Goodbye Cruel World

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Goodbye Cruel World
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ReleasedJune 18, 1984
ProducerClive Langer & Alan Winstanley
Length44:24
LP back and labels.
LP sleeves.


Tracks

Side 1
TitleWriter(s) Length
1. The Only Flame In Town  Elvis Costello 4:01
2. Home Truth  Elvis Costello 3:11
3. Room With No Number  Elvis Costello 4:13
4. Inch By Inch  Elvis Costello 2:28
5. Worthless Thing  Elvis Costello 3:03
6. Love Field  Elvis Costello 3:30
Side 2
TitleWriter(s) Length
1. I Wanna Be Loved  Farnell Jenkins 4:47
2. The Comedians  Elvis Costello 2:32
3. Joe Porterhouse  Elvis Costello 3:29
4. Sour Milk-Cow Blues  Elvis Costello 2:50
5. The Great Unknown  Elvis Costello & Clive Langer 2:59
6. The Deportees Club  Elvis Costello 2:53
7. Peace In Our Time  Elvis Costello 4:08



Goodbye Cruel World (1995 Rykodisc/Demon edition)

TitleWriter(s) Length
1. The Only Flame In Town  Elvis Costello 4:01
2. Home Truth  Elvis Costello 3:11
3. Room With No Number  Elvis Costello 4:13
4. Inch By Inch  Elvis Costello 2:28
5. Worthless Thing  Elvis Costello 3:03
6. Love Field  Elvis Costello 3:30
7. I Wanna Be Loved  Farnell Jenkins 4:47
8. The Comedians  Elvis Costello 2:32
9. Joe Porterhouse  Elvis Costello 3:29
10. Sour Milk-Cow Blues  Elvis Costello 2:50
11. The Great Unknown  Elvis Costello & Clive Langer 2:59
12. The Deportees Club  Elvis Costello 2:53
13. Peace In Our Time  Elvis Costello 4:08
14. Turning The Town Red  Elvis Costello 3:17
15. Baby It's You (with Nick Lowe)Burt Bacharach, Mack David & Barney Williams 3:10
16. Get Yourself Another Fool  Frank Haywood & Ernest Tucker 4:02
17. I Hope You're Happy Now  Elvis Costello 2:51
18. The Only Flame In Town (live)Elvis Costello 4:12
19. Worthless Thing (Live)Elvis Costello 3:10
20. Motel Matches (Live)Elvis Costello 2:39
21. Sleepless Nights (Live)Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant 2:40
22. Deportee  Elvis Costello 3:22
23. Withered And Died  Richard Thompson 3:12



Goodbye Cruel World (2004 Rhino/Edsel edition)

Disc 1
TitleWriter(s) Length
1. The Only Flame In Town  Elvis Costello 4:01
2. Home Truth  Elvis Costello 3:11
3. Room With No Number  Elvis Costello 4:13
4. Inch By Inch  Elvis Costello 2:28
5. Worthless Thing  Elvis Costello 3:03
6. Love Field  Elvis Costello 3:30
7. I Wanna Be Loved  Farnell Jenkins 4:47
8. The Comedians  Elvis Costello 2:32
9. Joe Porterhouse  Elvis Costello 3:29
10. Sour Milk-Cow Blues  Elvis Costello 2:50
11. The Great Unknown  Elvis Costello & Clive Langer 2:59
12. The Deportees Club  Elvis Costello 2:53
13. Peace In Our Time  Elvis Costello 4:08
Disc 2: Bonus Disc
TitleWriter(s) Length
1. The Only Flame In Town (Alternate Version)Elvis Costello 4:04
2. Young Boy Blues (demo)Elvis Costello 3:27
3. Turning The Town Red  Elvis Costello 3:17
4. I Hope You're Happy Now  Elvis Costello 2:51
5. Tomorrow's (Just Another Day) (with Madness)Carl Smyth & Mike Barson 2:51
6. Get Yourself Another Fool  Frank Haywood & Ernest Tucker 4:02
7. Baby It's You (with Nick Lowe)Burt Bacharach, Mack David & Barney Williams 3:10
8. I Wanna Be Loved  Farnell Jenkins 3:21
9. The Great Unknown  Elvis Costello 2:34
10. She Loves The Jerk (demo)John Hiatt 3:09
11. Turning The Town Red  Elvis Costello 3:36
12. Peace In Our Time (Demo)Elvis Costello 3:29
13. Withered And Died  Richard Thompson 3:12
14. The Comedians (Demo)Elvis Costello 2:24
15. Inch By Inch (Demo)Elvis Costello 2:10
16. Mystery Voice (Demo)Elvis Costello 2:23
17. Joe Porterhouse (Demo)Elvis Costello 3:19
18. The Town Where Time Stood Still (Demo)Elvis Costello 2:15
19. Blue Murder On Union Avenue (Demo)Elvis Costello 2:30
20. Home Truth (Demo)Elvis Costello 3:04
21. The Only Flame In Town (live)Elvis Costello 4:12
22. Worthless Thing (Live)Elvis Costello 3:10
23. Sleepless Nights (Live)Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant 2:40
24. What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend (Live)Jerry Dammers 2:10
25. Motel Matches (Live)Elvis Costello 2:39
26. Love Field (Live)Elvis Costello 3:21



Credits

Notes

  • Recorded at Sarm West Studios, assisted by Bob Kraushaar
  • Mixed at Genetic Studios, assisted by Jim Russell

Related Releases

Singles

Peace In Our Time UK 7" single front sleeve.jpg The Only Flame In Town UK 7" single front sleeve.jpg I Wanna Be Loved UK 7" single front sleeve.jpg
Peace In Our Time The Only Flame In Town I Wanna Be Loved


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