℗ 1984 Elvis Costello
| Released | June 1, 1984 |
| Duration | 44m 18s |
| Record Label | Hip-O/Elvis Costello |
| Genre | Pop |
Goodbye Cruel World
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Available in 192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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The Only Flame In Town
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4:02 | |||
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1.2
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Home Truth
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3:13 | |||
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1.3
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Room With No Number
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4:13 | |||
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1.4
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Inch By Inch
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2:29 | |||
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1.5
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Worthless Thing
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3:04 | |||
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1.6
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Love Field
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3:30 | |||
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1.7
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I Wanna Be Loved
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4:47 | |||
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1.8
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The Comedians
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2:36 | |||
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1.9
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Joe Porterhouse
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3:29 | |||
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1.10
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Sour Milk Cow Blues
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2:51 | |||
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1.11
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The Great Unknown
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3:00 | |||
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1.12
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The Deportees Club
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2:54 | |||
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1.13
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Peace In Our Time
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4:10 |
UK Albums Chart - #10, 1984
Billboard 200 - #35, 1984
"Short stories, fragments and an exquisite duet with hyperintellectual Green Gartside. B."
- Entertainment Weekly
"... (another solid) effort from this thoughtful, hard-hitting, surprisingly tender singer-songwriter. Highlights include the lilting country cover I Wanna Be Loved, the straight-to-the-point Inch By Inch ... B+."
- Robert Christgau
"... evinces no critical lapse in quality ... it sounds like the most approachable Costello LP since Trust ... isn't just a great album, it's a great Elvis Costello album. And that, as you should know, is something else altogether."
- Melody Maker
"... (contains) some of his most pungent, touching compositions ... also marked producers Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley's refinement of the Attractions' bar-band potpourri into a seamless, richly textured groove ..."
- Rolling Stone
Elvis Costello's 1984 release Goodbye Cruel World was produced by pop hitmakers Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley; propelled by the single The Only Flame In Town featuring guest vocalist Daryl Hall, Goodbye Cruel World became a top 10 British chart success and broke into the top 40 in the US. Costello is also joined by Green Gartside of the band Scritti Politti on the track I Wanna Be Loved.
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Hip-O/Elvis Costello Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.43 -1.88 to 0.00 | -14.25 -17.18 to -12.30 | -11.12 -14.30 to -8.70 | 8 7 to 10 | |
| 1 | The Only Flame In Town | -0.85 | -13.17 | -10.2 | 8 |
| 2 | Home Truth | -0.04 | -13.98 | -11.0 | 8 |
| 3 | Room With No Number | -0.38 | -14.19 | -10.8 | 8 |
| 4 | Inch By Inch | -0.87 | -15.62 | -12.8 | 8 |
| 5 | Worthless Thing | -0.37 | -14.29 | -11.6 | 9 |
| 6 | Love Field | -0.23 | -14.83 | -11.8 | 9 |
| 7 | I Wanna Be Loved | 0.00 | -13.71 | -10.4 | 8 |
| 8 | The Comedians | 0.00 | -13.55 | -10.5 | 8 |
| 9 | Joe Porterhouse | 0.00 | -14.99 | -11.5 | 9 |
| 10 | Sour Milk Cow Blues | 0.00 | -12.30 | -8.7 | 8 |
| 11 | The Great Unknown | 0.00 | -14.28 | -11.5 | 8 |
| 12 | The Deportees Club | -0.97 | -13.19 | -9.5 | 7 |
| 13 | Peace In Our Time | -1.88 | -17.18 | -14.3 | 10 |