Elvis Costello Introduces... The Tracks From His New Album 'Almost Blue'
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| Elvis Costello Introduces... The Tracks From His New Album 'Almost Blue' | |
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| Released | October 1981 |
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| Producer | Billy Sherrill |
| Label | F-Beat (UK) Columbia (USA) |
Tracks
| Side one | |||||||||
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| Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do)? | Hank Williams | 1:35 | ||||||
| 2. | Sweet Dreams | Don Gibson | 2:56 | ||||||
| 3. | Success | Johnny Mullins | 2:38 | ||||||
| 4. | I'm Your Toy | Chris Ethridge, Gram Parsons | 3:20 | ||||||
| 5. | Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down | Merle Haggard | 2:06 | ||||||
| 6. | Brown To Blue | G. Jones, V. Franks, J. Mathis | 2:37 | ||||||
| Side two | |||||||||
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| Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | Good Year For The Roses | Jerry Chesnut | 3:06 | ||||||
| 2. | Sittin' And Thinkin' | Charlie Rich | 3:00 | ||||||
| 3. | Colour Of The Blues | Lawton Williams, George Jones | 2:18 | ||||||
| 4. | Too Far Gone | Billy Sherrill | 3:24 | ||||||
| 5. | Honey Hush | Lou Willie Turner | 2:11 | ||||||
| 6. | How Much I Lied | Gram Parsons, Pam Rifkin | 2:48 | ||||||
Notes
- Each track is preceeded by a short spoken intro.
- The UK cover is a pasteup; the front cover has a drawing of the band by Bruce Thomas on white paper, with a copy number and the artists' names stamped (in black, blue & red ink) and their signatures in various colours. The back has the tracklist and times printed in black on blue paper. The cover lists the keyboard player as Steve Neive.
- The US cover is plain black, some with a square red on white sticker containing the title.
- The US title is "Almost Blue (Elvis Introduces His Favorite Country Songs)".
Release information
| Release date | Media | Catalog number | Comments |
| 1981-10-__ | LP | F-Beat E.C.CHAT 1 | UK promo |
| 1981-10-__ | LP | Columbia AS 1318 | US promo |