To release a C&W record may have been a wilful act of commercial suicide, but for Elvis
this was a very real album.
"I've been living deep in sin, I've been living blind" (How Much I Lied) Surprisingly, the song Good Year For The Roses put Elvis back into the UK charts. |
Initial UK release: Side 1: Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do)? Sweet Dreams Success I'm Your Toy (Hot Burrito Number 1) Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down Brown To Blue Side 2: Good Year For The Roses Sittin' And Thinkin' Colour Of The Blues Too Far Gone Honey Hush How Much I Lied Bonus tracks on Demon/Rykodisc CD reissue: He's Got You (live) Cry Cry Cry (live) There Won't Be Anymore (live) Sittin' And Thinkin' (live) Honey Hush (live) Psycho (live) Your Angel Steps Out Of Heaven Darling You Know I Wouldn't Lie My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You Tears Before Bedtime (Nashville version) I'm Your Toy (live)
1981-10-23 Almost Blue 1981-10-__ Elvis Costello Introduces...The Tracks From His New Album Almost Blue [UK promo] 1981-10-__ Almost Blue (Elvis Introduces His Favourite Country Songs) [USA promo] 1994-08-30 Almost Blue (reissue) 2004-09-__ Selections From Almost Blue, Goodbye Cruel World and Kojak Variety [USA promo]
1981-09-__ Good Year For The Roses / Your Angel Steps Out Of Heaven 1981-__-__ Good Year For The Roses [US promo] / Good Year For The Roses 1981-10-__ Excerpts From The Album Almost Blue: [UK promo] Good Year For The Roses ; Colour Of The Blues / Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do) ; Sweet Dreams 1981-11-__ Almost Blue Radio Sampler: [US promo] 1981-12-04 Sweet Dreams / Psycho (live) 1981-__-__ Good Year For The Roses ; Your Angel Steps Out Of Heaven / Sweet Dreams ; Psycho (live) 1982-04-02 I'm Your Toy (live) / Cry Cry Cry ; Wondering 1982-04-02 I'm Your Toy (live) ; My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You / Blues Keep Calling ; Honky Tonk Girl