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When I Was Cruel
- Elvis Costello [__:__]

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CD case	booklet 1	booklet 2	booklet 3
booklet 4	booklet 5	booklet 6	booklet 7
booklet 8	back	disc
USA advance promo - "Unmastered advance album"

Release date

Media

Catalogue number (comments)

2002-__-__

Island (USA advance promo)

2002-04-15

Mercury 586 829-2 (UK), includes Oh Well and CD-ROM version of When I Was Cruel

2002-04-__

(Europe), doesn't include Oh Well

2002-04-__

Island 314 586 775-2 (France) initially included 2 track promo containing The Imposter vs. The Floodtide (Dust & Petals) and Revolution Doll (Island 8620 - LC 00268)

2002-04-17

Mercury UICL-1017 (Japan), includes Oh Well and Smile

2002-04-22

(USA)

2002-04-29

Island 586 775-2 (Australia)

2002-04-29

Island 586 775-2 (Australia) + free promo video; for limited time

2002-04-29

2xLP

Mercury 586775-1 (UK)

2002-04-30

(Canada)

Tracks:

45

Spooky Girlfriend

Tear Off Your Own Head (It's A Doll Revolution)

When I Was Cruel No. 2

Soul For Hire

15 Petals

Tart

Dust 2...

Dissolve

Alibi

...Dust

Daddy Can I Turn This?

My Little Blue Window

Oh Well - (UK and Japan only)

Episode Of Blonde

Radio Silence

Smile - (Japan only)

Producer:
Personnel:
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Notes:

Initial UK release contains a sticker sayiing "Special Edition" and contains a CD-ROM version of When I Was Cruel No. 2 filmed at the Q Awards 2001.
Liner note of Japanese version contains a small advertisement of a new book (in Japanese) on EC, written in Japanese:

“ELVIS COSTELLO FILE”
coming soon this May / A5 size, 260pages / price ¥3,200 (excluding tax)
editorial supervision: Chiharu Tsukada
It contains Elvis Costello’s entire activities throughout his career of a quarter of a century.
A definitive edition that piles up data, interviews, and so on.
Publisher: Shinko Music

Outer case of Japanese version has a sticker indicating that the CD contains Smile, the theme song for the TV drama. An audience rating of the drama’s first episode marked 25.7%.
USA release has a sticker which reads "First loud album since 199?" and that it includes the singles Tear Off Your Own head (It's A Doll Revolution) and 45.
Initial Australian release included a video tape containing the live video of When I Was Cruel from the Q Music Awards in 2001, and interview about When I Was cruel album, and video clips of God Give Me Strength and This House Is Empty Now. Total length 30:16.