All This Useless Beauty

All This Useless Beauty
studio album by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Released	1996-05-13 (UK) 1996-05-14 (US/Canada) 1996-05-25 (Japan) 2001-08-21 (US 2CD reissue) 2001-09-03 (UK 2CD reissue)
Recorded	August-September 1995 Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin February 1996 Westside Studios, London
Producer	Geoff Emerick & Elvis Costello
Label	Warner Bros. (1996) Rhino (2001)
Length	48:20

Tracks

	Title	Writer(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

Steve Nieve - piano, keyboards, drum programming & sequencing

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"

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"

Disc 1: All This Useless Beauty (48:20)
	Title	Writer(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)
	Title	Writer(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