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==Tracks==
==Tracks==
01. '''[[The Other End (Of The Telescope)|The Other End Of The Telescope]]''' [Costello/Mann] (4:06)<br>
{{tracklist
02. '''[[Little Atoms]]''' (3:56)<br>
| writing_credits = yes
03. '''[[All This Useless Beauty (song)|All This Useless Beauty]]''' (4:37)<br>
| title1          = [[The Other End Of The Telescope]]
04. '''[[Complicated Shadows]]''' (4:43)<br>
| writer1        = [[Declan MacManus]], [[Aimee Mann]]
05. '''[[Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?]]''' (3:16)<br>
| length1        = 4:06
06. '''[[Distorted Angel]]''' (4:31)<br>
| title2          = [[Little Atoms]]
07. '''[[Shallow Grave]]''' [McCartney/MacManus] (2:00)<br>
| writer2        = Declan MacManus
08. '''[[Poor Fractured Atlas]]''' (3:57)<br>
| length2    = 3:56
09. '''[[Starting To Come To Me]]''' (2:43)<br>
| title3      = [[All This Useless Beauty (song)|All This Useless Beauty]]
10. '''[[You Bowed Down]]''' (4:53)<br>
| writer3    = Elvis Costello
11. '''[[It's Time]]''' (5:57)<br>
| length3    = 4:37
12. '''[[I Want To Vanish]]''' (3:13)<br>
| title4      = [[Complicated Shadows]]
 
| writer4    = Declan MacManus
All songs written by Elvis Costello except where noted.
| 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>


==Credits==
==Credits==
* Musicians:  
* Musicians:  
:'''[[Elvis Costello]]''' - [[Singers|vocals]] and [[Guitarists|guitar]]
:[[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, electric, acoustic & slide guitars, celesta on "All This Useless Beauty", second bass on "Shallow Grave", bridge keyboards on "You Bowed Down"
:'''[[Steve Nieve]]''' - [[Keyboardists|keyboards]]
:[[The Attractions]]:
:'''[[Bruce Thomas]]''' - [[Bassists|bass]]
::[[Steve Nieve]] - piano, keyboards, drum programming & sequencing
:'''[[Pete Thomas]]''' - [[Drummers|drums]]
::[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass
::[[Pete Thomas]] - drums, percussion, acoustic guitar on "You Bowed Down"


:'''[[Pete Whyman]]''' - bass clarinet on [[All This Useless Beauty (song)|All This Useless Beauty]] & [[I Want To Vanish]]
:[[Pete Whyman]] - bass clarinet on "All This Useless Beauty" & "I Want To Vanish"
:'''[[Roy Babbington]]''' - double bass on [[All This Useless Beauty (song)|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]]
:[[Matt MacManus]] - rhythm research on "It's Time"
:'''[[The Brodsky Quartet]]''' - [[I Want To Vanish]]
:[[The Brodsky Quartet]]:
:'''[[Ruth Causey]]''' - Bb clarinet on [[I Want To Vanish]]
::[[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"




==2001 Rhino edition==
==All This Useless Beauty (2001 Rhino edition)==


{| cellspacing="3"
{{tracklist
|- valign="top"
| writing_credits = yes
|width="50%" class="MainPageBG" style="border: 1px solid #c6c9ff; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f2f7ff"|
| headline    = Disc 1: All This Useless Beauty (48:20)
===Disc 1===
| title1      = [[The Other End Of The Telescope]]
'''All This Useless Beauty''' (48:20)<br>
| writer1    = [[Declan MacManus]], [[Aimee Mann]]
 
| length1    = 4:06
01. '''[[The Other End (Of The Telescope)|The Other End Of The Telescope]]''' [Costello/Mann] (4:06)<br>
| title2      = [[Little Atoms]]
02. '''[[Little Atoms]]''' (3:56)<br>
| writer2    = Declan MacManus
03. '''[[All This Useless Beauty (song)|All This Useless Beauty]]''' (4:37)<br>
| length2    = 3:56
04. '''[[Complicated Shadows]]''' (4:43)<br>
| title3      = [[All This Useless Beauty (song)|All This Useless Beauty]]
05. '''[[Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?]]''' (3:16)<br>
| writer3    = Elvis Costello
06. '''[[Distorted Angel]]''' (4:31)<br>
| length3    = 4:37
07. '''[[Shallow Grave]]''' [McCartney/MacManus] (2:00)<br>
| title4      = [[Complicated Shadows]]
08. '''[[Poor Fractured Atlas]]''' (3:57)<br>
| writer4    = Declan MacManus
09. '''[[Starting To Come To Me]]''' (2:43)<br>
| length4    = 4:43
10. '''[[You Bowed Down]]''' (4:53)<br>
| title5      = [[Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?]]
11. '''[[It's Time]]''' (5:57)<br>
| writer5    = Elvis Costello
12. '''[[I Want To Vanish]]''' (3:13)<br>
| length5    = 3:16
 
| title6      = [[Distorted Angel]]
|width="50%" class="MainPageBG" style="border:1px solid #c6c9ff; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000; background-color: #f0f0ff"|
| writer6    = Declan MacManus
===Disc 2===
| length6    = 4:31
'''Bonus Disc''' (68:14)<br>
| title7      = [[Shallow Grave]]
 
| writer7    = [[Paul McCartney]], Declan MacManus
01. '''[[Almost Ideal Eyes]]''' (4:19)<br>
| length7    = 2:00
02. '''[[My Dark Life]]''' - with [[Brian Eno]] (6:19)<br>
| title8      = [[Poor Fractured Atlas]]
03. '''[[That Day Is Done]]''' - with [[The Fairfield Four]] [McCartney/MacManus] (5:08)<br>
| writer8    = Elvis Costello
04. '''[[What Do I Do Now?]]''' [Louise Wener] (4:26)<br>
| length8    = 3:57
05. '''[[The Bridge I Burned]]''' (5:19)<br>
| title9      = [[Starting To Come To Me]]
06. '''[[It's Time]] (Demo)''' (3:58)<br>
| writer9    = Declan MacManus
07. '''[[Complicated Shadows]] (Demo)''' (2:24)<br>
| length9    = 2:43
08. '''[[You Bowed Down]] (Demo)''' (4:18)<br>
| title10    = [[You Bowed Down]]
09. '''[[Mistress And Maid]] (Demo)''' [McCartney/MacManus] (2:17)<br>
| writer10    = Elvis Costello
10. '''[[Distorted Angel]] (Demo)''' (2:31)<br>
| length10    = 4:53
11. '''[[The Fall Of The World's Own Optimist|World's Great Optimist]] (Demo)''' [Costello/Mann] (2:32)<br>
| title11    = [[It's Time]]
12. '''[[The Only Flame In Town]] (Demo)''' (4:11)<br>
| writer11    = Elvis Costello
13. '''[[The Comedians]] (Demo)''' (3:05)<br>
| length11    = 5:57
14. '''[[The Days Take Care Of Everything]] (Demo)''' (3:55)<br>
| title12    = [[I Want To Vanish]]
15. '''[[Hidden Shame]] (Demo)''' (3:56)<br>
| writer12    = Elvis Costello
16. '''[[Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?|Why Can't A Man Stand Alone]] (Demo)''' (2:58)<br>
| length12    = 3:13
17. '''[[Distorted Angel]] (Tricky Remix)''' (5:35)<br>
}}<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==
==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.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]
* [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]
 
==Reviews==
 


==Internal links==
==Internal links==
* '''[[Lyrics: All This Useless Beauty|Lyrics]]''' | '''[[Liner Notes: All This Useless Beauty|Liner Notes]]''' | [[Album Images: All This Useless Beauty|Album Images]]
*[[All This Useless Beauty lyrics|Lyrics]]
*[[All This Useless Beauty (2001) liner notes|Liner Notes]]
*[[:Category:All This Useless Beauty reviews|Reviews]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/atub.html Elvis Costello on Rhino's '''All This Useless Beauty''' reissue page]
*[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:28j4eay24xa7 Allmusic]
 
*[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:2001]]
[[Category:Rhino]]
[[Category:Rhino]]
[[Category:Edsel]]
[[Category:Edsel]]
[[Category:Rhino reissues]]
[[Category:Rhino reissues]]
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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

Internal links

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