- Audio CD (Aug 10 2004)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Format: Original recording remastered
- Label: Rhino-Atlantic
- ASIN: B0002IQFDQ
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #63,716 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To)? | |||
| 2. Sweet Dreams | |||
| 3. Success | |||
| 4. I'm Your Toy | |||
| 5. Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down | |||
| 6. Brown To Blue | |||
| 7. Good Year For The Roses | |||
| 8. Sittin' And Thinkin' | |||
| 9. Colour Of The Blues | |||
| 10. Too Far Gone | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Stranger In The House | |||
| 2. We Oughta Be Ashamed | |||
| 3. Radio Sweetheart (Live) | |||
| 4. Stranger In The House (Live) | |||
| 5. Psycho (Live) | |||
| 6. If I Could Put Them All Together (I'd Have You) (Live) | |||
| 7. Motel Matches (Live) | |||
| 8. He'll Have To Go (Live) | |||
| 9. Girls Talk (Live) | |||
| 10. Too Far Gone ('Lost Session' Version) | |||
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Product Description
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Costello's flirtation with "real" country music, this album of covers produced in Nashville by veteran Billy Sherrill was prompted by some genuinely bad feelings as his personal life fell apart. It hasn't held up well over the years since its 1981 release, but there is one brilliant moment--Costello's cracked-voice reading of hero Gram Parsons's "How Much I Lied." The Rykodisc edition adds an array of bonus tracks, including Leon Payne's apropos "Psycho," cut during the tour for the Baroque-pop Armed Forces. --Rickey Wright
Album Description
Japanese reissue of 1981 album, packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. JVC. 2003.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Costello goes country,
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This review is from: Almost Blue (2 CD) (Audio CD)
Costello's country excursion works well because of the excellent songs he chose. His voice is suited to the genre and the Attractions give it all they've got, supported by some brilliant Nashville musicians like John McFee on lead and pedal steel guitars, and Tommy Miller on violin. This enhanced album includes a wealth of extra tracks, mostly live versions.The fast paced Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do) sounds more like early rock 'n roll than country to me, whilst Sweet Dreams is done with feeling and lots of soul. Success is a gently lilting ballad with lovely piano. My favourites are the buoyant Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down, the moving Colour Of The Blues, this slow version of Too Far Gone, and especially the bittersweet Good Year For The Roses, a brilliant interpretation. Costello's country excursion reminds me of another highly successful country album by a UK artist, Marianne Faithfull's very authentic Faithless (also available as Dreamin' My Dreams). Almost Blue obviously won't appeal to all Elvis Costello fans, but I find it a pleasure to listen to and a worthy contribution to the genre.
4.0 out of 5 stars
full circle,
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This review is from: Almost Blue (Audio CD)
If you're a die hard country traditionalist, you'll scratch your head and wonder what in god's name did this weirdo do to Why Don't You Love me Like You Used To Do, but congratulate his good instinct in choosing a Hank Williams standard to start the set. If you stick with it, you'll find Patsy Cline's familiar signature, Sweet Dreams, sung with a heavy English accent. It will sound strange, intimate, and wonderful all at the same time. Then there's Good Year For the Roses done pretty much the way George Jones would have done it had he been British and not hickish. But you know, the only time covers are great is when the artist finds a new dimension in the familiar. Costello found something bone chilling in Leon Payne's comically creepy Psycho. What a shocker of a gem! If you're the kind who spends a lot of time hanging around in the low end of the fm dial looking for interesting music, you'll play this CD until it gets scratched and you have to buy another one to replace it. While you're at it, get the 42 track Very Best of Costello- you can't have too much of a good thing.
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of my all-time favorites,
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This review is from: Almost Blue (Audio CD)
(This review is based on the shorter, original CD)I don't know much about country music, but I know when I want to hear "poor me" music, I turn to this CD. I've always been a big Elvis fan and was looking for another in the ilk of his first three. This one disappointed me at first, but it got under my skin and now it's one of my favorites. The only times I don't like Elvis is when his music seems uninspired and he's just cranking it out, especially in the writing. I think every album/CD since (and including) Trust has had some of that. Since Almost Blue is all covers, I think it allowed Elvis to concentrate on singing songs he obviously loves. I'd rather have this off-beat "weird" CD than one of his later inconsistent ones. I like every song on it.
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