℗ 1984 Elvis Costello
Released October 9, 2015
Originated June 1, 1984
Duration 44m 18s
Record Label Hip-O/Elvis Costello
Genre Pop
 

Goodbye Cruel World

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

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1.1
The Only Flame In Town
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4:02
1.2
Home Truth
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3:13
1.3
Room With No Number
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4:13
1.4
Inch By Inch
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2:29
1.5
Worthless Thing
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3:04
1.6
Love Field
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3:30
1.7
I Wanna Be Loved
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4:47
1.8
The Comedians
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2:36
1.9
Joe Porterhouse
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3:29
1.10
Sour Milk Cow Blues
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2:51
1.11
The Great Unknown
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3:00
1.12
The Deportees Club
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2:54
1.13
Peace In Our Time
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
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
-0.85-13.17-10.28
2
Home Truth
-0.04-13.98-11.08
3
Room With No Number
-0.38-14.19-10.88
4
Inch By Inch
-0.87-15.62-12.88
5
Worthless Thing
-0.37-14.29-11.69
6
Love Field
-0.23-14.83-11.89
7
I Wanna Be Loved
0.00-13.71-10.48
8
The Comedians
0.00-13.55-10.58
9
Joe Porterhouse
0.00-14.99-11.59
10
Sour Milk Cow Blues
0.00-12.30-8.78
11
The Great Unknown
0.00-14.28-11.58
12
The Deportees Club
-0.97-13.19-9.57
13
Peace In Our Time
-1.88-17.18-14.310

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