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Almost Blue (1981) is an album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. It is notable for consisting entirely of covers of country songs.

"Almost Blue" is also a song which appears on the 1982 Costello album Imperial Bedroom.

Contents

Track listing

Note: The Rykodisc version has the original tracks and bonus tracks on one CD. The Rhino version has two CDs with the original tracks on the first CD.
  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" (Gram Parsons, Chris Ethridge) – 3:23
  5. "Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down" (Merle Haggard) – 2:09
  6. "Brown to Blue" (George Jones, Virginia Franks) – 2:40
  7. "A Good Year for the Roses" (Jerry Chesnut) – 3:10
  8. "Sittin' and Thinkin'" (Charlie Rich) – 3:02
  9. "Colour of the Blues" (Lawton Williams, George Jones) – 2:21
  10. "Too Far Gone" (Billy Sherrill) – 3:28
  11. "Honey Hush" (Lou Willie Turner) – 2:15
  12. "How Much I Lied" (Parsons, Pam Rifkin) – 2:55

Bonus tracks (1994 Rykodisc)

  1. "He's Got You" (Live) (Hank Cochran) – 4:07
  2. "Cry, Cry, Cry" (Live) (Johnny Cash) – 2:45
  3. "There Won't Be Anymore" (Live) (Rich) – 2:23
  4. "Sittin' and Thinkin'" (Live) (Rich) – 2:55
  5. "Honey Hush" (Live) (Turner) – 2:31
  6. "Psycho" (Live) (Payne) – 3:36
  7. "Your Angel Steps Out of Heaven" (Jack Ripley) – 1:58
  8. "Darling, You Know I Wouldn't Lie" (Kemp, Red Lane) – 2:37
  9. "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You" (Lee Ross, Bob Wills) – 2:04
  10. "Tears Before Bedtime (Early Version)" (Costello) – 2:27
  11. "I'm Your Toy" (Live) (Parsons, Ethridge) – 3:46

Bonus disc (2004 Rhino)

  1. "Stranger in the House" (Costello) – 3:39
  2. "We Ought to Be Ashamed" (James, Montgomery) – 2:47
  3. "Radio Sweetheart" (Live) (Costello) – 3:15
  4. "Stranger in the House" (Live) (Costello) – 3:56
  5. "Psycho" (Live) (Payne) – 3:35
  6. "If I Could Put Them All Together (I'd Have You)" (Live) (Even Stevens) – 2:28
  7. "Motel Matches" (Live) (Costello) – 2:21
  8. "He'll Have to Go" (Live) (J. Allison/A. Allison) – 2:51
  9. "Girls Talk" (Live) (Costello) – 1:46
  10. "Too Far Gone" (Sherrill) – 3:11
  11. "He's Got You" (Cochran) – 3:51
  12. "Honky Tonk Girl" (Loretta Lynn) – 2:26
  13. "That's Why I'm Walking" (Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry) – 2:22
  14. "Wondering" (Joe Werner) – 2:21
  15. "Darling, You Know I Wouldn't Lie" (Kemp, Lane) – 2:37
  16. "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You" (Ross, Wills) – 2:04
  17. "Tears Before Bedtime (Early Version)" (Costello) – 2:27
  18. "Psycho" (Payne) – 3:32
  19. "Cry, Cry, Cry" (Cash) – 2:45
  20. "I'll Take Care of You (Brook Benton) – 3:11
  21. "Your Angel Steps Out of Heaven" (Ripley) – 1:59
  22. "Brand New Heartache" (Live) (Felice Bryant/Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:29
  23. "There Won't Be Anymore" (Live) (Rich) – 2:32
  24. "Sittin' and Thinkin'" (Live) (Rich) – 2:51
  25. "Honey Hush" (Live) (Turner) – 2:30
  26. "I'm Your Toy" (Live) (Parsons, Ethridge) – 3:46

Personnel

Additional Personnel

Charts

Album
Year Chart Position
1981 Billboard Pop Albums 50


Elvis Costello
Albums
My Aim Is True | Spike | King of America | Brutal Youth | Mighty Like a Rose | Kojak Variety | North | Il Sogno
Elvis Costello and The Attractions
This Year's Model | Armed Forces | ''Get Happy > Trust | Almost Blue | Imperial Bedroom | Punch the Clock | Goodbye Cruel World | Blood and Chocolate | All This Useless Beauty''
Elvis Costello and The Imposters
When I Was Cruel | Cruel Smile | The Delivery Man
Collaborations
The Juliet Letters with The Brodsky Quartet | Terror & Magnificence with John Harle | Painted from Memory with Burt Bacharach | The Sweetest Punch with Bill Frisell | For the Stars with Anne-Sofie von Otter | My Flame Burns Blue with The Metropole Orkest | Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland | The River in Reverse with Allen Toussaint
Live Albums
Live at the El Mocambo | Deep Dead Blue | Costello & Nieve
Soundtracks
G.B.H. | Jake's Progress
Collections
Taking Liberties | Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers | The Best of Elvis Costello & The Attractions | Out of Our Idiot | Girls+£÷Girls=$&Girls | 2 ½ Years | The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977-86 | Extreme Honey | The Very Best of Elvis Costello | Singles, Vol. 1 |Singles, Vol. 2 |Singles, Vol. 3

 

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