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{{Infobox Album
|album_name  = All This Useless Beauty
|image        = ATUB_album_cover_large.jpg
|album_type  = studio album
|album_artist = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]]
|release_info = 1996-05-13 (UK)<br>1996-05-14 (US/Canada)<br>1996-05-25 (Japan)<br>2001-08-21 (US 2CD reissue)<br>2001-09-03 (UK 2CD reissue)
|record_info  = August-September 1995<br>Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin<br>February 1996<br>Westside Studios, London
|producer    = [[Geoff Emerick]] & [[Elvis Costello]]
|label        = [[Warner Bros.]] (1996)<br>[[Rhino]] (2001)
|length      = 48:20
}}


==Track listing==
Running time: 00:00
#[[Track 1]] (0:00)
#[[Track 2]] (0:00)
#[[Track 3]] (0:00)


==Personnel==
*[[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, guitar.
*[[Steve Nieve]] - organ and piano.


Recorded at .
==Tracks==
{{tracklist
| writing_credits = yes
| title1          = [[The Other End Of The Telescope]]
| writer1        = [[Declan MacManus]], [[Aimee Mann]]
| length1        = 4:06
| title2          = [[Little Atoms]]
| writer2        = Declan MacManus
| length2    = 3:56
| title3      = [[All This Useless Beauty (song)|All This Useless Beauty]]
| writer3    = Elvis Costello
| length3    = 4:37
| title4      = [[Complicated Shadows]]
| writer4    = Declan MacManus
| length4    = 4:43
| title5      = [[Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?]]
| writer5    = Elvis Costello
| length5    = 3:16
| title6      = [[Distorted Angel]]
| writer6    = Declan MacManus
| length6    = 4:31
| title7      = [[Shallow Grave]]
| writer7    = [[Paul McCartney]], Declan MacManus
| length7    = 2:00
| title8      = [[Poor Fractured Atlas]]
| writer8    = Elvis Costello
| length8    = 3:57
| title9      = [[Starting To Come To Me]]
| writer9    = Declan MacManus
| length9    = 2:43
| title10    = [[You Bowed Down]]
| writer10    = Elvis Costello
| length10    = 4:53
| title11    = [[It's Time]]
| writer11    = Elvis Costello
| length11    = 5:57
| title12    = [[I Want To Vanish]]
| writer12    = Elvis Costello
| length12    = 3:13
}}<br>


==Reviews==
==Credits==
*[[Review: My Aim Is True, New Musical Express 1977|New Musical Express, 1977-07-23]]
* Musicians:
*(pick one or more reviews from the bibliography and link them as above)
:[[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, electric, acoustic & slide guitars, celesta on "All This Useless Beauty", second bass on "Shallow Grave", bridge keyboards on "You Bowed Down"
:[[The Attractions]]:
::[[Steve Nieve]] - piano, keyboards, drum programming & sequencing
::[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass
::[[Pete Thomas]] - drums, percussion, acoustic guitar on "You Bowed Down"
 
:[[Pete Whyman]] - bass clarinet on "All This Useless Beauty" & "I Want To Vanish"
:[[Roy Babbington]] - double bass on "All This Useless Beauty" & "I Want To Vanish"
:[[Matt MacManus]] - rhythm research on "It's Time"
:[[The Brodsky Quartet]]:
::[[Michael Thomas]] - violin on "I Want To Vanish"
::[[Ian Belton]] - violin on "I Want To Vanish"
::[[Paul Cassidy]] - viola on "I Want To Vanish"
::[[Jacqueline Thomas]] - cello on "I Want To Vanish"
:[[Ruth Causey]] - Bb clarinet on "I Want To Vanish"
 
 
==All This Useless Beauty (2001 Rhino edition)==
 
{{tracklist
| writing_credits = yes
| headline    = Disc 1: All This Useless Beauty (48:20)
| title1      = [[The Other End Of The Telescope]]
| writer1    = [[Declan MacManus]], [[Aimee Mann]]
| length1    = 4:06
| title2      = [[Little Atoms]]
| writer2    = Declan MacManus
| length2    = 3:56
| title3      = [[All This Useless Beauty (song)|All This Useless Beauty]]
| writer3    = Elvis Costello
| length3    = 4:37
| title4      = [[Complicated Shadows]]
| writer4    = Declan MacManus
| length4    = 4:43
| title5      = [[Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?]]
| writer5    = Elvis Costello
| length5    = 3:16
| title6      = [[Distorted Angel]]
| writer6    = Declan MacManus
| length6    = 4:31
| title7      = [[Shallow Grave]]
| writer7    = [[Paul McCartney]], Declan MacManus
| length7    = 2:00
| title8      = [[Poor Fractured Atlas]]
| writer8    = Elvis Costello
| length8    = 3:57
| title9      = [[Starting To Come To Me]]
| writer9    = Declan MacManus
| length9    = 2:43
| title10    = [[You Bowed Down]]
| writer10    = Elvis Costello
| length10    = 4:53
| title11    = [[It's Time]]
| writer11    = Elvis Costello
| length11    = 5:57
| title12    = [[I Want To Vanish]]
| writer12    = Elvis Costello
| length12    = 3:13
}}<br>
{{tracklist
| writing_credits = yes
| headline    = Disc 2: Bonus Disc (68:14)
| title1      = [[Almost Ideal Eyes]]
| writer1    = Elvis Costello
| length1    = 4:19
| title2      = [[My Dark Life]]
| note2      = with [[Brian Eno]]
| writer2    = Elvis Costello
| length2    = 6:19
| title3      = [[That Day Is Done]]
| note3      = with [[The Fairfield Four]]
| writer3    = [[Paul McCartney]], Declan MacManus
| length3    = 5:08
| title4      = [[What Do I Do Now?]]
| writer4    = [[Louise Wener]]
| length4    = 4:26
| title5      = [[The Bridge I Burned]]
| writer5    = Elvis Costello
| length5    = 5:19
| title6      = [[It's Time]]
| note6      = Demo
| writer6    = Elvis Costello
| length6    = 3:58
| title7      = [[Complicated Shadows]]
| note7      = Demo
| writer7    = Declan MacManus
| length7    = 2:24
| title8      = [[You Bowed Down]]
| note8      = Demo
| writer8    = Elvis Costello
| length8    = 4:18
| title9      = [[Mistress And Maid]]
| note9      = Demo
| writer9    = Paul McCartney, Declan MacManus
| length9    = 2:17
| title10    = [[Distorted Angel]]
| note10      = Demo
| writer10    = Declan MacManus
| length10    = 2:31
| title11    = [[The Fall Of The World's Own Optimist|World's Great Optimist]]
| note11      = Demo
| writer11    = Elvis Costello, [[Aimee Mann]]
| length11    = 2:32
| title12    = [[The Only Flame In Town]]
| note12      = Demo
| writer12    = Elvis Costello
| length12    = 4:11
| title13    = [[The Comedians]]
| note13      = Demo
| writer13    = Elvis Costello
| length13    = 3:05
| title14    = [[The Days Take Care Of Everything]]
| note14      = Demo
| writer14    = Elvis Costello
| length14    = 3:55
| title15    = [[Hidden Shame]]
| note15      = Demo
| writer15    = Elvis Costello
| length15    = 3:56
| title16    = [[Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?|Why Can't A Man Stand Alone]]
| note16      = Demo
| writer16    = Elvis Costello
| length16    = 2:58
| title17    = [[Distorted Angel]]
| note17      = [[Tricky]] Remix
| writer17    = Declan MacManus
| length17    = 5:35
}}<br>
 
==Original discography pages==
* [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub.htm Home Page discography page] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_a01.htm A01] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_a02.htm A02]
* [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s01.htm Singles: S01] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s02.htm S02] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s03.htm S03] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s04.htm S04] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s05.htm S05] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s06.htm S06] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s07.htm S07] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s08.htm S08] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s09.htm S09] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s10.htm S10]


==Internal links==
==Internal links==
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait.htm Home Page discography]
*[[All This Useless Beauty lyrics|Lyrics]]
*(set this link to the original album page)
*[[All This Useless Beauty (2001) liner notes|Liner Notes]]
*[[:Category:All This Useless Beauty reviews|Reviews]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:tgde4j170wa4link All Music Guide]
*[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:28j4eay24xa7 Allmusic]
*(link to the album page at All Music Guide)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_This_Useless_Beauty Wikipedia]
 
* [http://www.discogs.com/Elvis-Costello-The-Attractions-All-This-Useless-Beauty/master/42958 Discogs] master / [http://www.discogs.com/Elvis-Costello-All-This-Useless-Beauty/release/1936252 promo 46198-2]  
* [http://www.musik-sammler.de/album/176550 musik-sammler.de]
* [http://www.inanotherroom.com/atub.html Elvis Costello Reissues: All This Useless Beauty]


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[[Category:Rhino reissues]]

Revision as of 04:15, 4 May 2013

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All This Useless Beauty
ATUB album cover large.jpg
Released1996-05-13 (UK)
1996-05-14 (US/Canada)
1996-05-25 (Japan)
2001-08-21 (US 2CD reissue)
2001-09-03 (UK 2CD reissue)
RecordedAugust-September 1995
Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin
February 1996
Westside Studios, London
ProducerGeoff Emerick & Elvis Costello
LabelWarner Bros. (1996)
Rhino (2001)
Length48:20


Tracks

TitleWriter(s) Length
1. The Other End Of The Telescope  Declan MacManus, Aimee Mann 4:06
2. Little Atoms  Declan MacManus 3:56
3. All This Useless Beauty  Elvis Costello 4:37
4. Complicated Shadows  Declan MacManus 4:43
5. Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?  Elvis Costello 3:16
6. Distorted Angel  Declan MacManus 4:31
7. Shallow Grave  Paul McCartney, Declan MacManus 2:00
8. Poor Fractured Atlas  Elvis Costello 3:57
9. Starting To Come To Me  Declan MacManus 2:43
10. You Bowed Down  Elvis Costello 4:53
11. It's Time  Elvis Costello 5:57
12. I Want To Vanish  Elvis Costello 3:13


Credits

  • Musicians:
Elvis Costello - vocals, electric, acoustic & slide guitars, celesta on "All This Useless Beauty", second bass on "Shallow Grave", bridge keyboards on "You Bowed Down"
The Attractions:
Steve Nieve - piano, keyboards, drum programming & sequencing
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums, percussion, acoustic guitar on "You Bowed Down"
Pete Whyman - bass clarinet on "All This Useless Beauty" & "I Want To Vanish"
Roy Babbington - double bass on "All This Useless Beauty" & "I Want To Vanish"
Matt MacManus - rhythm research on "It's Time"
The Brodsky Quartet:
Michael Thomas - violin on "I Want To Vanish"
Ian Belton - violin on "I Want To Vanish"
Paul Cassidy - viola on "I Want To Vanish"
Jacqueline Thomas - cello on "I Want To Vanish"
Ruth Causey - Bb clarinet on "I Want To Vanish"


All This Useless Beauty (2001 Rhino edition)

Disc 1: All This Useless Beauty (48:20)
TitleWriter(s) Length
1. The Other End Of The Telescope  Declan MacManus, Aimee Mann 4:06
2. Little Atoms  Declan MacManus 3:56
3. All This Useless Beauty  Elvis Costello 4:37
4. Complicated Shadows  Declan MacManus 4:43
5. Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?  Elvis Costello 3:16
6. Distorted Angel  Declan MacManus 4:31
7. Shallow Grave  Paul McCartney, Declan MacManus 2:00
8. Poor Fractured Atlas  Elvis Costello 3:57
9. Starting To Come To Me  Declan MacManus 2:43
10. You Bowed Down  Elvis Costello 4:53
11. It's Time  Elvis Costello 5:57
12. I Want To Vanish  Elvis Costello 3:13


Disc 2: Bonus Disc (68:14)
TitleWriter(s) Length
1. Almost Ideal Eyes  Elvis Costello 4:19
2. My Dark Life (with Brian Eno)Elvis Costello 6:19
3. That Day Is Done (with The Fairfield Four)Paul McCartney, Declan MacManus 5:08
4. What Do I Do Now?  Louise Wener 4:26
5. The Bridge I Burned  Elvis Costello 5:19
6. It's Time (Demo)Elvis Costello 3:58
7. Complicated Shadows (Demo)Declan MacManus 2:24
8. You Bowed Down (Demo)Elvis Costello 4:18
9. Mistress And Maid (Demo)Paul McCartney, Declan MacManus 2:17
10. Distorted Angel (Demo)Declan MacManus 2:31
11. World's Great Optimist (Demo)Elvis Costello, Aimee Mann 2:32
12. The Only Flame In Town (Demo)Elvis Costello 4:11
13. The Comedians (Demo)Elvis Costello 3:05
14. The Days Take Care Of Everything (Demo)Elvis Costello 3:55
15. Hidden Shame (Demo)Elvis Costello 3:56
16. Why Can't A Man Stand Alone (Demo)Elvis Costello 2:58
17. Distorted Angel (Tricky Remix)Declan MacManus 5:35


Original discography pages

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