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ALMOST BLUE

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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.


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Tracks

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)

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Release information:

Albums

  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]

Singles

  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
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