Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & the Attractions-Imperial Bedroom (album cover)Summary

Hughesy's assessment:

Outstanding.

Track listing: Beyond Belief; Tears Before Bedtime; Shabby Doll; The Long Honeymoon; Man Out of Time; Almost Blue; ...And in Every Home; The Loved Ones; Human Hands; Kid About It; Little Savage; Boy with a Problem; Pidgin English; You Little Fool; Town Cryer

1994 Rykodisc CD bonus tracks: From Head to Toe; The World of Broken Hearts; Night Time; Really Mystified; I Turn Around (Demo); Seconds of Pleasure (Version 2 of The Invisible Man); The Stamping Ground (Demo); Shabby Doll (Early version); Imperial Bedroom (Demo)

2002 Rhino bonus CD: The Land of Give and Take (Early version of Beyond Belief); Tears Before Bedtime (Alternate version); Man Out of Time (Alternate version); Human Hands (Early version); Kid About It (Alternate version); Little Savage (Alternate version); You Little Fool (Alternate version); Town Cryer (Fast version); Little Goody Two Shoes (Alternate version of Inch by Inch);

The Town Where Time Stood Still (Alternate version); ...And in Every Home (Rehearsal);  I Turn Around; From Head to Toe; The World of Broken Hearts; Night Time; Really Mystified; The Stamping Ground; Shabby Doll (Demo version);  Man Out of Time (Demo version); You Little Fool (Demo version); Town Cryer (Demo version); Seconds of Pleasure (Demo version); Imperial Bedroom

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