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==Tracks==
==Tracks==
01. '''[[The Other End (Of The Telescope)|The Other End Of The Telescope]]''' [Costello/Mann] (4:06)<br>
{{tracklist
02. '''[[Little Atoms]]''' (3:56)<br>
| writing_credits = yes
03. '''[[All This Useless Beauty (song)|All This Useless Beauty]]''' (4:37)<br>
| title1          = [[The Other End Of The Telescope]]
04. '''[[Complicated Shadows]]''' (4:43)<br>
| writer1        = [[Declan MacManus]], [[Aimee Mann]]
05. '''[[Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?]]''' (3:16)<br>
| length1        = 4:06
06. '''[[Distorted Angel]]''' (4:31)<br>
| title2          = [[Little Atoms]]
07. '''[[Shallow Grave]]''' [McCartney/MacManus] (2:00)<br>
| writer2        = Declan MacManus
08. '''[[Poor Fractured Atlas]]''' (3:57)<br>
| length2    = 3:56
09. '''[[Starting To Come To Me]]''' (2:43)<br>
| title3      = [[All This Useless Beauty (song)|All This Useless Beauty]]
10. '''[[You Bowed Down]]''' (4:53)<br>
| writer3    = Elvis Costello
11. '''[[It's Time]]''' (5:57)<br>
| length3    = 4:37
12. '''[[I Want To Vanish]]''' (3:13)<br>
| title4      = [[Complicated Shadows]]
 
| writer4    = Declan MacManus
All songs written by Elvis Costello except where noted.
| length4    = 4:43
| title5      = [[Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?]]
| writer5    = Elvis Costello
| length5    = 3:16
| title6      = [[Distorted Angel]]
| writer6    = Declan MacManus
| length6    = 4:31
| title7      = [[Shallow Grave]]
| writer7    = [[Paul McCartney]], Declan MacManus
| length7    = 2:00
| title8      = [[Poor Fractured Atlas]]
| writer8    = Elvis Costello
| length8    = 3:57
| title9      = [[Starting To Come To Me]]
| writer9    = Declan MacManus
| length9    = 2:43
| title10    = [[You Bowed Down]]
| writer10    = Elvis Costello
| length10    = 4:53
| title11    = [[It's Time]]
| writer11    = Elvis Costello
| length11    = 5:57
| title12    = [[I Want To Vanish]]
| writer12    = Elvis Costello
| length12    = 3:13
}}<br>


==Credits==
==Credits==
* Musicians:  
* Musicians:  
:'''[[Elvis Costello]]''' - [[Singers|vocals]] and [[Guitarists|guitar]]
:[[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, electric, acoustic & slide guitars, celesta on "All This Useless Beauty", second bass on "Shallow Grave", bridge keyboards on "You Bowed Down"
:'''[[Steve Nieve]]''' - [[Keyboardists|keyboards]]
:[[The Attractions]]:
:'''[[Bruce Thomas]]''' - [[Bassists|bass]]
::[[Steve Nieve]] - piano, keyboards, drum programming & sequencing
:'''[[Pete Thomas]]''' - [[Drummers|drums]]
::[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass
::[[Pete Thomas]] - drums, percussion, acoustic guitar on "You Bowed Down"


:'''[[Pete Whyman]]''' - bass clarinet on [[All This Useless Beauty (song)|All This Useless Beauty]] & [[I Want To Vanish]]
:[[Pete Whyman]] - bass clarinet on "All This Useless Beauty" & "I Want To Vanish"
:'''[[Roy Babbington]]''' - double bass on [[All This Useless Beauty (song)|All This Useless Beauty]] & [[I Want To Vanish]]
:[[Roy Babbington]] - double bass on "All This Useless Beauty" & "I Want To Vanish"
:'''[[Matt MacManus]]''' - rhythm research on [[It's Time]]
:[[Matt MacManus]] - rhythm research on "It's Time"
:'''[[The Brodsky Quartet]]''' - [[I Want To Vanish]]
:[[The Brodsky Quartet]]:
:'''[[Ruth Causey]]''' - Bb clarinet on [[I Want To Vanish]]
::[[Michael Thomas]] - violin on "I Want To Vanish"
::[[Ian Belton]] - violin on "I Want To Vanish"
::[[Paul Cassidy]] - viola on "I Want To Vanish"
::[[Jacqueline Thomas]] - cello on "I Want To Vanish"
:[[Ruth Causey]] - Bb clarinet on "I Want To Vanish"




==All This Useless Beauty (2001 Rhino edition)==
==[[All This Useless Beauty (2001 Rhino/Edsel Bonus Disc)|All This Useless Beauty (2001 Rhino edition)]]==


{| cellspacing="3"
{{tracklist
|- valign="top"
| writing_credits = yes
|width="50%" class="MainPageBG" style="border: 1px solid #c6c9ff; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f2f7ff"|
| headline    = Disc 1: All This Useless Beauty (48:20)
===Disc 1===
| title1      = [[The Other End Of The Telescope]]
'''All This Useless Beauty''' (48:20)<br>
| writer1    = [[Declan MacManus]], [[Aimee Mann]]
| length1    = 4:06
| title2      = [[Little Atoms]]
| writer2    = Declan MacManus
| length2    = 3:56
| title3      = [[All This Useless Beauty (song)|All This Useless Beauty]]
| writer3    = Elvis Costello
| length3    = 4:37
| title4      = [[Complicated Shadows]]
| writer4    = Declan MacManus
| length4    = 4:43
| title5      = [[Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?]]
| writer5    = Elvis Costello
| length5    = 3:16
| title6      = [[Distorted Angel]]
| writer6    = Declan MacManus
| length6    = 4:31
| title7      = [[Shallow Grave]]
| writer7    = [[Paul McCartney]], Declan MacManus
| length7    = 2:00
| title8      = [[Poor Fractured Atlas]]
| writer8    = Elvis Costello
| length8    = 3:57
| title9      = [[Starting To Come To Me]]
| writer9    = Declan MacManus
| length9    = 2:43
| title10    = [[You Bowed Down]]
| writer10    = Elvis Costello
| length10    = 4:53
| title11    = [[It's Time]]
| writer11    = Elvis Costello
| length11    = 5:57
| title12    = [[I Want To Vanish]]
| writer12    = Elvis Costello
| length12    = 3:13
}}<br>
{{tracklist
| writing_credits = yes
| headline    = Disc 2: Bonus Disc (68:14)
| title1      = [[Almost Ideal Eyes]]
| writer1    = Elvis Costello
| length1    = 4:19
| title2      = [[My Dark Life]]
| note2      = with [[Brian Eno]]
| writer2    = Elvis Costello
| length2    = 6:19
| title3      = [[That Day Is Done]]
| note3      = with [[The Fairfield Four]]
| writer3    = [[Paul McCartney]], Declan MacManus
| length3    = 5:08
| title4      = [[What Do I Do Now?]]
| writer4    = [[Louise Wener]]
| length4    = 4:26
| title5      = [[The Bridge I Burned]]
| writer5    = Elvis Costello
| length5    = 5:19
| title6      = [[It's Time]]
| note6      = Demo
| writer6    = Elvis Costello
| length6    = 3:58
| title7      = [[Complicated Shadows]]
| note7      = Demo
| writer7    = Declan MacManus
| length7    = 2:24
| title8      = [[You Bowed Down]]
| note8      = Demo
| writer8    = Elvis Costello
| length8    = 4:18
| title9      = [[Mistress And Maid]]
| note9      = Demo
| writer9    = Paul McCartney, Declan MacManus
| length9    = 2:17
| title10    = [[Distorted Angel]]
| note10      = Demo
| writer10    = Declan MacManus
| length10    = 2:31
| title11    = [[The Fall Of The World's Own Optimist|World's Great Optimist]]
| note11      = Demo
| writer11    = Elvis Costello, [[Aimee Mann]]
| length11    = 2:32
| title12    = [[The Only Flame In Town]]
| note12      = Demo
| writer12    = Elvis Costello
| length12    = 4:11
| title13    = [[The Comedians]]
| note13      = Demo
| writer13    = Elvis Costello
| length13    = 3:05
| title14    = [[The Days Take Care Of Everything]]
| note14      = Demo
| writer14    = Elvis Costello
| length14    = 3:55
| title15    = [[Hidden Shame]]
| note15      = Demo
| writer15    = Elvis Costello
| length15    = 3:56
| title16    = [[Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?|Why Can't A Man Stand Alone]]
| note16      = Demo
| writer16    = Elvis Costello
| length16    = 2:58
| title17    = [[Distorted Angel]]
| note17      = [[Tricky]] Remix
| writer17    = Declan MacManus
| length17    = 5:35
}}<br>


01. '''[[The Other End (Of The Telescope)|The Other End Of The Telescope]]''' [Costello/Mann] (4:06)<br>
==Associated Artwork==
02. '''[[Little Atoms]]''' (3:56)<br>
'''German CD Promo PROP146'''<br />
03. '''[[All This Useless Beauty (song)|All This Useless Beauty]]''' (4:37)<br>
[[Image:CD ATUB PROP 146 PROMO FRONT.JPG|x75px]]
04. '''[[Complicated Shadows]]''' (4:43)<br>
[[Image:CD ATUB PROP 146 PROMO DISC .JPG|x75px]]
05. '''[[Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?]]''' (3:16)<br>
<br />
06. '''[[Distorted Angel]]''' (4:31)<br>
<br />
07. '''[[Shallow Grave]]''' [McCartney/MacManus] (2:00)<br>
==Related Releases==
08. '''[[Poor Fractured Atlas]]''' (3:57)<br>
*[[Vinyl Reissue Discography#All This Useless Beauty|'''All This Useless Beauty''' - Vinyl LP reissues]]
09. '''[[Starting To Come To Me]]''' (2:43)<br>
*[[All This Useless Beauty Cassettes|'''All This Useless Beauty''' - Cassette Discography]]
10. '''[[You Bowed Down]]''' (4:53)<br>
*[[All This Useless Beauty (2001 Rhino/Edsel Bonus Disc)|'''All This Useless Beauty''' - Rhino/Edsel 2CD reissue 2001 (Bonus Disc)]]
11. '''[[It's Time]]''' (5:57)<br>
<br />
12. '''[[I Want To Vanish]]''' (3:13)<br>


|width="50%" class="MainPageBG" style="border:1px solid #c6c9ff; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000; background-color: #f0f0ff"|
'''Japanese CD WPCR-680 (1996)'''<br />
===Disc 2===
{|
'''Bonus Disc''' (68:14)<br>
|{{thumb:All This Useless Beauty WPCR-680 (1996)}}
 
|}
01. '''[[Almost Ideal Eyes]]''' (4:19)<br>
<br />
02. '''[[My Dark Life]]''' - with [[Brian Eno]] (6:19)<br>
'''Japanese 2CD WPCR-11208/9 (2002)'''<br />
03. '''[[That Day Is Done]]''' - with [[The Fairfield Four]] [McCartney/MacManus] (5:08)<br>
'''Rhino/Edsel edition with bonus disc'''<br />
04. '''[[What Do I Do Now?]]''' [Louise Wener] (4:26)<br>
{|
05. '''[[The Bridge I Burned]]''' (5:19)<br>
|{{thumb:All This Useless Beauty WPCR 11208/9}}
06. '''[[It's Time]] (Demo)''' (3:58)<br>
|}
07. '''[[Complicated Shadows]] (Demo)''' (2:24)<br>
<br />
08. '''[[You Bowed Down]] (Demo)''' (4:18)<br>
<br />
09. '''[[Mistress And Maid]] (Demo)''' [McCartney/MacManus] (2:17)<br>
==Singles==
10. '''[[Distorted Angel]] (Demo)''' (2:31)<br>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 87%;"
11. '''[[The Fall Of The World's Own Optimist|World's Great Optimist]] (Demo)''' [Costello/Mann] (2:32)<br>
|-
12. '''[[The Only Flame In Town]] (Demo)''' (4:11)<br>
|[[Image:It's Time UK CD single front insert.jpg|link=Single: It's Time|120px]]
13. '''[[The Comedians]] (Demo)''' (3:05)<br>
|[[Image:Little Atoms UK CD single front cover.jpg|link=Single: Little Atoms|120px]]
14. '''[[The Days Take Care Of Everything]] (Demo)''' (3:55)<br>
|[[Image:The Other End Of The Telescope UK CD single front cover.jpg|link=Single: The Other End Of The Telescope|120px]]
15. '''[[Hidden Shame]] (Demo)''' (3:56)<br>
|[[Image:Distorted Angel UK CD single front cover.jpg|link=Single: Distorted Angel|120px]]
16. '''[[Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?|Why Can't A Man Stand Alone]] (Demo)''' (2:58)<br>
|[[Image:All This Useless Beauty UK CD single front cover.jpg|link=Single: All This Useless Beauty|120px]]
17. '''[[Distorted Angel]] (Tricky Remix)''' (5:35)<br>
|[[Image:You Bowed Down US CD single front cover.jpg|link=Single: You Bowed Down|120px]]
|-
|It's Time
|Little Atoms
|The Other End Of<br>The Telescope
|Distorted Angel
|All This Useless Beauty
|You Bowed Down<br>(USA only)
|}
|}
<br />


==Original discography pages==
==Original discography pages==
* '''[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub.htm Home Page discography page]''' | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_a01.htm A01] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_a02.htm A02] |
* [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub.htm Home Page discography page] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_a01.htm A01] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_a02.htm A02]
* [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s01.htm '''Singles''': S01] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s02.htm S02] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s03.htm S03] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s04.htm S04] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s05.htm S05] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s06.htm S06] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s07.htm S07] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s08.htm S08] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s09.htm S09] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s10.htm S10]
* [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s01.htm Singles: S01] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s02.htm S02] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s03.htm S03] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s04.htm S04] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s05.htm S05] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s06.htm S06] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s07.htm S07] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s08.htm S08] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s09.htm S09] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/atub/atub_info_s10.htm S10]
 
==Reviews==
 


==Internal links==
==Internal links==
* '''[[Lyrics: All This Useless Beauty|Lyrics]]''' | '''[[Liner Notes: All This Useless Beauty|Liner Notes]]''' | [[Album Images: All This Useless Beauty|Album Images]]
*[[All This Useless Beauty lyrics|Lyrics]]
*[[All This Useless Beauty (2001) liner notes|Liner Notes]]
*[[:Category:All This Useless Beauty reviews|Reviews]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/atub.html Elvis Costello on Rhino's '''All This Useless Beauty''' reissue page]
*[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:28j4eay24xa7 AllMusic]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_This_Useless_Beauty Wikipedia]
* [http://www.discogs.com/Elvis-Costello-The-Attractions-All-This-Useless-Beauty/master/42958 Discogs] master / [http://www.discogs.com/Elvis-Costello-All-This-Useless-Beauty/release/1936252 promo 46198-2]
* [http://www.musik-sammler.de/album/176550 musik-sammler.de]
* [http://www.inanotherroom.com/atub.html Elvis Costello Reissues: All This Useless Beauty]


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[[Category:1996]]
[[Category:Costello albums]]
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[[Category:All This Useless Beauty|*1996]]
[[Category:All This Useless Beauty| 1996]]
 
[[Category:2001]]
[[Category:2001]]
[[Category:Rhino]]
[[Category:Rhino]]
[[Category:Edsel]]
[[Category:Edsel]]
[[Category:Rhino reissues]]
[[Category:All This Useless Beauty|*2001]]

Latest revision as of 20:54, 11 September 2022

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All This Useless Beauty
All This Useless Beauty album cover.jpg
Released1996-05-13 (UK)
1996-05-14 (US/Canada)
1996-05-25 (Japan)
2001-08-21 (US 2CD reissue)
2001-09-03 (UK 2CD reissue)
RecordedAugust-September 1995
Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin
February 1996
Westside Studios, London
ProducerGeoff Emerick & Elvis Costello
LabelWarner Bros. (1996)
Rhino (2001)
Length48:20


Tracks

TitleWriter(s) Length
1. The Other End Of The Telescope  Declan MacManus, Aimee Mann 4:06
2. Little Atoms  Declan MacManus 3:56
3. All This Useless Beauty  Elvis Costello 4:37
4. Complicated Shadows  Declan MacManus 4:43
5. Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?  Elvis Costello 3:16
6. Distorted Angel  Declan MacManus 4:31
7. Shallow Grave  Paul McCartney, Declan MacManus 2:00
8. Poor Fractured Atlas  Elvis Costello 3:57
9. Starting To Come To Me  Declan MacManus 2:43
10. You Bowed Down  Elvis Costello 4:53
11. It's Time  Elvis Costello 5:57
12. I Want To Vanish  Elvis Costello 3:13


Credits

  • Musicians:
Elvis Costello - vocals, electric, acoustic & slide guitars, celesta on "All This Useless Beauty", second bass on "Shallow Grave", bridge keyboards on "You Bowed Down"
The Attractions:
Steve Nieve - piano, keyboards, drum programming & sequencing
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums, percussion, acoustic guitar on "You Bowed Down"
Pete Whyman - bass clarinet on "All This Useless Beauty" & "I Want To Vanish"
Roy Babbington - double bass on "All This Useless Beauty" & "I Want To Vanish"
Matt MacManus - rhythm research on "It's Time"
The Brodsky Quartet:
Michael Thomas - violin on "I Want To Vanish"
Ian Belton - violin on "I Want To Vanish"
Paul Cassidy - viola on "I Want To Vanish"
Jacqueline Thomas - cello on "I Want To Vanish"
Ruth Causey - Bb clarinet on "I Want To Vanish"


All This Useless Beauty (2001 Rhino edition)

Disc 1: All This Useless Beauty (48:20)
TitleWriter(s) Length
1. The Other End Of The Telescope  Declan MacManus, Aimee Mann 4:06
2. Little Atoms  Declan MacManus 3:56
3. All This Useless Beauty  Elvis Costello 4:37
4. Complicated Shadows  Declan MacManus 4:43
5. Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?  Elvis Costello 3:16
6. Distorted Angel  Declan MacManus 4:31
7. Shallow Grave  Paul McCartney, Declan MacManus 2:00
8. Poor Fractured Atlas  Elvis Costello 3:57
9. Starting To Come To Me  Declan MacManus 2:43
10. You Bowed Down  Elvis Costello 4:53
11. It's Time  Elvis Costello 5:57
12. I Want To Vanish  Elvis Costello 3:13


Disc 2: Bonus Disc (68:14)
TitleWriter(s) Length
1. Almost Ideal Eyes  Elvis Costello 4:19
2. My Dark Life (with Brian Eno)Elvis Costello 6:19
3. That Day Is Done (with The Fairfield Four)Paul McCartney, Declan MacManus 5:08
4. What Do I Do Now?  Louise Wener 4:26
5. The Bridge I Burned  Elvis Costello 5:19
6. It's Time (Demo)Elvis Costello 3:58
7. Complicated Shadows (Demo)Declan MacManus 2:24
8. You Bowed Down (Demo)Elvis Costello 4:18
9. Mistress And Maid (Demo)Paul McCartney, Declan MacManus 2:17
10. Distorted Angel (Demo)Declan MacManus 2:31
11. World's Great Optimist (Demo)Elvis Costello, Aimee Mann 2:32
12. The Only Flame In Town (Demo)Elvis Costello 4:11
13. The Comedians (Demo)Elvis Costello 3:05
14. The Days Take Care Of Everything (Demo)Elvis Costello 3:55
15. Hidden Shame (Demo)Elvis Costello 3:56
16. Why Can't A Man Stand Alone (Demo)Elvis Costello 2:58
17. Distorted Angel (Tricky Remix)Declan MacManus 5:35


Associated Artwork

German CD Promo PROP146
CD ATUB PROP 146 PROMO FRONT.JPG CD ATUB PROP 146 PROMO DISC .JPG

Related Releases


Japanese CD WPCR-680 (1996)

All This Useless Beauty WPCR-680 (1996)WPCR-680 FRONT.JPG


Japanese 2CD WPCR-11208/9 (2002)
Rhino/Edsel edition with bonus disc

All This Useless Beauty WPCR 11208/9WPCR-11208-9 FRONT.JPG



Singles

It's Time UK CD single front insert.jpg Little Atoms UK CD single front cover.jpg The Other End Of The Telescope UK CD single front cover.jpg Distorted Angel UK CD single front cover.jpg All This Useless Beauty UK CD single front cover.jpg You Bowed Down US CD single front cover.jpg
It's Time Little Atoms The Other End Of
The Telescope 		Distorted Angel All This Useless Beauty You Bowed Down
(USA only)


Original discography pages

Internal links

External links

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