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[[Image:GCW_album_cover_large.jpg|thumb|260px|right|Goodbye Cruel World, 1984]]  
{{Infobox Album
''From the Rhino liner notes:''<br>
|album_name  = Goodbye Cruel World
"It seems I wasn’t exactly in a cheerful and optimistic mood when I made this album and that hadn’t really changed by the time the disc was first reissued. Now, with the benefit of a little more distance, I am able to say that it is probably the worst record that I could have made of a decent bunch of songs. I hope, for the sake of those who cared for it in the first place, that this edition will go some way to making them feel a little better about their purchase. That’s if any of them ever read this little note…
|image        = GCW_album_cover_large.jpg
|album_type  = studio album
|album_artist = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]]
|release_info = 1984
|record_info  =
|producer    = [[Clive Langer]] & [[Alan Winstanley]]
|label        =
|length      = 44:24
}}


Although the title was meant with black humour, I used to quit about once a week in those days (I still do). My first marriage finally collapsed between the recording and the release of this album, so it is not hard to imagine where some of the desperation in the lyrics originated.


I’ve previously made much of the fact that I almost completely thwarted the efforts of my producers, Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, and it is true to say that they were probably ill-equipped for dealing with someone of my temperament at that time. A nurse with a large sedative syringe might have been more appropriate.


“Langer and Winstanley” are widely associated with a huge run of successful pop recordings throughout the 1980s, beginning with Madness and taking in Dexy’s Midnight Runners and our own Punch The Clock. They did develop certain techniques that defined their “sound”, but this is to ignore that London-born Clive is also a witty and talented composer (the music of “Shipbuilding” is entirely his), who had begun his career in the vibrant post-punk, art-school band scene in Liverpool and that Alan had engineered the early records of the might Buzzcocks, among many others.


==Tracks==
==Tracks==
'''Side 1:'''<br>
{{tracklist
01. '''[[The Only Flame In Town]]''' (4:02)<br>
| writing_credits = yes
02. '''[[Home Truth]]''' (3:13)<br>
| headline        = Side 1
03. '''[[Room With No Number]]''' (4:13)<br>
| title1    = [[The Only Flame In Town]]
04. '''[[Inch By Inch]]''' (2:29)<br>
| writer1  = [[Elvis Costello]]
05. '''[[Worthless Thing]]''' (3:04)<br>
| length1  = 4:01
06. '''[[Love Field]]''' (3:26)<br>
| title2    = [[Home Truth]]
| writer2  = Elvis Costello
| length2  = 3:11
| title3    = [[Room With No Number]]
| writer3  = Elvis Costello
| length3  = 4:13
| title4    = [[Inch By Inch]]
| writer4  = Elvis Costello
| length4  = 2:28
| title5    = [[Worthless Thing]]
| writer5  = Elvis Costello
| length5  = 3:03
| title6    = [[Love Field]]
| writer6  = Elvis Costello
| length6  = 3:30
| total_length = 00:00
}}
{{tracklist
| writing_credits = yes
| headline        = Side 2
| title1    = [[I Wanna Be Loved]]
| writer1  = [[Farnell Jenkins]]
| length1  = 4:47
| title2    = [[The Comedians]]
| writer2  = Elvis Costello
| length2  = 2:32
| title3    = [[Joe Porterhouse]]
| writer3  = Elvis Costello
| length3  = 3:29
| title4    = [[Sour Milk-Cow Blues]]
| writer4  = Elvis Costello
| length4  = 2:50
| title5    = [[The Great Unknown]]
| writer5  = Elvis Costello & [[Clive Langer]]
| length5  = 2:59
| title6    = [[The Deportees Club]]
| writer6  = Elvis Costello
| length6  = 2:53
| title7    = [[Peace In Our Time]]
| writer7  = Elvis Costello
| length7  = 4:08
| total_length = 00:00
}}


'''Side 2:'''<br>
07. '''[[I Wanna Be Loved]]''' ([[Farnell Jenkins]]) (4:48)<br>
08. '''[[The Comedians]]''' (2:36)<br>
09. '''[[Joe Porterhouse]]''' (3:30)<br>
10. '''[[Sour Milk-Cow Blues]]''' (2:50)<br>
11. '''[[The Great Unknown]]''' ([[Elvis Costello|Costello]]/[[Clive Langer|Langer]]) (3:00)<br>
12. '''[[The Deportees Club]]''' (2:54)<br>
13. '''[[Peace In Our Time]]''' (4:05)<br>


==Credits==
==Credits==
* Produced by: '''[[Clive Langer]]''' and '''[[Alan Winstanley]]'''
* Produced by: [[Clive Langer]] and [[Alan Winstanley]]
* Musicians:  
* Musicians:  
:'''[[Elvis Costello]]''' - [[Singers|vocals]], [[Guitarists|guitar]] & anvil
:[[Elvis Costello]] - [[Singers|vocals]], [[Guitarists|guitar]] & anvil
:'''[[Steve Nieve|Maurice Worm]]''' (Steve Nieve) - [[Keyboardists|Random Racket]] (keyboards)
:[[Steve Nieve|Maurice Worm]] (Steve Nieve) - [[Keyboardists|Random Racket]] (keyboards)
:'''[[Bruce Thomas]]''' - [[Bassists|bass]]
:[[Bruce Thomas]] - [[Bassists|bass]]
:'''[[Pete Thomas]]''' - [[Drummers|drums]]
:[[Pete Thomas]] - [[Drummers|drums]]
:'''[[Gary Barnacle]]''' - [[Saxophonists|saxes & electric sax.]]
:[[Gary Barnacle]] - [[Saxophonists|saxes & electric sax.]]
:'''[[Jim Paterson]]''' - [[Trombonists|trombone]]
:[[Jim Paterson]] - [[Trombonists|trombone]]
:'''[[Luis Jardim]]''' - [[Percussionists|percussion]]
:[[Luis Jardim]] - [[Percussionists|percussion]]
:'''[[Daryl Hall]]''' - [[Singers|vocals]] on [[The Only Flame In Town]]
:[[Daryl Hall]] - [[Singers|vocals]] on [[The Only Flame In Town]]
:'''[[Green Gartside|Green]]''' - [[Singers|vocals]] on [[I Wanna Be Loved]]
:[[Green Gartside|Green]] - [[Singers|vocals]] on [[I Wanna Be Loved]]




==Original discography pages==
==Original discography pages==
* '''[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw.htm Home Page discography page]''' | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_a01.htm A01] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_a02.htm A02] |  
* [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw.htm Home Page discography page] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_a01.htm A01] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_a02.htm A02] |  
* [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s01.htm '''Singles''': S01] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s02.htm S02] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s03.htm S03] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s04.htm S04] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s05.htm S05] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s06.htm S06] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s07.htm S07] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s08.htm S08] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s09.htm S09] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s10.htm S10] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s11.htm S11] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s12.htm S12] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s13.htm S13] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s14.htm S14] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s15.htm S15] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s16.htm S16]
* [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s01.htm Singles: S01] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s02.htm S02] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s03.htm S03] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s04.htm S04] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s05.htm S05] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s06.htm S06] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s07.htm S07] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s08.htm S08] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s09.htm S09] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s10.htm S10] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s11.htm S11] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s12.htm S12] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s13.htm S13] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s14.htm S14] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s15.htm S15] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/gcw/gcw_info_s16.htm S16]
==Reviews==
==Reviews==




==Internal links==
==Internal links==
* '''[[Lyrics: Goodbye Cruel World|Lyrics]]''' | '''[[Liner Notes: Goodbye Cruel World|Liner Notes]]''' | [[Album Images: Goodbye Cruel World|Album Images]]
* [[Lyrics: Goodbye Cruel World|Lyrics]] | [[Liner Notes: Goodbye Cruel World|Liner Notes]] | [[Album Images: Goodbye Cruel World|Album Images]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/gcw.html Elvis Costello on Rhino's '''Goodbye Cruel World''' resissue page]
*[http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/gcw.html Elvis Costello Reissues]




Revision as of 03:44, 1 May 2009

Goodbye Cruel World
GCW album cover large.jpg
Released1984
ProducerClive Langer & Alan Winstanley
Length44:24



Tracks

Side 1
TitleWriter(s) Length
1. The Only Flame In Town  Elvis Costello 4:01
2. Home Truth  Elvis Costello 3:11
3. Room With No Number  Elvis Costello 4:13
4. Inch By Inch  Elvis Costello 2:28
5. Worthless Thing  Elvis Costello 3:03
6. Love Field  Elvis Costello 3:30
00:00
Side 2
TitleWriter(s) Length
1. I Wanna Be Loved  Farnell Jenkins 4:47
2. The Comedians  Elvis Costello 2:32
3. Joe Porterhouse  Elvis Costello 3:29
4. Sour Milk-Cow Blues  Elvis Costello 2:50
5. The Great Unknown  Elvis Costello & Clive Langer 2:59
6. The Deportees Club  Elvis Costello 2:53
7. Peace In Our Time  Elvis Costello 4:08
00:00


Credits

Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar & anvil
Maurice Worm (Steve Nieve) - Random Racket (keyboards)
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums
Gary Barnacle - saxes & electric sax.
Jim Paterson - trombone
Luis Jardim - percussion
Daryl Hall - vocals on The Only Flame In Town
Green - vocals on I Wanna Be Loved


Original discography pages

Reviews

Internal links

External links

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