By – Sony Music Publishing
• Published By – Sony / ATV Music Publishing
• Published By – Sure Fire Music Co., Inc.
• Published By – Irving Music, Inc.
• Published By – Pappy Daily Music LP
• Published By – Glad Music, Inc.
• Published By – Knox Music, Inc.
• Published By – Trio Music
• Published By – EMI Al Gallico Music Corp.
• Published By – Unichappell Music, Inc.
• Published By – GPJ Publishing
• Published By – Hot Burrito Music

Credits

• A&R [A&R Coordination] – Bill Levenson
• Art Direction – Vartan
• Backing Vocals – Nashville Edition*
• Bass – Bruce Thomas
• Design – Coco Shinomiya
• Design [Sleeve Design, Uncredited] – Barney Bubbles
• Drums – Pete Thomas
• Engineer – Ron 'Snake' Reynolds*
• Engineer [Assistant] – Fast Eddy Hudson*
• Fiddle – Tommy Miller*
• Guitar, Vocals – Elvis Costello
• Lead Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar – John McFee
• Management – Macklam / Feldman Management*, Sam Feldman , Steve Macklam
• Mastered By – Dan Hersch
• Photography By – Keith Morris
• Piano, Organ – Steve Nieve
• Producer – Billy Sherrill
• Product Manager – Adam Starr
• Reissue Producer [Production] – Michele Horie

Notes

Comes with 'Elvis Costello Originals' obi strip

(p) 1981 (c) 2007 Elvis Costello under exclusive license to Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

For UK reissue with same Category see here: Almost Blue
For US reissue with same Category but different pressing plant see here: Almost Blue

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 6 02517 26057 3
• Matrix / Runout: DIDX-168785
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L329
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 50F4
• Rights Society: BMI
• ASIN: B000OHZJLO

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
XXLP13, XXLP 13	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	Almost Blue ‎(LP, Album)	F-Beat, F-Beat	XXLP13, XXLP 13	UK	1981
RCD 20277	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	Almost Blue ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Rykodisc	RCD 20277	USA & Canada	1994
FIEND CD 33, IMP FIEND CD 33	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	Almost Blue ‎(CD, Album)	Demon Records, Imp Records	FIEND CD 33, IMP FIEND CD 33	Japan	1984
RCD 20277	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	Almost Blue ‎(CD, Album, Club, RE, RM)	Rykodisc	RCD 20277	US	1994
IMP FIEND CD 33, IMP FIEND CD33	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	Almost Blue ‎(CD, Album)	IMP Records, IMP Records	IMP FIEND CD 33, IMP FIEND CD33	UK	1984

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