Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do?) Written-By – Williams*	1:30
A2	Sweet Dreams Written-By – Gibson*	2:52
A3	Success Written-By – Mullins*	2:35
A4	I'm Your Toy Written-By – Ethridge*, Parsons*	3:18
A5	Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down Written-By – Haggard*	2:05
A6	Brown To Blue Written-By – Mathis*, Jones*, Franks*	2:35
B1	Good Year For The Roses Written-By – Chesnut*	3:05
B2	Sittin' And Thinkin' Written-By – Rich*	2:50
B3	Colour Of The Blues Written-By – Jones*, Williams*	2:15
B4	Too Far Gone Written-By – Sherrill*	3:18
B5	Honey Hush Written-By – Turner*	2:05
B6	How Much I've Lied Written-By – Parsons*, Rivkin*	2:40

Credits

• Artwork By [Sleeve Design] – Barney Bubbles
• Backing Vocals – Nashville Edition*
• Bass – Bruce Thomas
• Drums – Pete Thomas
• Engineer – Ron "Snake" Reynolds*
• Engineer [Assistant] – Fast Eddy Hudson*
• Guitar [Lead Guitar, Pedal Steel] – John McFee
• Guitar, Vocals – Elvis Costello
• Photography – Keith Morris
• Piano, Organ – Steve Nieve
• Producer – Billy Sherrill
• Violin – Tommy Miller*

Notes

Recorded in CBS Studio A, Nashville.
Dates 18-29 May 1981.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 74643 75624

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
XXLP13, XXLP 13	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	Almost Blue ‎(LP, Album)	F-Beat, F-Beat	XXLP13, XXLP 13	UK	1981
FIEND CASS 33	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	Almost Blue ‎(Cass, Album, RE)	Imp Records	FIEND CASS 33	UK	1981
E.C. CHAT 1	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	Elvis Costello Introduces The Tracks On His New Album "Almost Blue" ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, Promo)	F-Beat	E.C. CHAT 1	UK	1981
RCD 20277	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	Almost Blue ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Rykodisc	RCD 20277	USA & Canada	1994
FIEND CD 33, IMP FIEND CD 33	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	Almost Blue ‎(CD, Album)	Demon Records, Imp Records	FIEND CD 33, IMP FIEND CD 33	Japan	1984

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do?) Written-By – Williams*
2	Sweet Dreams Written-By – Gibson*
3	Success Written-By – Mullins*
4	I'm Your Toy ( Hot Burrito #1) Written-By – Ethridge*, Parsons*
5	Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down Written-By – Haggard*
6	Brown To Blue Written-By – Mathis*, Jones*, Franks*
7	Good Year For The Roses Written-By – Chesnut*
8	Sittin' And Thinkin' Written-By – Rich*
9	Colour Of The Blues Written-By – Jones*, Williams*
10	Too Far Gone Written-By – Sherrill*
11	Honey Hush Written-By – Turner*
12	How Much I've Lied Written-By – Parsons*, Rivkin*

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Columbia Records
• Distributed By – Columbia Records
• Record Company – CBS Inc.

Credits

• Backing Vocals – Nashville Edition*
• Bass – Bruce Thomas
• Design [Sleeve Design] – Barney Bubbles
• Drums – Pete Thomas
• Engineer – Ron "Snake" Reynolds*
• Engineer [Assistant] – Fast Eddy Hudson*
• Guitar, Vocals – Elvis Costello
• Lead Guitar, Steel Guitar [Pedal] – John McFee
• Photography By – Keith Morris
• Piano, Organ – Steve Nieve
• Producer – Billy Sherrill
• Violin – Tommy Miller*

Notes

Recorded in CBS Studio A, Nashville.
Dates 18-29 May 1981.
1981 Riveria Global Productions Limited
Manufactured and Distributed by Columbia Records CBS Records Inc

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 7464-37562-2
• Matrix / Runout: DIDP 071681 6

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
XXLP13, XXLP 13	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	Almost Blue ‎(LP, Album)	F-Beat, F-Beat	XXLP13, XXLP 13	UK	1981
FIEND CASS 33	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	Almost Blue ‎(Cass, Album, RE)	Imp Records	FIEND CASS 33	UK	1981
RCD 20277	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	Almost Blue ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Rykodisc	RCD 20277	USA & Canada	1994
FIEND CD 33, IMP FIEND CD 33	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	Almost Blue ‎(CD, Album)	Demon Records, Imp Records	FIEND CD 33, IMP FIEND CD 33	Japan	1984
RCD 20277	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	Almost Blue ‎(CD, Album, Club, RE, RM)	Rykodisc	RCD 20277	US	1994