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Elvis Costello - Out of Our Idiot Audio CD

A fair review of the Elvis Costello "Out of Our Idiot" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Elvis Costello reviews here, or go back to the Elvis Costello tabs.

Elvis Costello Band: Elvis Costello
Title: Out of Our Idiot
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Release Date: 1996-10-15
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Seven Day Weekend (Guest Star Jimmy Cliff) 2: Turning The Town red 3: Heathen Town 4: The People's Limousine 5: So Young (previously un-issued) 6: Little Goody Two Shoes (previously un-issued) 7: American Without Tears No 2 8: Get Yourself Another Fool 9: Walking On Thin Ice 10: Withered And Died 11: Blue Chair 12: Baby It's You (Guest Star Nick Lowe) 13: From Head To Toe 14: Shoes Without Heels 15: Baby's Got a Brand New Hairdo 16: The Flirting Kind 17: Black Sails In The Sunset 18: A Town Called Big Nothing (Really Big Nothing) 19: Big Sister 20: Imperial Bedroom 21: The Stamping Ground

Smarter than the title....
Unlike "Liberties," "Out Of Our Idiot" has never been given a proper release here in the states. Remember "Ten Bloody Marys and Ten How's You Fathers?" Or maybe "Taking Liberties?" Both of those were discs issued to sweep up the ever prolific Elvis Costello's B-Sides, soundtrack work and side projects. It's also slowly being rendered superfluous by Rhino's gradual issuance of bonus material on individual EC album reissues. Just don't count on me to slip this one onto a used disc sales list anytime soon. I'll keep it for the Spaghetti Western "A Town Called Nothing," featuring Elvis' dad on the trumpet. Or his match-up with T-Bone Burnette on "The People's Limousine. " Or an early flirtation of the Burt Bacharach catalog, duetting with Nick Lowe on "Baby It's You. " Etc. . . . .

Worth it if you're a completist. (Like me. ).


Outtakes?
Even Elvis's outtakes are better than most bands best efforts. These are the songs that didn't make it to the official releases. 'Turning The Town Red' is a radio classic (that has never been played on the radio). 'Black Sails In The Sunset' is a beautiful pop song. 'The Flirting Kind', 'Heathen Town', etc. As a songwriter myself, I could only hope that my work measures up to Elvis's outtakes. Elvis is a master songwriter who has written so many great tunes that he can allow some of them to never see the light of day. I'm going to go through his trash cans and a probably find enough material to launch my own career. Thanks Elvis.


this one's a sleeper, but it will wake you up
All the Costello "greatest hits" attempts to date have been extremely weak. this release nearly slipped under my radar, don't let the same fate befall you. . while not strictly a greatest hits album, this disc offers an incredible range of delights much as "taking liberites" did. If you are a Costello fan, this is a must have.


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