Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Almost Blue mp3

Tracklist

Versions

Credits

• Backing Vocals – Nashville Edition
• Bass – Bruce Thomas
• Design [Sleeve Design] – Barney Bubbles
• Drums – Pete Thomas
• Engineer – Ron "Snake" Reynolds
• Engineer [Assistant] – Fast Eddy Hudson
• Guitar, Vocals – Elvis Costello
• Lead Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar – John McFee
• Photography By – Keith Morris
• Piano, Organ – Steve Nieve
• Producer – Billy Sherrill
• Violin – Tommy Miller

Notes

Some copies had stickers on front of sleeve:
"Warning! This album contains Country & Western Music & may produce radical reaction in narrow minded people."

Barcodes

• Matrix / Runout (Side 1 stamped): R/S Alsdorf 58392 A2 Strawberry (C)
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2 stamped): R/S Alsdorf 58392 B2 Strawberry (G)
• Rights Society: GEMA
• Label Code: LC 6792

Companies

• Recorded At – CBS Studios, Nashville
• Mastered At – Strawberry Mastering
• Manufactured By – Record Service GmbH
• Printed By – Druckhaus Maack KG

Video

Info

Elvis Costello & The Attractions. Hank Williams. Chet Baker - Almost blue - Продолжительность: 7: Blue is an album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. It was recorded May 1981 in Nashville, and released on 23 October 1981. The record's songs consist entirely of country covers, including works originally written by Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, George Jones and Gram Parsons. It was Costello's first album not to be produced by Nick Lowe. Contemporary critical reaction to Almost Blue was mixed, with Trouser Press labelling the album surprisingly clumsy and a dud, while Robert Christgau. Almost Blue - Elvis Costello, The Attractions. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей. Completa la tua Collezione su Elvis Costello & The Attractions. Vendi questa versione. FCA 37562. Almost Blue 8-Trk, Album. XXC 13. 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. Track Listing. Almost Blue. Alternative Country 1981. You get the musical sensibilities and persuasive vocals of an established British rock star breathing surprising and often profound new life into old classics by American greats like Hank Williams, Bob Wills, and Merle Haggard. The hurt festers on George Jones Good Year for the Roses, the piano and pedal steel stings on Gram Parsons Im Your Toy, and the country-blues rumbles in the gut. Almost Blue is an album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. Contemporary critical reaction to Almost Blue was mixed, with Trouser Press labelling the album surprisingly clumsy and a dud, while Robert Christgau gave it a grade of B- and Rolling Stone gave it an ov read more. Artist:Elvis Costello. Date Released:November , 1981. Label:Columbia. Produced By: Tracklisting: Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used To Sweet Dreams. I'm Your Toy. Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down. Brown To Blue. Good Year For The Roses. Sittin' And Thinkin'. Colour Of The Blues. Too Far Gone. Honey Hush. How Much I Lied. Автор: Gram Parsons - Chris Ethridge, Композиторы: Gram Parsons - Chris Ethridge. Автор: Merle Haggard, Композиторы: Merle Haggard. Автор: George Jones - Virginia Franks, Композиторы: George Jones - Virginia Franks. First off I love the Warning label in the liner notes: This album contains Country & Western Music & may produce radical reaction in narrow minded people. Further more, I'm afraid I disagree with any previous reviewers who cite this is the 1st misstep in a career that was consistantly on the rise. On the contrary, I think Almost Blue was the 1st time Costello completely stumped his audience. He's certainly done it a few times since. It takes real balls to put your own stamp on a Hank Williams tune