Album Details
Title: Almost Blue
Artist: Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Release Date: 11/1981
Label: Columbia, JVC Victor, Japanese Import, Victor
Duration: 64:50
Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto
UPCs: 4988002453825, 074643756228, 074643756242, 4988002507351, 766482953943
Genre: Rock
Styles: Country-Rock, New Wave, College Rock
Moods: Angry, Literate, Sophisticated, Witty, Bittersweet, Brittle, Cynical/Sarcastic, Freewheeling, Intense, Intimate, Sardonic, Acerbic, Brash, Energetic, Quirky, Raucous, Refined/Mannered, Reflective, Snide, Tense/Anxious, Aggressive, Angst-Ridden, Bitter, Cathartic, Cerebral, Complex, Confident, Elegant, Exuberant, Fun, Hostile, Ironic, Manic, Melancholy, Passionate, Plaintive, Playful, Poignant, Rambunctious, Rebellious, Reckless, Rollicking, Romantic, Rousing, Rowdy, Stylish, Swaggering, Urgent, Visceral, Volatile, Wistful, Wry, Ambitious, Confrontational, Detached, Earnest, Elaborate, Fiery, Gloomy, Humorous, Messy, Paranoid, Sad, Searching, Autumnal, Exciting, Lively, Sprawling, Weary, Yearning
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 1
Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1 |
Track Listings
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Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Use to Do)?
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Sweet Dreams
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Success
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I'm Your Toy
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Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down
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Brown to Blue
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Good Year for the Roses
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Sittin' and Thinkin'
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Colour of the Blues
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Too Far Gone
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Honey Hush
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How Much I Lied
Additional Releases
| Year | Type | Label | Catalog # | | 2006 | CD | JVC Victor | 63496 | | 2003 | CD | Japanese Import | 62506 | | 2003 | CD | Victor | 62506 | | 1989 | CD | Columbia | 37562 |
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Album Review
Elvis Costello's " country record" is usually written off as a vanity project, but Almost Blue is quite a bit more than that. It's one of the most entertaining cover records in rock & roll, simply because of its enthusiasm. The album begins with a roaring version of Hank Williams' "Why Don't You Love Me" and doesn't stop. Costello sings with conviction on the tear-jerking ballads, as well as on barn burners like "Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down." It's clear that Costello knows this music, and it's also clear who he learned it from: Gram Parsons. Costello covers Parsons' "Hot Burrito No. 1" and "How Much I Lied," and all of the music on Almost Blue recalls Parsons' taste for hardcore honky tonk and weepy ballads. It's to Costello's credit that he made a record relying on emotion to pay tribute. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Credits
| Name | Credits | | Barney Bubbles | Design | | Billy Sherrill | ?, Producer | | Bruce Thomas | Guitar (Electric), Bass, Sax (Alto) | | Eddie Hudson | Assistant | | Elvis Costello | Vocals, Guitar, Main Performer | | Elvis Costello & the Attractions | Performer | | Fast Eddy Hudson | Assistant | | John McFee | Vocals, Guitar, Guitar (Steel), Guest Appearance, Guitar (Electric) | | Keith Morris | Photography | | Nashville Singers | Vocals (Background) | | Nashville String Machine | Strings | | Nick Lowe | Guitar (Electric), Vocals | | Pete Thomas | Drums, Saxophone, Percussion | | Ron Reynolds | Engineer | | Steve Mason | Keyboards | | Steve Neive | Piano, Organ | | Steve Nieve | Organ, Keyboards, Piano | | The Nashville Edition | Pedal Steel, Guitar, Vocals (Background) | | Tom Miller | Violin | | Tommy Millar | Fiddle |
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