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Goodbye Cruel World (Import) (CD)

By: Elvis Costello & The Attractions (Artist)

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Track Listing

DISC 1 for Goodbye Cruel World (Import) (CD) Album By Elvis Costello & The Attractio...
1   Only Flame In Town  
2   Home Truth  
3   Room With No Number  
4   Inch By Inch  
5   Worthless Thing  
6   Love Field  
7   I Wanna Be Loved  
8   Comedians  
9   Joe Porterhouse  
10   Sour Milk-Cow Blues  
11   Great Unknown  
12   Deportees Club  
13   Peace In Our Time  
 

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Review

Q (p.134) - 4 stars out of 5 - "GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD has aged surprisingly well..."

Title Note

Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Elvis Costello (vocals, guitar, anvil); Steve Nieve (keyboards, synthesizer); Bruce Thomas (bass); Pete Thomas (drums).

Additional personnel: Nick Lowe, Daryl Hall, Green (vocals); Gary Barnacle (saxophone, electric saxophone); Jim Paterson (trombone); Luis Jardim (percussion); Maurice Worm.

Producers: Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley, Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, Bassman.

Principally recorded at Sarm West Studios, London, England in 1984. Originally released on Columbia (39429). Includes liner notes by Elvis Costello.

Japanese limited edition features an LP-style slipcase.

Don't believe the hype. Critics (and Costello himself) generally regard this as Elvis' worst album, but that's far from true. For one thing, it's hard to dispute the overblown MIGHTY LIKE A ROSE's claim to said title. For another, there are too many damn good songs to permit GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD to be overlooked. There may be a lack of focus in the production and arrangements, but any album that opens with the pop-soul artistry of "The Only Flame in Town" and closes with the stirring anthem "Peace In Our Time" has plenty going for it. In between, there's media satire ("Worthless Thing"), classic Costello neurosis ("Inch by Inch") and effective R&B reverence ("I Wanna Be Loved"). Not a good starting point for neophytes, but recommended to true EC fans.

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