Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Goodbye Cruel World

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goodbye cruel world

Label(s)
Columbia Records (US)
Rhino

Production
Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley - producers
Gary Stewart & Val Jennings - reissue producers
Dan Hersch - remastering

Release Date
June 1984
Rhino Remaster 08/03/2004

Musicians
Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar, anvil
Maurice Worm - random racket
Bruce Thomas - bass guitar
Pete Thomas - drums
Gary Barnacle - saxes, electric sax
Jim Paterson - trombone
Luis Jardim - percussion
Daryl Hall - vocals ‘The Only Flame In Town’
Green Gartside - vocals ‘I Wanna Be Loved’

Additional - Bonus Disc
Nick Lowe - bass & vocals ‘Baby It's You’

Disc One - Original Album
1. The Only Flame In Town
(Costello) 4:02
2. Home Truth
(Costello) 3:13
3. Room With No Number
(Costello) 4:13
4. Inch By Inch
(Costello) 2:29
5. Worthless Thing
(Costello) 3:04
6. Love Field
(Costello) 3:26
7. I Wanna Be Loved
(Farnell/Jenkins) 4:48
8. The Comedians
(Costello) 2:36
9. Joe Porterhouse
(Costello) 3:30
10. Sour Milk Cow Blues
(Costello) 2:50
11. The Great Unknown
(Costello) 3:00
12. The Deportees Club
(Costello) 2:54
13. Peace In Our Time
(Costello) 4:05

Disc Two - Bonus Disc
1. The Only Flame In Town (alternate version)
(Costello) 4:04
2. Young Boy Blues (demo)
(Pomus/Spector) 3:27
3. Turning The Town Red
(Costello) 3:17
4. I Hope You're Happy Now
(Costello) 2:51
5. Tomorrow's (Just Another Day) (w/Madness)
(Smyth/Barson) 2:51
6. Get Yourself Another Fool
(Haywood/Tucker) 4:02
7. Baby It's You (w/Nick Lowe)
(Bacharach/David/Williams) 3:10
8. I Wanna Be Loved (demo)
(Costello) 3:21
9. The Great Unknown (demo)
(Costello/Langer) 2:34
10. She Loves The Jerk (demo)
(Hiatt) 3:09
11. Turning The Town Red (demo)
(Costello) 3:36
12. Peace In Our Time (demo)
(Costello) 3:29
13. Withered And Died
(Thompson) 3:12
14. The Comedians (demo)
(Costello) 2:24
15. Inch By Inch (demo)
(Costello) 2:10
16. Mystery Voice (demo)
(Costello) 2:23
17. Joe Porterhouse (demo)
(Costello) 3:19
18. The Town Where Time Stood Still (demo)
(Costello) 2:15
19. Blue Murder On Union Avenue (demo)
(Costello) 2:30
20. Home Truth (demo)
(Costello) 3:04
21. The Only Flame In Town (live)
(Costello) 4:12
22. Worthless Thing (live)
(Costello) 3:10
23. Sleepless Nights (live)
(Felice/Bryant) 2:40
24. What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend (live)
(Dammers) 2:10
25. Motel Matches (live)
(Costello) 2:39
26. Love Field (live)
(Costello) 3:21


Notes

  • ‘Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)’ is performed with the group Madness and released as a b-side of a Madness single
  • The live tracks 21-26 were recorded at The Warfield, San Francisco, CA 04/28/84

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