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Taking Liberties

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Released
  
November 1980 (US)

Length
  
54:28

Release date
  
October 1980

Producers
  
Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe

Recorded
  
1977–80

Artist
  
Elvis Costello

Label
  
Columbia Records

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Taking Liberties (1980)
  
Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers (1980)

Genres
  
Rock music, Punk rock, New wave

Similar
  
Elvis Costello albums, Rock music albums

Taking Liberties is an Elvis Costello compilation album, composed of tracks not previously-released on his albums released in the USA. It is mostly made up of B-sides, although it does feature two previously unreleased recordings. It was released in the USA and Canada only and its track listing is almost identical to that of the UK release Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Elvis Costello except as indicated.

Side one

  1. "Clean Money" (previously unreleased) – 1:57
  2. "Girls Talk" (b-side of "I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down", 1980) – 1:56
  3. "Talking in the Dark" (a-side, 1978) – 1:56
  4. "Radio Sweetheart" (b-side of "Less Than Zero", 1977) – 2:24
  5. "Black and White World" (Demo version) (previously unreleased) – 1:51
  6. "Big Tears" (b-side of "Pump It Up", 1978) – 3:10
  7. "Just a Memory" (b-side of "New Amsterdam", 1980) – 2:14
  8. "Night Rally" (from UK version of This Year's Model, 1978) – 2:41
  9. "Stranger in the House" (a-side, 1978) – 3:01
  10. "Clowntime Is Over" (Version 2) (b-side of "High Fidelity", 1980) – 3:44

Side two

  1. "Getting Mighty Crowded" (Van McCoy) (b-side of "High Fidelity", 1980) – 2:05
  2. "Hoover Factory" (previously unreleased) – 1:43
  3. "Tiny Steps" (b-side of "Radio, Radio", 1978) – 2:42
  4. "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" (from UK version of This Year's Model, 1978) – 3:07
  5. "Dr Luther's Assistant" (b-side of "New Amsterdam", 1980) – 3:28
  6. "Sunday's Best" (from UK version of Armed Forces, 1979) – 3:22
  7. "Crawling to the U.S.A." (from soundtrack to Americathon, 1979) – 2:52
  8. "Wednesday Week" (b-side of "Talking in the Dark", 1978) – 2:02
  9. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) (b-side of "Oliver's Army", 1979) – 1:25
  10. "Ghost Train" (b-side of "New Amsterdam", 1980) – 3:05

Charts

Album

Songs

1Clean Money2:01
2Girls Talk1:58
3Talking in the Dark1:57

References

Taking Liberties Wikipedia
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