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{{Infobox Album
|album_name  = Almost Blue
|image        = AB album cover large.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)
}}




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: '''[[Tommy Millar]]''' - [[Violinists|fiddle]]
: '''[[Tommy Millar]]''' - [[Violinists|fiddle]]
: '''[[Nashville Edition]]''' - [[Singers|background vocals]]
: '''[[Nashville Edition]]''' - [[Singers|background vocals]]
<br>
==Almost Blue (1994 Rykodisc/Demon edition)==
{{tracklist
| 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]]
| length11        = 2:13
| title12          = [[How Much I Lied]]
| writer12        = [[Gram Parsons]], [[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]]
| 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)==


{{tracklist
| 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]]
| length11        = 2:11
| title12          = [[How Much I Lied]]
| writer12        = [[Gram Parsons]], [[Pam Rifkin]]
| length12        = 2:48
}}<br>
{{tracklist
| 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]]
| 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]]
| length26    = 2:28
| title27    = [[I'm Your Toy]]
| note27      = Live
| writer27    = [[Chris Ethridge]], [[Gram Parsons]]
| length27    = 4:01
}}<br>


==External links==
==External links==
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[[Category:Almost Blue|*1981]]
[[Category:Rykodisc]]
[[Category:Demon]]
[[Category:Rykodisc reissues]]
[[Category:Rhino]]
[[Category:Edsel]]
[[Category:Rhino reissues]]

Revision as of 04:34, 17 April 2009

Almost Blue
AB album cover large.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)


Tracks

1981 LP

Side one
TitleWriter(s) Length
1. Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do)?  Hank Williams 1:35
2. Sweet Dreams  Don Gibson 2:56
3. Success  Johnny Mullins 2:38
4. I'm Your Toy  Chris Ethridge, Gram Parsons 3:20
5. Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down  Merle Haggard 2:06
6. Brown To Blue  G. Jones, V. Franks, J. Mathis 2:37
Side two
TitleWriter(s) Length
1. Good Year For The Roses  Jerry Chesnut 3:06
2. Sittin' And Thinkin'  Charlie Rich 3:00
3. Colour Of The Blues  Lawton Williams, George Jones 2:18
4. Too Far Gone  Billy Sherrill 3:24
5. Honey Hush  Big Joe Turner 2:11
6. How Much I Lied  Gram Parsons, Pam Rifkin 2:48


Credits

Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar
Steve Nieve - piano, organ
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums
John McFee - lead guitar, pedal steel
Tommy Millar - fiddle
Nashville Edition - background vocals


Almost Blue (1994 Rykodisc/Demon edition)

TitleWriter(s) Length
1. Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do)?  Hank Williams 1:40
2. Sweet Dreams  Don Gibson 3:00
3. Success  Johnny Mullins 2:41
4. I'm Your Toy  Chris Ethridge, Gram Parsons 3:23
5. Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down  Merle Haggard 2:09
6. Brown To Blue  G. Jones, V. Franks, J. Mathis 2:39
7. Good Year For The Roses  Jerry Chesnut 3:08
8. Sittin' And Thinkin'  Charlie Rich 3:00
9. Colour Of The Blues  Lawton Williams, George Jones 2:19
10. Too Far Gone  Billy Sherrill 3:26
11. Honey Hush  Big Joe Turner 2:13
12. How Much I Lied  Gram Parsons, Pam Rifkin 2:45
13. He's Got You (Live)Hank Cochran 4:07
14. Cry, Cry, Cry (Live)Johnny Cash 2:45
15. There Won't Be Anymore (Live)Charlie Rich 2:23
16. Sittin' And Thinkin' (Live)Charlie Rich 2:55
17. Honey Hush (Live)Big Joe Turner 2:21
18. Psycho (Live)Leon Payne 3:34
19. Your Angel Steps Out Of Heaven  Jack Ripley 1:56
20. Darling, You Know I Wouldn't Lie  Wayne Kemp, Red Lane 2:35
21. My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You  Lee Ross, Bob Wills 2:02
22. Tears Before Bedtime  Elvis Costello 2:23
23. I'm Your Toy (Live)Chris Ethridge, Gram Parsons 3:46


Almost Blue (2004 Rhino/Edsel edition)

Disc 1: Almost Blue
TitleWriter(s) Length
1. Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do)?  Hank Williams 1:35
2. Sweet Dreams  Don Gibson 2:56
3. Success  Johnny Mullins 2:38
4. I'm Your Toy  Chris Ethridge, Gram Parsons 3:20
5. Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down  Merle Haggard 2:06
6. Brown To Blue  G. Jones, V. Franks, J. Mathis 2:37
7. Good Year For The Roses  Jerry Chesnut 3:06
8. Sittin' And Thinkin'  Charlie Rich 3:00
9. Colour Of The Blues  Lawton Williams, George Jones 2:18
10. Too Far Gone  Billy Sherrill 3:24
11. Honey Hush  Big Joe Turner 2:11
12. How Much I Lied  Gram Parsons, Pam Rifkin 2:48


Disc 2: Bonus Disc
TitleWriter(s) Length
1. Stranger In The House (George Jones with Elvis Costello)Elvis Costello 3:36
2. We Oughta Be Ashamed (Johnny Cash with Elvis Costello)George Jones, Earl Montgomery 2:44
3. Radio Sweetheart (Live)Elvis Costello 3:15
4. Stranger In The House (Live)Elvis Costello 3:56
5. Psycho (Live)Leon Payne 3:35
6. If I Could Put Them All Together (I'd Have You) (Live)Even Stevens 2:28
7. Motel Matches (Live)Elvis Costello 2:21
8. He'll Have To Go (Live)Joe Allison, Audrey Allison 2:51
9. Girls Talk (Live)Elvis Costello 1:44
10. Too Far Gone ("Lost Session" Version)Billy Sherrill 3:08
11. He's Got You ("Lost Session" Version)Hank Cochran 3:48
12. Honky Tonk Girl  Loretta Lynn 2:24
13. That's Why I'm Walking  Melvin Endsley, Stonewall Jackson 2:18
14. Wondering  Joe Werner 2:20
15. Darling, You Know I Wouldn't Lie  Wayne Kemp, Red Lane 2:36
16. My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You  Lee Ross, Bob Wills 2:01
17. Blues Keep Calling  Janis Martin 2:05
18. Tears Before Bedtime  Elvis Costello 2:23
19. Psycho  Leon Payne 3:20
20. Cry, Cry, Cry  Johnny Cash 2:47
21. I'll Take Care Of You  Brook Benton 3:09
22. Your Angel Steps Out Of Heaven  Jack Ripley 1:55
23. Brand New Heartache  Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant 2:29
24. There Won't Be Anymore (Live)Charlie Rich 2:32
25. Sittin' And Thinkin' (Live)Charlie Rich 2:51
26. Honey Hush (Live)Big Joe Turner 2:28
27. I'm Your Toy (Live)Chris Ethridge, Gram Parsons 4:01


External links

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