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{{Infobox Album
|album_name  = Out Of Our Idiot
|image        = Out Of Our Idiot album cover.jpg
|album_type  = Compilation album
|album_artist = Various artists (EC in various guises)
|release_info = 1987-12
|record_info  = 1979 - 1987
|producer    = [[Nick Lowe]], [[Colin Fairley]], [[The Mono Kings]], [[Clive Langer]], [[Alan Winstanley]], [[The Coward Brothers]], [[Geoff Emerick]], [[Allen Toussaint]], [[The Imposter (pseudonym)|Imposter]], [[Elvis Costello]], [[Paul "Bassman" Riley]], [[T Bone Burnett|J.Henry Burnett]], [[Larry Kalman Hirsch]]
|label        = Demon
|length      = ??:?? <small>(LP and cassette)</small><br />70:47<small>(CD)</small>
}}
{{xtoc}}{{double image|right|Out Of Our Idiot back.jpg|185|Out Of Our Idiot disc.jpg|145|CD back cover and disc.}}
{{xtoc}}{{double image|right|Out Of Our Idiot booklet.jpg|265|Out Of Our Idiot booklet 2.jpg|65|Booklet.}}






  K06 Out Of Our Idiot - various artists (EC in various guises) (70:47)
==LP and cassette==
      Side 1:
{{tracklist30
          Seven Day Weekend [Costello/Cliff] - EC+A+Jimmy Cliff (2:37)
| headline        = Side one
          Turning The Town Red - EC+A (3:20)
| writing_credits = yes
          Heathen Town - EC+A (3:06)
| extra_column    = Performer(s)
          The People's Limousine - The Coward Brothers (3:37)
| title1  = [[Seven Day Weekend]]
          So Young [Camilleri/Faehse/Burstin] - EC+A (3:26)
| writer1 = [[Jimmy Cliff]] & [[Elvis Costello]]
        +Little Goody Two Shoes - EC+A (2:27)
| extra1  = [[Jimmy Cliff]], [[Elvis Costello]] & <br>[[The Attractions]]
          American Without Tears #2 (Twilight version) - EC (3:33)
| length1 = 2:37
          Get Yourself Another Fool (Idiot mix) [Tucker/Hayward] - EC+A (4:01)
| title2  = [[Turning The Town Red]]
          Walking On Thin Ice [Yoko Ono] - EC+A (3:42)
| writer2 = Elvis Costello
      Side 2:
| extra2  = Elvis Costello & The Attractions
        +Withered and Died [Richard Thompson] - The Imposter (3:12)
| length2 = 3:20
          Blue Chair (single version) - EC (3:38)
| title3  = [[Heathen Town]]
          Baby It's You [Bacharach/David/Williams] - EC+Nick Lowe (3:15)
| writer3 = Elvis Costello
          From Head To Toe [Smokey Robinson] EC+A (2:34)
| extra3  = Elvis Costello & The Attractions
          Shoes Without Heels - EC+The Confederates (4:14)
| length3 = 3:06
          Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo - The Costello Show /w The Attractions (3:21)
| title4  = [[The People's Limousine]]
          The Flirting Kind - EC+A (2:58)
| writer4 = [[Henry Coward|Henry ]] & [[Howard Coward]]
          Black Sails In The Sunset - EC+A (3:09)
| extra4  = [[The Coward Brothers]]
        +A Town Called Big Nothing (Really Big Nothing) - The MacManus Gang
| length4 = 3:37
            (5:43)
| title5  = [[So Young]]
        +Big Sister EC+A (2:16)
| writer5 = [[Joe Camilleri|Camilleri]], [[Jeff Burstin|Burstin]], [[Tony Faehse|Faehse]]
          Imperial Bedroom - Napoleon Dynamite & The Royal Guard(2:47)
| extra5  = Elvis Costello & The Attractions
          The Stamping Ground - The Emotional Toothpaste (3:09)
| length5 = 3:26
      [1987-12-04;  MC; Demon IMP FIEND CASS 67]
| title6  = [[American Without Tears No. 2 (Twilight Version)|American Without Tears No. 2]]
      [1987-12-04;  CD; Demon IMP FIEND CD 67]
| writer6 = [[Declan MacManus]]
      [1987-12-04;  LP; Demon IMP XFIEND 67 (/w round blue on yellow sticker
| extra6  = Elvis Costello
                    saying "ELVIS COSTELLO Rare and unreleased cuts)]
| length6 = 3:33
      Tracks marked '+' are only on CD version.
| title7 = [[Get Yourself Another Fool]]
      Tracks 1 & 8 produced by Nick Lowe with Colin Fairley.
| note7  = Idiot mix
      Track 2 produced by the Mono-Kings, Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley.
| writer7 = [[Frank Haywood|Haywood]], [[Ernest Tucker|Tucker]]
      Track 3 & 16 produced by Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley.
| extra7  = Elvis Costello & The Attractions
      Track 4 produced by The Coward Brothers.
| length7 = 4:01
      Track 5 produced at Gunpoint by Nick Lowe.
| title8  = [[Walking On Thin Ice]]
      Track 6 produced by Geoff Emerick.
| writer8 = [[Yoko Ono]]
      Track 7 produced by Colin Fairley.
| extra8  = Elvis Costello & The Attractions
      Track 9 produced by Allen Toussaint.
| length8 = 3:42
      Track 10 produced by Fairley/Imposter.
}}
      Track 11 produced by The Coward Brothers.
{{tracklist30
      Track 12 produced by Lowe/Costello/Bassman.
| headline        = Side two
      Track 13 produced by EC assisted by Paul Bass.
| writing_credits = yes
      Track 14 produced by J.Henry Burnett & Larry Hirsch.
| extra_column    = Performer(s)
      Track 15 produced by J.Henry (T-Bone) Burnett & EC.
| title1  = [[Blue Chair]]
      Track 17 & 19 produced by Nick Lowe.
| note1    = [[Blue Chair#Alternate_versions|single version]]
      Track 18, 20 & 21 produced by EC.
| writer1  = Declan MacManus
      This version of "Get Yourself Another Fool" is simply a remixed version
| extra1  = Elvis Costello
      of the earlier single mix, with most of the echo on the vocals removed
| length1  = 3:38
      (although there's a little used) and with more pronounced keyboards.
| title2  = [[Baby It's You]]
      The 3 note intro and the fade
| writer2  = [[Burt Bacharach|Bacharach]], [[Mack David|David]], [[Barney Williams|Williams]]
      out are still there.
| extra2  = Elvis Costello & [[Nick Lowe]]
      "Black Sails In The Sunset" is aprox. 13 secs. longer than the version
| length2  = 3:15
      on the re-issue of _Trust_. Also, this is the only release of the
| title3  = [[From Head To Toe]]
      track "Little Goody Two Shoes" (early version of "Inch By Inch").
| writer3  = [[Smokey Robinson]]
      UK: Went silver (60,000 copies) (date unkown).
| extra3  = Elvis Costello & The Attractions
| length3  = 2:34
| title4  = [[Shoes Without Heels]]
| writer4  = Declan MacManus
| extra4  = Elvis Costello & <br>[[The Confederates]]
| length4  = 4:14
| title5  = [[Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo]]
| writer5  = Declan MacManus
| extra5  = [[The Costello Show]] with <br>The Attractions
| length5  = 3:21
| title6  = [[The Flirting Kind]]
| writer6  = Elvis Costello
| extra6  = Elvis Costello & The Attractions
| length6  = 2:58
| title7  = [[Black Sails In The Sunset]]
| writer7  = Elvis Costello
| extra7  = Elvis Costello & The Attractions
| length7  = 3:09
| title8  = [[Imperial Bedroom (song)|Imperial Bedroom]]
| writer8  = Elvis Costello
| extra8  = [[Napoleon Dynamite & The Royal Guard|Napoleon Dynamite & <br>The Royal Guard]]
| length8  = 2:47
| title9  = [[The Stamping Ground]]
| writer9  = Elvis Costello
| extra9  = [[The Emotional Toothpaste]]
| length9  = 3:09
}}
 
 
==CD==
{{tracklist30
| writing_credits = yes
| extra_column    = Performer(s)
| title1  = [[Seven Day Weekend]]
| writer1  = [[Jimmy Cliff]] & [[Elvis Costello]]
| extra1  = [[Jimmy Cliff]], [[Elvis Costello]] & <br>[[The Attractions]]
| length1  = 2:37
| title2  = [[Turning The Town Red]]
| writer2  = Elvis Costello
| extra2  = Elvis Costello & The Attractions
| length2  = 3:20
| title3  = [[Heathen Town]]
| writer3  = Elvis Costello
| extra3  = Elvis Costello & The Attractions
| length3  = 3:06
| title4  = [[The People's Limousine]]
| writer4  = [[Henry Coward|Henry ]] & [[Howard Coward]]
| extra4  = [[The Coward Brothers]]
| length4  = 3:37
| title5  = [[So Young]]
| writer5  = [[Joe Camilleri|Camilleri]], [[Jeff Burstin|Burstin]], [[Tony Faehse|Faehse]]
| extra5  = Elvis Costello & The Attractions
| length5  = 3:26
| title6  = [[Little Goody Two Shoes]]
| writer6  = Elvis Costello
| extra6  = Elvis Costello & The Attractions
| length6  = 2:27
| title7  = [[American Without Tears No. 2 (Twilight Version)|American Without Tears No. 2]]
| writer7  = [[Declan MacManus]]
| extra7  = Elvis Costello
| length7  = 3:33
| title8  = [[Get Yourself Another Fool]]
| note8    = Idiot mix
| writer8  = [[Frank Haywood|Haywood]], [[Ernest Tucker|Tucker]]  
| extra8  = Elvis Costello & The Attractions
| length8  = 4:01
| title9  = [[Walking On Thin Ice]]
| writer9  = [[Yoko Ono]]
| extra9  = Elvis Costello & The Attractions
| length9  = 3:42
| title10  = [[Withered And Died]]
| writer10 = [[Richard Thompson]]
| extra10  = [[The Imposter]]
| length10 = 3:12
| title11  = [[Blue Chair]]
| note11    = [[Blue Chair#Alternate_versions|single version]]
| writer11  = Declan MacManus
| extra11  = Elvis Costello
| length11  = 3:38
| title12  = [[Baby It's You]]
| writer12  = [[Burt Bacharach|Bacharach]], [[Mack David|David]], [[Barney Williams|Williams]]
| extra12  = Elvis Costello & [[Nick Lowe]]
| length12  = 3:15
| title13  = [[From Head To Toe]]
| writer13  = [[Smokey Robinson]]
| extra13  = Elvis Costello & The Attractions
| length13  = 2:34
| title14  = [[Shoes Without Heels]]
| writer14  = Declan MacManus
| extra14  = Elvis Costello & <br>[[The Confederates]]
| length14  = 4:14
| title15  = [[Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo]]
| writer15  = Declan MacManus
| extra15  = [[The Costello Show]] with <br>The Attractions
| length15  = 3:21
| title16  = [[The Flirting Kind]]
| writer16  = Elvis Costello
| extra16  = Elvis Costello & The Attractions
| length16  = 2:58
| title17  = [[Black Sails In The Sunset]]
| writer17  = Elvis Costello
| extra17  = Elvis Costello & The Attractions
| length17  = 3:09
| title18  = [[A Town Called Big Nothing|A Town Called Big Nothing (Really Big Nothing)]]
| writer18  = Declan MacManus
| extra18  = [[The MacManus Gang]]
| length18  = 5:43
| title19  = [[Big Sister]]
| writer19  = Elvis Costello
| extra19  = Elvis Costello & The Attractions
| length19  = 2:16
| title20  = [[Imperial Bedroom (song)|Imperial Bedroom]]
| writer20  = Elvis Costello
| extra20  = [[Napoleon Dynamite & The Royal Guard|Napoleon Dynamite & <br>The Royal Guard]]
| length20  = 2:47
| title21  = [[The Stamping Ground]]
| writer21  = Elvis Costello
| extra21  = [[The Emotional Toothpaste]]
| length21  = 3:09
}}
 
==Credits==
: Tracks 1 & 8 produced by [[Nick Lowe]] with [[Colin Fairley]].
: Track 2 produced by [[The Mono Kings]], [[Clive Langer]] & [[Alan Winstanley]].
: Track 3 & 16 produced by Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley.
: Track 4 produced by [[The Coward Brothers]].
: Track 5 produced at Gunpoint by Nick Lowe.
: Track 6 produced by [[Geoff Emerick]].
: Track 7 produced by Colin Fairley.
: Track 9 produced by [[Allen Toussaint]].
: Track 10 produced by Fairley/Imposter.
: Track 11 produced by The Coward Brothers.
: Track 12 produced by Lowe/Costello/[[Paul "Bassman" Riley|Bassman]].
: Track 13 produced by EC assisted by Paul Bass.
: Track 14 produced by [[T Bone Burnett|J.Henry Burnett]] & [[Larry Kalman Hirsch]].
: Track 15 produced by J.Henry (T-Bone) Burnett & EC.
: Track 17 & 19 produced by Nick Lowe.
: Track 18, 20 & 21 produced by EC.
 
==Release information==
{| border="1"
|-
| '''Release date'''
| '''Media'''
| '''Catalog number'''
| '''Comments'''
|-
| 1987-12-04
| LP
| Demon IMP XFIEND 67
| with round blue on yellow sticker saying "ELVIS COSTELLO Rare and unreleased cuts X FIEND 67"
|-
| 1987-12-04
| MC
| Demon IMP FIEND CASS 67
|
|-
| 1987-12-04
| CD
| Demon IMP FIEND CD 67
|
|-
|}
 
==Notes==
*LP and cassette do not include "[[Little Goody Two Shoes]]", "[[Withered And Died]]", "[[A Town Called Big Nothing|A Town Called Big Nothing (Really Big Nothing)]]" and "[[Big Sister]]"
This version of "[[Get Yourself Another Fool]]" is simply a remixed version of the earlier single mix, with most of the echo on the vocals removed (although there's a little used) and with more pronounced keyboards. The 3 note intro and the fade out are still there.
* "[[Black Sails In The Sunset]]" is aprox. 13 secs. longer than the version on the re-issue of [[Trust]].  
* This is the only release of the track "[[Little Goody Two Shoes]]" (early version of "[[Inch By Inch]]").
 
==Charts==
* UK: Went silver (60,000 copies) (date unkown).
 
==External links==
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hzfqxqe5ld6e AMG]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Our_Idiot Wikipedia]
* [http://www.discogs.com/Elvis-Costello-The-Attractions-Out-Of-Our-Idiot/master/42948 Discogs]
* [http://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/elvis_costello/out_of_our_idiot/ RateYourMusic]
* {{amazon|asin=B000001174}} {{-}} {{amazonUK|asin=B000001174}}
 
 
[[Category:1987]]
[[Category:Out Of Our Idiot| ]]
[[Category:Elvis Costello collections]]

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Out Of Our Idiot
Out Of Our Idiot album cover.jpg
Compilation album by
Various artists (EC in various guises)
Released1987-12
Recorded1979 - 1987
ProducerNick Lowe, Colin Fairley, The Mono Kings, Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley, The Coward Brothers, Geoff Emerick, Allen Toussaint, Imposter, Elvis Costello, Paul "Bassman" Riley, J.Henry Burnett, Larry Kalman Hirsch
LabelDemon
Length??:?? (LP and cassette)
70:47(CD)
CD back cover and disc.
Booklet.


LP and cassette

Side one
TitleWriter(s)Performer(s) Length
1. Seven Day Weekend  Jimmy Cliff & Elvis CostelloJimmy Cliff, Elvis Costello &
The Attractions
2:37
2. Turning The Town Red  Elvis CostelloElvis Costello & The Attractions 3:20
3. Heathen Town  Elvis CostelloElvis Costello & The Attractions 3:06
4. The People's Limousine  Henry & Howard CowardThe Coward Brothers 3:37
5. So Young  Camilleri, Burstin, FaehseElvis Costello & The Attractions 3:26
6. American Without Tears No. 2  Declan MacManusElvis Costello 3:33
7. Get Yourself Another Fool (Idiot mix)Haywood, TuckerElvis Costello & The Attractions 4:01
8. Walking On Thin Ice  Yoko OnoElvis Costello & The Attractions 3:42
Side two
TitleWriter(s)Performer(s) Length
1. Blue Chair (single version)Declan MacManusElvis Costello 3:38
2. Baby It's You  Bacharach, David, WilliamsElvis Costello & Nick Lowe 3:15
3. From Head To Toe  Smokey RobinsonElvis Costello & The Attractions 2:34
4. Shoes Without Heels  Declan MacManusElvis Costello &
The Confederates
4:14
5. Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo  Declan MacManusThe Costello Show with
The Attractions
3:21
6. The Flirting Kind  Elvis CostelloElvis Costello & The Attractions 2:58
7. Black Sails In The Sunset  Elvis CostelloElvis Costello & The Attractions 3:09
8. Imperial Bedroom  Elvis CostelloNapoleon Dynamite &
The Royal Guard
2:47
9. The Stamping Ground  Elvis CostelloThe Emotional Toothpaste 3:09


CD

TitleWriter(s)Performer(s) Length
1. Seven Day Weekend  Jimmy Cliff & Elvis CostelloJimmy Cliff, Elvis Costello &
The Attractions
2:37
2. Turning The Town Red  Elvis CostelloElvis Costello & The Attractions 3:20
3. Heathen Town  Elvis CostelloElvis Costello & The Attractions 3:06
4. The People's Limousine  Henry & Howard CowardThe Coward Brothers 3:37
5. So Young  Camilleri, Burstin, FaehseElvis Costello & The Attractions 3:26
6. Little Goody Two Shoes  Elvis CostelloElvis Costello & The Attractions 2:27
7. American Without Tears No. 2  Declan MacManusElvis Costello 3:33
8. Get Yourself Another Fool (Idiot mix)Haywood, TuckerElvis Costello & The Attractions 4:01
9. Walking On Thin Ice  Yoko OnoElvis Costello & The Attractions 3:42
10. Withered And Died  Richard ThompsonThe Imposter 3:12
11. Blue Chair (single version)Declan MacManusElvis Costello 3:38
12. Baby It's You  Bacharach, David, WilliamsElvis Costello & Nick Lowe 3:15
13. From Head To Toe  Smokey RobinsonElvis Costello & The Attractions 2:34
14. Shoes Without Heels  Declan MacManusElvis Costello &
The Confederates
4:14
15. Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo  Declan MacManusThe Costello Show with
The Attractions
3:21
16. The Flirting Kind  Elvis CostelloElvis Costello & The Attractions 2:58
17. Black Sails In The Sunset  Elvis CostelloElvis Costello & The Attractions 3:09
18. A Town Called Big Nothing (Really Big Nothing)  Declan MacManusThe MacManus Gang 5:43
19. Big Sister  Elvis CostelloElvis Costello & The Attractions 2:16
20. Imperial Bedroom  Elvis CostelloNapoleon Dynamite &
The Royal Guard
2:47
21. The Stamping Ground  Elvis CostelloThe Emotional Toothpaste 3:09

Credits

Tracks 1 & 8 produced by Nick Lowe with Colin Fairley.
Track 2 produced by The Mono Kings, Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley.
Track 3 & 16 produced by Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley.
Track 4 produced by The Coward Brothers.
Track 5 produced at Gunpoint by Nick Lowe.
Track 6 produced by Geoff Emerick.
Track 7 produced by Colin Fairley.
Track 9 produced by Allen Toussaint.
Track 10 produced by Fairley/Imposter.
Track 11 produced by The Coward Brothers.
Track 12 produced by Lowe/Costello/Bassman.
Track 13 produced by EC assisted by Paul Bass.
Track 14 produced by J.Henry Burnett & Larry Kalman Hirsch.
Track 15 produced by J.Henry (T-Bone) Burnett & EC.
Track 17 & 19 produced by Nick Lowe.
Track 18, 20 & 21 produced by EC.

Release information

Release date Media Catalog number Comments
1987-12-04 LP Demon IMP XFIEND 67 with round blue on yellow sticker saying "ELVIS COSTELLO Rare and unreleased cuts X FIEND 67"
1987-12-04 MC Demon IMP FIEND CASS 67
1987-12-04 CD Demon IMP FIEND CD 67

Notes

Charts

  • UK: Went silver (60,000 copies) (date unkown).

External links