TEAM RNS PRESENTS

ARTIST: Elvis Costello

TITLE: Almost Blue

LABEL: Rhino Records

RIPPER: Team RNS

192kbps avg - Country
1hr 48min total-156.8mb

RELEASE DATE: 2004-08-03
RIP DATE: 2004-08-18

01 Why Don't You Love Me (Like    1:39
You Used To Do)?

04 I'm Your Toy                   3:23
05 Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down 2:09
06 Brown To Blue                  2:41
07 Good Year For The Roses        3:09
08 Sittin' And Thinkin'           3:03
09 Colour Of The Blues            2:21
10 Too Far Gone                   3:28

12 How Much I Lied                2:48

01 Stranger In The House (With    3:39

02 We Oughta Be Ashamed (With     2:47

03 Radio Sweetheart (Live)        3:15
04 Stranger In The House (Live)   3:56

06 If I Could Put Them All        2:28
Together (I'd Have You) (Live)
07 Motel Matches (Live)           2:21
08 He'll Have To Go (Live)        2:51
09 Girls Talk (Live)              1:46
10 Too Far Gone ("Lost Session"   3:11

11 He's Got You ("Lost Session"   3:51

12 Honky Tonk Girl                2:26
13 That's Why I'm Walking         2:22

15 Darling, You Know I Wouldn't   2:38

16 My Shoes Keep Walking Back To  2:03

17 Blues Keep Calling             2:07
18 Tears Before Bedtime           2:26

20 Cry, Cry, Cry                  2:50
21 I'll Take Care Of You          3:11
22 Your Angel Steps Out Of Heaven 1:59
23 Brand New Heartache (Live)     2:29
24 There Won't Be Anymore (Live)  2:32
25 Sittin' And Thinkin' (Live)    2:52
26 Honey Hush (Live)              2:30
27 I'm Your Toy (Live)            4:01

Costello's 1981 tribute to country
music. Produced by Nashville's Billy
Sherrill, Almost Blue features 12 covers
penned by the likes of Merle Haggard,
Hank Williams, and Gram Parsons. Bonus
tracks include "Girls Talk," recorded
live at North Hollywood's Palomino club
in 1979, and "Stranger In The House," a
duet with George Jones.

Almost Blue is part of a very special
series of reissues. The folks at Rhino
have long been fans of Elvis Costello and
are pleased to present -- in cooperation
with the artist himself -- each classic
album in a beautiful new package that

An entire bonus disc featuring an
assortment of outtakes, demos, live
performances, and previously unreleased

New liner notes written by Elvis

Archival photos and reproductions of

If the punk revolution is remembered for
one great singer-songwriter, it would
have to be Elvis Costello. Linked with
the punks by way of his sharp tongue and
relentless energy, Costello forged a
truly eclectic career through a series
of astonishing creative leaps. Whether
rocking or crooning, he left no doubt
that the magic lay in the power of his

Born in London in 1954 as Declan
MacManus, Elvis Costello would work as a
computer programmer and folk-club
performer before signing to independent
label Stiff and releasing his first
single, "Less Than Zero." Costello's
debut album, My Aim Is True, was
released in 1977 as his final Stiff
single, "Watching The Detectives," took
hold on the charts. His long-standing
band The Attractions was formed for the
next album, This Year's Model, which
furthered Costello's success and cemented
his critical reputation.

Over the course of more than two
decades, Elvis Costello put an
indelible stamp on pop music, bringing a
profound lyrical weight to every
stylistic excursion. From the country
covers of 1981's Almost Blue, to the
sprawling adventures of 1989's Spike, to
the end-of-the-century collaborations with
Burt Bacharach, a picture emerges of an
artist who simply refuses to repeat