Costello, Elvis And The Attractions - Goodbye Cruel World

RARE/2HAND VINYL LP ON IMP 1984

IMP FIEND 75 made in England with lyric inner sleeve.

Vinyl NM. Cover EX.

During the making of Goodbye Cruel World, Elvis Costello was undergoing a multitude of personal problems, including a divorce, that resulted in a number of poor production decisions and ill-conceived, unformed songs. Like Punch the Clock, Goodbye Cruel World was produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, the top British hitmakers of the '80s. Consequently, most of the record suffers from a stiff, synthesized production that instantly dates the record. In some cases -- like the duet with Daryl Hall, "The Only Flame in Town," and the cover of the lost Hi R&B gem "I Wanna Be Loved" -- the songs benefit from the shiny, streamlined production but it obscures the merits of the finest songs on the album. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Costello

Tracklist

1. The 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. The Comedians
9. Joe Porterhouse
10. Sour Milk-Cow Blues
11. The Great Unknown
12. The Deportees Club
13. Peace In Our Time