Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers [Import]

The Attractions, Elvis Costello | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 31, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Demon Records UK
• ASIN: B00000116Z
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #375,878 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Clean Money

2. Girls Talk

3. Talking In The Dark

4. Radio Sweetheart

5. Big Tears

6. Crawling To The USA

7. Just A Memory

8. Watching The Detectives

9. Stranger In The House

10. Clowntime Is Over

11. Getting Mighty Crowded

12. Hoover Factory

13. Tiny Steps

14. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding

15. Dr. Luther's Assistant

16. Radio Radio

17. Black And White World

18. Wednesday Week

19. My Funny Valentine

20. Ghost Train

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some from the vaults, June 17, 1998

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"daltreyx" (US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers (Audio CD)

One of the great singer-songwriters of the last 25 years. This isn't a greatest hits collection per se but it IS replete with classic Costello gems and some B-side cuts that transcend the quality of most B-sides. Perfect for the Elvis Costello "newbie" or long-time listener.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Can't let this one go., December 31, 2003

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Tim Brough "author and music buff" (Springfield, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers (Audio CD)

This is a collection of b-sides and album cuts that were left off Elvis' UK albums (the American Version is slightly different and bears the title "Taking Liberties"). It was like the early Beatles' records, in that so much material was being written and recorded, that the albums just couldn't contain them all. For instance, the UK versions of "My Aim Is True" and "This Year's Model" didn't contain the songs "Watching The Detectives" or "Radio Radio," and the US versions lost "Night Rally" and "I Don't Want to Go to Chelsea." You may want to skip this disc, since Rhino's reissues have pretty much placed these songs alongside their recorded counterparts, remastered. But it did give us EC completists a chance to wallow in some amazing songs, like "Dr Luther's Assistant" "Girls Talk" and his early forays into country, "Stranger in the House" and "Radio Sweetheart."

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great collection of lesser known tunes, April 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers (Audio CD)

I have this cd under a different title, "Taking Liberties". It's fantastic, and if you like Elivis Costello, especially the eraly albums (This Year's Model, etc...) you'll love this cd as well. Especially good is "Hoover Factory" and "Getting Mighty Crowded"