All This Useless Beauty: Limited Gold Vinyl LP
All this Useless Beauty is the seventeenth studio album by English rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, originally released in 1996. The album peaked at No. 28 on the UK album chart, and at No. 53 on the Billboard 200. It is his final album with his long-standing backing band The Attractions.
In its original conception, the album was to be a set of songs written for other artists, entitled A Case For Song, with backing by a diverse array of musicians. Instead, Costello chose to record the songs himself with The Attractions. For instance, âComplicated Shadowsâ had been intended for Johnny Cash, and âWhy Canât A Man Stand Alone?â for Sam Moore, and the B-side opens with his collaboration with Paul McCartney, âShallow Graveâ.
Four songs previously released by others also made it to the final track listing: âThe Other End Of The Telescopeâ was co-written with Aimee Mann; âYou Bowed Downâ was recorded by Roger McGuinn; âAll This Useless Beautyâ and âI Want To Vanishâ was recorded by June Tabor.
All This Useless Beauty is available as a limited edition of 2500 individually numbered copies on gold coloured vinyl.
All this Useless Beauty is the seventeenth studio album by English rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, originally released in 1996. The album peaked at No. 28 on the UK album chart, and at No. 53 on the Billboard 200. It is his final album with his long-standing backing band The Attractions.
In its original conception, the album was to be a set of songs written for other artists, entitled A Case For Song, with backing by a diverse array of musicians. Instead, Costello chose to record the songs himself with The Attractions. For instance, âComplicated Shadowsâ had been intended for Johnny Cash, and âWhy Canât A Man Stand Alone?â for Sam Moore, and the B-side opens with his collaboration with Paul McCartney, âShallow Graveâ.
Four songs previously released by others also made it to the final track listing: âThe Other End Of The Telescopeâ was co-written with Aimee Mann; âYou Bowed Downâ was recorded by Roger McGuinn; âAll This Useless Beautyâ and âI Want To Vanishâ was recorded by June Tabor.
All This Useless Beauty is available as a limited edition of 2500 individually numbered copies on gold coloured vinyl.
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All this Useless Beauty is the seventeenth studio album by English rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, originally released in 1996. The album peaked at No. 28 on the UK album chart, and at No. 53 on the Billboard 200. It is his final album with his long-standing backing band The Attractions.
In its original conception, the album was to be a set of songs written for other artists, entitled A Case For Song, with backing by a diverse array of musicians. Instead, Costello chose to record the songs himself with The Attractions. For instance, âComplicated Shadowsâ had been intended for Johnny Cash, and âWhy Canât A Man Stand Alone?â for Sam Moore, and the B-side opens with his collaboration with Paul McCartney, âShallow Graveâ.
Four songs previously released by others also made it to the final track listing: âThe Other End Of The Telescopeâ was co-written with Aimee Mann; âYou Bowed Downâ was recorded by Roger McGuinn; âAll This Useless Beautyâ and âI Want To Vanishâ was recorded by June Tabor.
All This Useless Beauty is available as a limited edition of 2500 individually numbered copies on gold coloured vinyl.
