Goodbye Cruel World - Elvis Costello & The Attractions [44:18]
Release date Media Catalogue number (comments)
1984-06-18 LP F/Beat YL 70317 (UK)
1984-06-__ LP Columbia 39429 (US. Promo copies were also issued with "For Promotion Only" stamped in gold on the cover)
1984-__-__ CD Columbia CK 39429 (Japan)
19__-__-__ LP F-Beat/RCA RPL-8251 (Japan)
1984-08-05 CAS F-Beat/RCA RPT-8251 (Japan)
1984-__-__ LP Starcall SFL1 0100 (Australia)
19__-__-__ CD F-Beat/RCA ZD 70317
1986-05-15 CD F-Beat R32-1032 (Japan)
1987-03-__ LP Demon IMP FIEND 75
1987-03-__ CD Demon IMP FIEND CD 75
19__-__-__ LP Liberation Records LIB 5109 (Australia)
19__-__-__ CAS Liberation Records TCLIB 5109 (Australia)

Japanese release in miniature paper sleeve
2003-09-27 CD Victor VICP-62509 (Japan, miniature paper sleeves of original LP artwork)
Tracks:
    Side 1:
  1. The Only Flame In Town (with Daryl Hall) [4:02]
  2. Home Truth [3:13]
  3. Room With No Number [4:13]
  4. Inch By Inch [2:29]
  5. Worthless Thing [3:04]
  6. Love Field [3:26]
    Side 2:
  1. I Wanna Be Loved [Farnell/Jenkins] [4:48]
  2. The Comedians [2:36]
  3. Joe Porterhouse [3:30]
  4. Sour Milk Cow Blues [2:50]
  5. The Great Unknown [3:00]
  6. The Deportees Club [2:54]
  7. Peace In Our Time [4:05]
Producer:
Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley
Personnel:
Elvis Costello - vocals, guitars & anvil.
Maurice Worm - Random Racket.
Bruce Thomas - bass guitar.
Pete Thomas - drums.
Gary Barnacle - saxes & electric sax.
Jim Paterson - trombone.
Luis Jardim - percussion.
Daryl Hall - vocals on "The Only Flame In Town".
Green - vocals on "I Wanna Be Loved".
Charts:
#10 (UK), #35 (US).
Went silver (60,000 copies) in the UK (date unknown).