Taking Liberties
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| Taking Liberties | |
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| Released | November 1980 |
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| Recorded | 1977-1980 |
| Producer | Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe |
| Label | Columbia |
| Length | 51:10 |
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Back and front cover.
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LP labels.
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LP labels.
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Tracks
| Side one | |||||||||
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| Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | Clean Money | Elvis Costello | |||||||
| 2. | Girls Talk | Elvis Costello | |||||||
| 3. | Talking In The Dark | Elvis Costello | |||||||
| 4. | Radio Sweetheart | Elvis Costello | 2:24 | ||||||
| 5. | Black And White World (demo) | Elvis Costello | |||||||
| 6. | Big Tears | Elvis Costello | |||||||
| 7. | Just A Memory | Elvis Costello | |||||||
| 8. | Night Rally | Elvis Costello | |||||||
| 9. | Stranger In The House | Elvis Costello | |||||||
| 10. | Clowntime Is Over (version 2) | Elvis Costello | |||||||
| Side two | |||||||||
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| Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | Getting Mighty Crowded | Van McCoy | |||||||
| 2. | Hoover Factory | Elvis Costello | |||||||
| 3. | Tiny Steps | Elvis Costello | |||||||
| 4. | (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea | Elvis Costello | |||||||
| 5. | Dr. Luther's Assistant | Elvis Costello | |||||||
| 6. | Sunday's Best | Elvis Costello | |||||||
| 7. | Crawling To The U.S.A. | Elvis Costello | |||||||
| 8. | Wednesday Week | Elvis Costello | |||||||
| 9. | My Funny Valentine | Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart | |||||||
| 10. | Ghost Train | Elvis Costello | |||||||
Notes
- Charted at #28 (US)
- The album's inner sleeve has recording details for all tracks.
- This version of "Radio Sweetheart" is a slightly different mix to the original version (B-side of "Less Than Zero" 7"). It does not have the backing vocals singing "Oooooh" at the start of the line "Hope in the eyes..." near the start.
- There is a Canadian version of the LP that had the CBS/Columbia logo on the label blanked out with a circular black sticker (standard practice for Columbia albums imported to the UK).
Release info
| Release date | Media | Catalog number | Comments |
| 1980-11-__ | LP | Columbia CK 36839 (JC 36939) | US (the label resembles the old 78 rpm label, but with the word 'Columbia' changed to 'Costello') |
| 1980-__-__ | LP | Columbia PC 36839 | |
| 1980-__-__ | LP | Columbia JC 36839 | Canada |
| 1980-__-__ | 8T | Columbia JVC 36839 (Dolby) | |
| 19__-__-__ | CD |
