tracks

Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do?)
Sweet Dreams
Success
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've Lied

notes

Recorded in CBS Studio A, Nashville, TN.
18-29 May 1981.

Mastered at DigiPrep, Los Angeles, CA.

<small>ALMOST BLUE was first issued as F-Beat XXLP13 (UK) & Columbia FC 37562 (US), October 1981.

For US reissue with same cat# pressed by DADC see here: Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Almost Blue
For US reissue with same cat# pressed EDC see here: Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Almost Blue Comes with 'Elvis Costello Originals' obi strip

(p) 1981 (c) 2007 Elvis Costello under exclusive license to Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

For UK reissue with same cat# see here: Almost Blue
For US reissue with same cat# but different pressing plant see here: Almost Blue

credits

Artwork By [Sleeve Design] – Barney Bubbles
Backing Vocals – Nashville Edition,
Bass – Bruce Thomas
Drums – Pete Thomas
Engineer – Ron "Snake" Reynolds,
Engineer [Assistant] – Fast Eddy Hudson,
Guitar [Lead Guitar, Pedal Steel] – John McFee
Guitar, Vocals – Elvis Costello
Mastered By – Dan Hersch
Photography – Keith Morris
Piano, Organ – Steve Nieve
Producer – Billy Sherrill
Violin – Tommy Miller,
A&R [A&R Coordination] – Bill Levenson
Art Direction – Vartan (4)
Backing Vocals – Nashville Edition,
Bass – Bruce Thomas
Design – Coco Shinomiya
Design [Sleeve Design, Uncredited] – Barney Bubbles
Drums – Pete Thomas
Engineer – Ron 'Snake' Reynolds,
Engineer [Assistant] – Fast Eddy Hudson,
Fiddle – Tommy Miller,
Guitar, Vocals – Elvis Costello
Lead Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar – John McFee
Management – Macklam / Feldman Management, Sam Feldman (2), Steve Macklam
Mastered By – Dan Hersch
Photography By – Keith Morris (8)
Piano, Organ – Steve Nieve
Producer – Billy Sherrill
Product Manager – Adam Starr
Reissue Producer [Production] – Michele Horie

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elvis Costello
Copyright (c) – Elvis Costello
Licensed To – Universal Music Enterprises
Record Company – UMG Recordings, Inc.
Recorded At – CBS Studios, Nashville
Mastered At – DigiPrep
Published By – Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Published By – Sony Music Publishing
Published By – Sony / ATV Music Publishing
Published By – Sure-Fire Music Co., Inc.
Published By – Irving Music, Inc.
Published By – Pappy Daily Music LP
Published By – Glad Music, Inc.
Published By – Knox Music, Inc.
Published By – Trio Music
Published By – EMI Al Gallico Music Corp.
Published By – Unichappell Music, Inc.
Published By – GPJ Publishing
Published By – Hot Burrito Music
Glass Mastered At – Sony DADC

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