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Artist: Various
Album: Out Of Our Idiot
Label: Demon
Vinyl: Yes
Cat No: X FIEND 67
Country: UK
Released: 1987

Following in the tradition of Taking Liberties and Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers, Out of Our Idiot compiles 17 rarities Elvis Costello released during the early and mid-'80s, usually under pseudonyms. Many of these songs are collaborations -- "Seven Day Weekend" is a rollicking duet with Jimmy Cliff; Elvis sings "Baby It's You" with Nick Lowe; Costello and T-Bone Burnett form the Coward Brothers -- hence the album's billing as a "various-artists" record, which is indicative of its freewheeling, goofy humor. Out of Our Idiot is pure fun, and it's not just for collectors. Costello's throwaways are frequently excellent, whether it's covers (Yoko Ono's "Walking on Thin Ice," Smokey Robinson's "From Head to Toe," "So Young"), genre exercises, jokes, or full-fledged songs. Most of the songs on Out of Our Idiot were later included as bonus tracks in the Demon/Rykodisc reissue series.


01.Seven Day Weekend – Jimmy Cliff , Elvis Costello & The Attractions (E. Costello/J. Cliff
02.Turning The Town Red – Elvis Costello & The Attractions (E. Costello)
03.Heathen Town – Elvis Costello & The Attractions (E. Costello)
04.The People’s Limousine – The Coward Brothers (Henry & Howard Coward)
05.So Young – Elvis Costello & The Attractions (J. Camilleri / T. Faeshe / J. Burstin )
06.American Without Tears No. 2 (Twilight Version) – Elvis Costello ( Macmanus )
07.Get Yourself Another Fool – Elvis Costello & The Attractions ( Tucker / Hayward )
08.Walking On Thin Ice – Elvis Costello & The Attractions with the TKO Horns
09.Blue Chair – Elvis Costello ( MacManus)
10.Baby It’s You – Nick Lowe & Elvis Costello ( B. Bacharach / M. David / B. Williams )
11.From Head To Toe – Elvis Costello & The Attractions ( W. Robinson )
12.Shoes Without Heels – Elvis Costello & The Confederates (MacManus)
13.Baby’s Got A Brand New Hairdo – The Costello Show featuring The Attractions (MacManus)
14.The Flirting Kind – Elvis Costello & The Attractions (E. Costello)
15.Black Sails In The Sunset – Elvis Costello & The Attractions (E. Costello)
16.Imperial Bedroom – Napoleon Dynamite & The Royal Guard (E. Costello)
17.The Stamping Ground – The Emotional Toothpaste (E. Costello)

Contibutors: Jimmy Cliff – Nick Lowe – Colin Fairley – Clive Langer – Alan Winstanley – John Jacobs – Larry Hirsch – David Miner – Ron Tutt – Allen Toussaint – J. Henry T-Bone Burnett – Mickey Curry – T-Bone Wolk – Paul Bass – James Burton – Jerry Scheff – Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus – David Bedford – Roger Bechirian – Gary Barnicle – Annie Whitehead