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__notoc__[[Image:AB_album_cover_large.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Almost Blue, 1981]]  
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{{Infobox Album
|album_name  = Almost Blue
|image        = Almost Blue album cover.jpg
|album_type  = studio album
|album_artist = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]]
|release_info = October 1981
|record_info  = May 18-29, 1981, CBS Studio A, Nashville
|producer    = [[Billy Sherrill]]
|label        =
|length      = 32:42 (original LP)<br>64:04 (1994 reissue)<br>32:42 + 76:06 (2004 reissue)
}}
[[image:photocoverdetail.jpg|336px|right|thumb|Photo by [[Keith Morris]].]]
[[image:photocoverdetail1.jpg|336px|right|thumb|Photo by Keith Morris.]]




==Track list==
==Tracks==
===1981 LP===
{{tracklist30
{{tracklist
| writing_credits = yes
| writing_credits = yes
| headline        = Side one
| headline        = Side one
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| length6        = 2:37
| length6        = 2:37
}}
}}
{{tracklist
{{tracklist30
| writing_credits = yes
| writing_credits = yes
| headline        = Side two
| headline        = Side two
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| length4        = 3:24
| length4        = 3:24
| title5          = [[Honey Hush]]
| title5          = [[Honey Hush]]
| writer5        = [[Big Joe Turner]]
| writer5        = [[Big Joe Turner|Lou Willie Turner]]
| length5        = 2:11
| length5        = 2:11
| title6          = [[How Much I Lied]]
| title6          = [[How Much I Lied]]
| writer6        = [[Gram Parsons]], [[Pam Rifkin]]
| writer6        = [[Gram Parsons]], [[David Rivkin|Pam Rifkin]]
| length6        = 2:48
| length6        = 2:48
}}<br>
}}<br>


==Credits==
==Credits==
* Produced by: '''[[Billy Sherrill]]'''
<div style="margin-right: 370px;">
* Musicians:  
{| width="100%" cellspacing="0"
: '''[[Elvis Costello]]''' - [[Singers|vocals]], [[Guitarists|guitar]]
|- valign="top"
: '''[[Steve Nieve]]''' - [[Keyboardists|piano]], [[Keyboardists|organ]]
|width="50%" style="border: 0px solid #fff; padding: 0; font-size:100%"|
: '''[[Bruce Thomas]]''' - [[Bassists|bass]]
*[[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, guitar
: '''[[Pete Thomas]]''' - [[Drummers|drums]]
*[[Steve Nieve]] - piano, organ
: '''[[John McFee]]''' - [[Guitarists|lead guitar, pedal steel]]
*[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass
: '''[[Tommy Millar]]''' - [[Violinists|fiddle]]
*[[Pete Thomas]] - drums
: '''[[Nashville Edition]]''' - [[Singers|background vocals]]
|width="50%" style="border: 0px solid #fff; padding: 0; font-size:100%"|
*[[John McFee]] - lead guitar, pedal steel
*[[Tommy Millar]] - fiddle
*[[Nashville Edition]] - background vocals
*[[Billy Sherrill]] - producer
|}</div>
 
 
==Almost Blue (1994 Rykodisc/Demon edition)==
{{tracklist30
| writing_credits = yes
| title1          = [[Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do)?]]
| writer1        = [[Hank Williams]]
| length1        = 1:40
| title2          = [[Sweet Dreams]]
| writer2        = [[Don Gibson]]
| length2        = 3:00
| title3          = [[Success]]
| writer3        = [[Johnny Mullins]]
| length3        = 2:41
| title4          = [[I'm Your Toy]]
| writer4        = [[Chris Ethridge]], [[Gram Parsons]]
| length4        = 3:23
| title5          = [[Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down]]
| writer5        = [[Merle Haggard]]
| length5        = 2:09
| title6          = [[Brown To Blue]]
| writer6        = [[George Jones|G. Jones]], [[Virginia Franks|V. Franks]], [[Johnny "Country" Mathis|J. Mathis]]
| length6        = 2:39
| title7          = [[Good Year For The Roses]]
| writer7        = [[Jerry Chesnut]]
| length7        = 3:08
| title8          = [[Sittin' And Thinkin']]
| writer8        = [[Charlie Rich]]
| length8        = 3:00
| title9          = [[Colour Of The Blues]]
| writer9        = [[Lawton Williams]], [[George Jones]]
| length9        = 2:19
| title10          = [[Too Far Gone]]
| writer10        = [[Billy Sherrill]]
| length10        = 3:26
| title11          = [[Honey Hush]]
| writer11        = [[Big Joe Turner|Lou Willie Turner]]
| length11        = 2:13
| title12          = [[How Much I Lied]]
| writer12        = [[Gram Parsons]], [[David Rivkin|Pam Rifkin]]
| length12        = 2:45
| title13      = [[He's Got You]]
| note13      = Live
| writer13    = [[Hank Cochran]]
| length13    = 4:07
| title14      = [[Cry, Cry, Cry]]
| note14      = Live
| writer14    = [[Johnny Cash]]
| length14    = 2:45
| title15      = [[There Won't Be Anymore]]
| note15      = Live
| writer15    = [[Charlie Rich]]
| length15    = 2:23
| title16      = [[Sittin' And Thinkin']]
| note16      = Live
| writer16    = [[Charlie Rich]]
| length16    = 2:55
| title17      = [[Honey Hush]]
| note17      = Live
| writer17    = [[Big Joe Turner|Lou Willie Turner]]
| length17    = 2:21
| title18      = [[Psycho]]
| note18      = Live
| writer18    = [[Leon Payne]]
| length18    = 3:34
| title19      = [[Your Angel Steps Out Of Heaven]]
| writer19    = [[Jack Ripley]]
| length19    = 1:56
| title20    = [[Darling, You Know I Wouldn't Lie]]
| writer20    = [[Wayne Kemp]], [[Red Lane]]
| length20    = 2:35
| title21      = [[My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You]]
| writer21    = [[Lee Ross]], [[Bob Wills]]
| length21    = 2:02
| title22      = [[Tears Before Bedtime]]
| writer22    = [[Elvis Costello]]
| length22    = 2:23
| title23    = [[I'm Your Toy]]
| note23      = Live
| writer23    = [[Chris Ethridge]], [[Gram Parsons]]
| length23    = 3:46
}}<br>
 
==Almost Blue (2004 Rhino/Edsel edition)==
 
{{tracklist30
| writing_credits = yes
| headline        = Disc 1: '''Almost Blue'''
| title1          = [[Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do)?]]
| writer1        = [[Hank Williams]]
| length1        = 1:35
| title2          = [[Sweet Dreams]]
| writer2        = [[Don Gibson]]
| length2        = 2:56
| title3          = [[Success]]
| writer3        = [[Johnny Mullins]]  
| length3        = 2:38
| title4          = [[I'm Your Toy]]
| writer4        = [[Chris Ethridge]], [[Gram Parsons]]
| length4        = 3:20
| title5          = [[Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down]]
| writer5        = [[Merle Haggard]]
| length5        = 2:06
| title6          = [[Brown To Blue]]
| writer6        = [[George Jones|G. Jones]], [[Virginia Franks|V. Franks]], [[Johnny "Country" Mathis|J. Mathis]]
| length6        = 2:37
| title7          = [[Good Year For The Roses]]
| writer7        = [[Jerry Chesnut]]
| length7        = 3:06
| title8          = [[Sittin' And Thinkin']]
| writer8        = [[Charlie Rich]]
| length8        = 3:00
| title9          = [[Colour Of The Blues]]
| writer9        = [[Lawton Williams]], [[George Jones]]
| length9        = 2:18
| title10          = [[Too Far Gone]]
| writer10        = [[Billy Sherrill]]
| length10        = 3:24
| title11          = [[Honey Hush]]
| writer11        = [[Big Joe Turner|Lou Willie Turner]]
| length11        = 2:11
| title12          = [[How Much I Lied]]
| writer12        = [[Gram Parsons]], [[David Rivkin|Pam Rifkin]]
| length12        = 2:48
}}<br>
{{tracklist30
| writing_credits = yes
| headline        = Disc 2: '''Bonus Disc'''
| title1      = [[Stranger In The House]]
| note1  = [[George Jones]] with Elvis Costello
| writer1    = [[Elvis Costello]]
| length1    = 3:36
| title2      = [[We Oughta Be Ashamed]]
| note2  = [[Johnny Cash]] with Elvis Costello
| writer2    = [[George Jones]], [[Earl Montgomery]]
| length2    = 2:44
| title3      = [[Radio Sweetheart]]
| note3    = Live
| writer3    = [[Elvis Costello]]
| length3    = 3:15
| title4      = [[Stranger In The House]]
| note4    = Live
| writer4    = [[Elvis Costello]]
| length4    = 3:56
| title5      = [[Psycho]]
| note5      = Live
| writer5    = [[Leon Payne]]
| length5    = 3:35
| title6      = [[If I Could Put Them All Together (I'd Have You)]]
| note6    = Live
| writer6    = [[Even Stevens]]
| length6    = 2:28
| title7      = [[Motel Matches]]
| note7    = Live
| writer7    = [[Elvis Costello]]
| length7    = 2:21
| title8      = [[He'll Have To Go]]
| note8    = Live
| writer8    = [[Joe Allison]], [[Audrey Allison]]
| length8    = 2:51
| title9      = [[Girls Talk]]
| note9    = Live
| writer9    = [[Elvis Costello]]
| length9    = 1:44
| title10          = [[Too Far Gone]]
| note10    = "Lost Session" Version
| writer10        = [[Billy Sherrill]]
| length10        = 3:08
| title11      = [[He's Got You]]
| note11      = "Lost Session" Version
| writer11    = [[Hank Cochran]]
| length11    = 3:48
| title12    = [[Honky Tonk Girl]]
| writer12    = [[Loretta Lynn]]
| length12    = 2:24
| title13      = [[That's Why I'm Walking]]
| writer13    = [[Melvin Endsley]], [[Stonewall Jackson]]
| length13    = 2:18
| title14      = [[Wondering]]
| writer14    = [[Joe Werner]]
| length14    = 2:20
| title15    = [[Darling, You Know I Wouldn't Lie]]
| writer15    = [[Wayne Kemp]], [[Red Lane]]
| length15    = 2:36
| title16      = [[My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You]]
| writer16    = [[Lee Ross]], [[Bob Wills]]
| length16    = 2:01
| title17    = [[Blues Keep Calling]]
| writer17    = [[Janis Martin]]
| length17    = 2:05
| title18      = [[Tears Before Bedtime]]
| writer18    = [[Elvis Costello]]
| length18    = 2:23
| title19      = [[Psycho]]
| writer19    = [[Leon Payne]]
| length19    = 3:20
| title20      = [[Cry, Cry, Cry]]
| writer20    = [[Johnny Cash]]
| length20    = 2:47
| title21    = [[I'll Take Care Of You]]
| writer21    = [[Brook Benton]]
| length21    = 3:09
| title22      = [[Your Angel Steps Out Of Heaven]]
| writer22    = [[Jack Ripley]]
| length22    = 1:55
| title23      = [[Brand New Heartache]]
| note23      = Live
| writer23    = [[Felice Bryant]], [[Boudleaux Bryant]]
| length23    = 2:29
| title24      = [[There Won't Be Anymore]]
| note24      = Live
| writer24    = [[Charlie Rich]]
| length24    = 2:32
| title25      = [[Sittin' And Thinkin']]
| note25      = Live
| writer25    = [[Charlie Rich]]
| length25    = 2:51
| title26      = [[Honey Hush]]
| note26      = Live
| writer26    = [[Big Joe Turner|Lou Willie Turner]]
| length26    = 2:28
| title27    = [[I'm Your Toy]]
| note27      = Live
| writer27    = [[Chris Ethridge]], [[Gram Parsons]]
| length27    = 4:01
}}




==Internal links==
*[[Almost Blue lyrics|Lyrics]]
*[[Almost Blue (1994) liner notes|Liner notes (1994)]]
*[[Almost Blue (2004) liner notes|Liner notes (2004)]]


==External links==
==External links==
{{AB external links}}
*[http://www.allmusic.com/album/almost-blue-mw0000653809 Allmusic] {{-}} [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_Blue Wikipedia]
*[http://www.discogs.com/Elvis-Costello-And-The-Attractions-Almost-Blue/master/42880 Discogs]
*[http://www.musik-sammler.de/album/244693 musik-sammler.de] {{-}} [http://www.musik-sammler.de/album/238109 musik-sammler.de (2)]
*{{amazon|asin=B0002IQFDQ}} {{-}} {{amazonUK|asin=B0002FHAFG}}


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[[Category:Almost Blue|*1981]]
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[[Category:Rykodisc]]
[[Category:Demon]]
[[Category:Rykodisc reissues]]
[[Category:Rhino]]
[[Category:Edsel]]
[[Category:Rhino reissues]]
[[Category:F-Beat]]

Revision as of 00:00, 6 October 2019

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Almost Blue
Almost Blue album cover.jpg
ReleasedOctober 1981
RecordedMay 18-29, 1981, CBS Studio A, Nashville
ProducerBilly Sherrill
Length32:42 (original LP)
64:04 (1994 reissue)
32:42 + 76:06 (2004 reissue)
Photo by Keith Morris.
Photo by Keith Morris.


Tracks


Credits


Almost Blue (1994 Rykodisc/Demon edition)


Almost Blue (2004 Rhino/Edsel edition)



Internal links

External links