Out of Our Idiot

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Out of Our Idiot
Compilation album by Elvis Costello
Released	1987
Recorded	1979-87
Genre	Rock C
Label	Demon Records
Producer	Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, Colin Fairley, the Mono-Kings, the Coward Brothers, Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley, Allen Toussaint, J. Henry "T-Bone" Burnett, Larry Hirsch
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Elvis Costello chronology
Blood and Chocolate (1986) Out of Our Idiot (1987) Spike (1989)

Out of Our Idiot is a 1987 compilation album of then rare and unreleased recordings dating back to 1979 by Elvis Costello, which was released in the UK on Demon Records. The album was credited to "Various Artists" rather than to Costello because the tracks were recorded and credited under a variety of names, including The Costello Show, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Elvis Costello and the Confederates, the Coward Brothers, Napoleon Dynamite, and The Emotional Toothpaste, and with a variety of collaborators, including Jimmy Cliff, Nick Lowe and T-Bone Burnett.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 Personnel 2.1 Elvis Costello (solo) 2.2 The Coward Brothers 2.3 Elvis Costello and the Attractions 2.4 Elvis Costello and the Confederates 2.5 The Costello Show, featuring the Attractions 2.6 Napoleon Dynamite and the Royal Guard 2.7 The Emotional Toothpaste

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Elvis Costello except as indicated.

[edit] Side one

1. "Seven Day Weekend" (Costello, Jimmy Cliff)
2. "Turning the Town Red"
3. "Heathen Town"
4. "The People's Limousine" (Costello, T-Bone Burnett)
5. "So Young" (Joe Camilleri, Tony Faehse, Jeff Bustin)
6. "American Without Tears No. 2 (Twilight Version)" (Declan MacManus)
7. "Get Yourself Another Fool" (Tucker, Hayward)
8. "Walking on Thin Ice" (Yoko Ono)

[edit] Side two

1. "Blue Chair" (MacManus)
2. "Baby It's You" (Burt Bacharach, Mack David, Barney Williams)
3. "From Head to Toe" (W. Robinson)
4. "Shoes Without Heels" (MacManus)
5. "Baby's Got a Brand New Hairdo" (MacManus)
6. "The Flirting Kind"
7. "Black Sails in the Sunset"
8. "Imperial Bedroom"
9. "The Stamping Ground"

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Elvis Costello (solo)

• ("American Without Tears No. 2 (Twilight Version)", "Blue Chair", "Baby It's You")
  • Elvis Costello - guitar, vocals
  • Nick Lowe - bass, vocals (on "Baby It's You")
  • T-Bone Burnett - rhythm guitar (on "Blue Chair")
  • T-Bone Wolk - bass (on "Blue Chair")
  • Steve Nieve – keyboards (on "Blue Chair")
  • Mickey Curry - drums (on "Blue Chair")

[edit] The Coward Brothers

• ("The People's Limousine")
  • Elvis Costello - lead guitar, vocals (as "Howard Coward")
  • T-Bone Burnett - rhythm guitar, vocals (as "Henry Coward")
  • David Miner - bass
  • Ron Tutt - drums

[edit] Elvis Costello and the Attractions

• ("Seven Day Weekend", "Turning the Town Red", "Heathen Town", "So Young", "Get Yourself Another Fool", "Walking on Thin Ice", "From Head to Toe", "The Flirting Kind", "Black Sails in the Sunset")
  • Elvis Costello – guitar, vocals
  • Steve Nieve – keyboards
  • Bruce Thomas – bass
  • Pete Thomas – drums
  • Jimmy Cliff - vocals (on "Seven Day Weekend")
  • TKO Horns - horns (on "Walking on Thin Ice")

[edit] Elvis Costello and the Confederates

• ("Shoes Without Heels")
  • Elvis Costello – guitar, vocals
  • James Burton - guitar
  • Jerry Scheff - bass
  • Ron Tutt - drums

[edit] The Costello Show, featuring the Attractions

• ("Baby's Got a Brand New Hairdo")

[edit] Napoleon Dynamite and the Royal Guard

• ("Imperial Bedroom")
  • Elvis Costello – guitar, vocals
  • Gary Barnacle - tenor & baritone saxophone
  • Annie Whitehead - trombone

[edit] The Emotional Toothpaste

• ("The Stamping Ground")
  • Elvis Costello – guitar, vocals

v • d • e Elvis Costello discography Albums My Aim Is True · King of America · Spike · Mighty Like a Rose · Brutal Youth · Kojak Variety · North · Il Sogno Elvis Costello and The Attractions This Year's Model · Armed Forces · Get Happy!! · Trust · Almost Blue · Imperial Bedroom · Punch the Clock · Goodbye Cruel World · Blood and Chocolate · All This Useless Beauty Elvis Costello and The Imposters When I Was Cruel · Cruel Smile · The Delivery Man · Momofuku Collaborations The Juliet Letters with The Brodsky Quartet · Terror & Magnificence with John Harle · Painted from Memory with Burt Bacharach · The Sweetest Punch with Bill Frisell · For the Stars with Anne Sofie von Otter · My Flame Burns Blue with The Metropole Orkest · Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland · The River in Reverse with Allen Toussaint Live albums Live at the El Mocambo · Deep Dead Blue · Costello & Nieve Soundtracks G.B.H. · Jake's Progress Compilations Taking Liberties · Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers · The Best of Elvis Costello & The Attractions · Out of Our Idiot · Girls Girls Girls · 2 ½ Years · The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977-86 · Extreme Honey · The Very Best of Elvis Costello · Singles, Vol. 1 · Singles, Vol. 2 · Singles, Vol. 3