Almost Blue (album)

Album de Elvis Costello
Sortie	23 octobre 1981
Enregistré	Mai 1981; à Nashville;
Durée	32:35
Genre	Rock, country
Producteur	Billy Sherrill
Label	F-Beat Records; Columbia Records; Demon/Rykodisc (réédition 30 août 1994); Rhino Records (réédition 3 août 2004)
Critique	AllMusic link; Robert Christgau (B-) link; Rolling Stone link; Stylus Magazine (non noté) link;

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Almost Blue (1981) est un album d'Elvis Costello and the Attractions. Il contient exclusivement des reprises de chansons country.

Il portait à l'origine une étiquette affichant : « WARNING : This album contains country & western music and may cause offence to narrow minded listeners. »
En français : « ATTENTION : Cet album contient de la musique country & western et pourrait offenser les étroits d'esprit. »

"Almost Blue" est également une chanson de son album Imperial Bedroom de 1982.

Liste des pistes[modifier | modifier le code]

Album d'origine
N^o	Titre	Auteur	Durée
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

Pistes supplémentaires (réédition Rykodisc de 1994)
N^o	Titre	Auteur	Durée
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)	Rich	2:23
16.	Sittin' and Thinkin' (Live)	Riche	2:55
17.	Honey Hush (Live)	Turner	2:31
18.	Psycho (Live)	Leon Payne	3:36
19.	Your Angels Steps Out of Heaven	Jack Ripley	1:58
20.	Darling, You Know I Wouldn't Lie	Wayne Kemp, Red Lane	2:37
21.	My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You	Lee Ross, Bob Wills	2:04
22.	Tears Before Bedtime (Première version)	Costello	2:27
23.	I'm Your Toy (Live)	Parsons, Ethridge	3:46

CD 2 (réédition Rhino Records de 2004)
N^o	Titre	Auteur	Durée
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)	Joe Allison, Audrey 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.	Blues Keep Calling	Janis Martin	2:07
18.	Tears Before Bedtime (Première version)	Costello	2:27
19.	Psycho	Payne	3:32
20.	Cry, Cry, Cry	Cash	2:45
21.	I'll Take Care of You	Brook Benton	3:11
22.	Your Angel Steps Out of Heaven	Ripley	1:59
23.	Brand New Heartache (Live)	Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant	2:29
24.	There Won't Be Anymore (Live)	Rich	2:32
25.	Sittin' and Thinkin' (Live)	Rich	2:51
26.	Honey Hush (Live)	Turner	2:30
27.	I'm Your Toy (Live)	Parsons, Ethridge	3:46

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Personnel Supplémentaire[modifier | modifier le code]

John McFee - Guitare solo; Pedal steel guitar

v · m Discographie d'Elvis Costello
The Attractions : Steve Nieve Bruce Thomas Pete Thomas The Imposters : Steve Nieve Pete Thomas Davey Faragher
Albums solo	My Aim Is True King of America Spike Mighty Like a Rose Brutal Youth Kojak Variety North Il Sogno Secret, Profane and Sugarcane National Ransom
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 Momofuku Look Now
Collaborations	The Juliet Letters with The Brodsky Quartet Terror and 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
Albums live	Live at the El Mocambo Deep Dead Blue Costello and Nieve Live at Hollywood High
Bandes originales	Americathon G.B.H. Jake's Progress
Compilations	Taking Liberties Ten Bloody Marys and Ten How's Your Fathers The Best of Elvis Costello and 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 the Warner Bros Years The Very Best of Elvis Costello Singles, Vol. 1 Singles, Vol. 2 Singles, Vol. 3 The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years Rock and Roll Music