Taking Liberties 4918208 225639320 2008-07-14T18:03:31Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{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 |- |} {{Elvis Costello}} [[Category:Elvis Costello albums]] [[Category:1980 albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by Elvis Costello]] [[Category:Albums produced by Nick Lowe]] {{1980s-rock-album-stub}}