Taking Liberties
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{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Taking Liberties
| Type = Compilation album
| Artist = [[Elvis Costello|Elvis Costello and the Attractions]]
| Cover = ectl.jpg
| Released = [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|22px|USA]] November 1980
| Recorded = 1977–1980
| Genre = [[Rock (music)|Rock]]
| Length = 54:28
| Label = [[Columbia Records]]
| Producer = [[Elvis Costello]], [[Nick Lowe]]
| Reviews = * [[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|3.5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5287gj4rj6ia link]
| Last album = ''[[Get Happy!! (Elvis Costello album)|Get Happy!!]]''<br/>(1980)
| This album = '''''Taking Liberties'''''<br/>(1980)
| Next album = ''[[Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers]]''<br/>(1980)
|}}
:''For the film "Taking Liberties", see [[Taking Liberties (film)]]''
'''''Taking Liberties''''' is a U.S. [[Elvis Costello|Elvis Costello and the Attractions]] album, composed of tracks not previously released on U.S. albums. It is mostly made up of [[B Side|B-Sides]], however it does feature two previously unreleased recordings. It was released in the [[United States]] only, and its tracklisting is almost identical to that of the UK release ''[[Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers ]]''.
==Track listing==
All songs written by [[Elvis Costello]] except as indicated.
===Side one===
# "Clean Money" (previously unreleased) – 1:57
# "Girls Talk" (b-side of "I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down," 1980) – 1:56
# "Talking in the Dark" (a-side, 1978) – 1:56
# "Radio Sweetheart" (b-side of "Less Than Zero," 1977) – 2:24
# "Black and White World" (Demo version) (previously unreleased) – 1:51
# "Big Tears" (b-side of "Pump It Up," 1978) – 3:10
# "Just a Memory" (b-side of "New Amsterdam", 1980) – 2:14
# "Night Rally" (from UK version of ''[[This Year's Model]]'', 1978) – 2:41
# "Stranger in the House" (a-side, 1978) – 3:01
# "Clowntime Is Over" (Version 2) (b-side of "High Fidelity," 1980) – 3:44
===Side two===
# "Getting Might Crowded" (b-side of "High Fidelity," 1980) – 2:05
# "Hoover Factory" (previously unreleased) – 1:43
# "Tiny Steps" (b-side of "Radio, Radio," 1978) – 2:42
# "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" (a-side, 1978) – 3:07
# "Dr Luther's Assistant" (b-side of "New Amsterdam," 1980) – 3:28
# "Sunday's Best" (from UK version of ''[[Armed Forces]]'', 1979) – 3:22
# "Crawling to the U.S.A." (from soundtrack to Americathon, 1979) – 2:52
# "Wednesday Week" (b-side of "Talking in the Dark," 1978) – 2:02
# "My Funny Valentine" ([[Richard Rodgers]], [[Lorenz Hart]]) (b-side of "Oliver's Army," 1979) – 1:25
# "Ghost Train" (b-side of "New Amsterdam," 1980) – 3:05
==Charts==
'''Album'''
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1980
|align="left"|[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] Pop Albums
|align="left"|28
|-
|}
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[[Category:Albums produced by Nick Lowe]]
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