Girls Girls Girls (Elvis Costello album)

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Compilation album by Elvis Costello and The Attractions
Released	1989
Recorded	1977-1986
Genre	New Wave
Length	153:04 (CD)
Label	Columbia
Producer	Nick Lowe, Geoff Emerick, Roger Bechirian, Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley
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Girls Girls Girls is a 1989 album collecting songs by British singer/songwriter Elvis Costello from the period 1977-1986. Costello chose and ordered the tracks on the album himself, and accompanied them with extensive liner notes. The title of the album is sometimes rendered as Girls! Girls! Girls! or Girls +£÷ Girls =$& Girls (using typography from the album cover).

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 CD version 1.2 LP version 1.3 CAS version 2 See also

Track listing

Note that there are significant differences amongst the CD, LP and cassette editions of the album, with each format featuring a different selection of tracks.

CD version

The CD version of Girls Girls Girls features 47 tracks. 9 of the tracks (marked ♥) are exclusive to the CD configuration of this compilation, and do not appear on either the LP or cassette version of the album.

Disc 1

1. "Watching the Detectives"
2. "I Hope You're Happy Now"
3. "This Year's Girl"
4. "Lover's Walk"
5. "Pump It Up"
6. "Strict Time"
7. "Temptation"
8. "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea"
9. "High Fidelity"
10. "Lovable"
11. "Mystery Dance"
12. "Big Tears"
13. "Uncomplicated" ♥
14. "Lipstick Vogue"
15. "Man Out of Time"
16. "Brilliant Mistake"
17. "New Lace Sleeves"
18. "Accidents Will Happen"
19. "Beyond Belief"
20. "Black and White World" ♥
21. "Green Shirt"
22. "The Loved Ones"
23. "New Amsterdam"
24. "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes"
25. "King Horse"
26. "Big Sister's Clothes" ♥

Disc 2

1. "Alison"
2. "Men Called Uncle"
3. "Party Girl"
4. "Shabby Doll"
5. "Motel Matches" ♥
6. "Tiny Steps" ♥
7. "Almost Blue"
8. "Riot Act"
9. "Love Field" ♥
10. "Possession" ♥
11. "Poisoned Rose"
12. "Indoor Fireworks"
13. "I Want You" (single version)
14. "Oliver's Army"
15. "Pills and Soap"
16. "Sunday's Best" ♥
17. "Watch Your Step"
18. "Less Than Zero" ♥
19. "Clubland"
20. "Tokyo Storm Warning"
21. "Shipbuilding"

LP version

The LP version features 30 tracks. 2 of the tracks (marked ♣) are exclusive to the LP configuration of this compilation, and do not appear on either the cassette or CD version of the album.

Record 1 - side 1

1. "Watching the Detectives"
2. "I Hope You're Happy Now"
3. "Pump It Up"
4. "Lover's Walk"
5. "Temptation"
6. "Lovable"
7. "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea"
8. "High Fidelity"
9. "Lipstick Vogue"

Record 1 - side 2

1. "Man Out of Time"
2. "Brilliant Mistake"
3. "New Lace Sleeves"
4. "King Horse"
5. "Green Shirt"
6. "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes"
7. "Beyond Belief"

Record 2 - side 1

1. "Alison"
2. "Indoor Fireworks"
3. "Party Girl"
4. "Almost Blue"
5. "Riot Act"
6. "Poisoned Rose"
7. "I Want You" (single version)
8. "I'll Wear It Proudly" ♣

Record 2 - side 2

1. "Oliver's Army"
2. "Pills and Soap"
3. "Stranger in the House" ♣
4. "Clubland"
5. "Tokyo Storm Warning"
6. "Shipbuilding"

CAS version

The cassette version features 51 tracks. 15 of the tracks (marked ♦) are exclusive to the cassette configuration of this compilation, and do not appear on either the LP or CD version of the album.

Tape 1 - side 1

1. "Watching the Detectives"
2. "I Hope You're Happy Now"
3. "This Year's Girl"
4. "Strict Time"
5. "Pump It Up"
6. "Lover's Walk"
7. "Temptation"
8. "Honey, Are You Straight or Are You Blind?" ♦
9. "Lovable"
10. "Girls Talk" ♦
11. "Mystery Dance"
12. "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea"
13. "High Fidelity"
14. "Big Tears"
15. "Lipstick Vogue"
16. "Poor Napoleon" ♦

Tape 1 - side 2

1. "Man Out of Time"
2. "Brilliant Mistake"
3. "New Lace Sleeves"
4. "Accidents Will Happen"
5. "Home is Anywhere You Hang Your Head" ♦
6. "The Loved Ones"
7. "King Horse"
8. "Green Shirt"
9. "Turning the Town Red" ♦
10. "New Amsterdam"
11. "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes"
12. "Beyond Belief"
13. "Sleep of the Just" ♦

Tape 2 - side 1

1. "Alison"
2. "Shabby Doll"
3. "Our Little Angel" ♦
4. "The Long Honeymoon" ♦
5. "Men Called Uncle"
6. "Almost Blue"
7. "Riot Act"
8. "Crimes of Paris" ♦
9. "Poisoned Rose"
10. "I Want You" (single version)
11. "Jack of All Parades" ♦

Tape 2 - side 2

1. "Oliver's Army"
2. "Little Palaces" ♦
3. "Pills and Soap"
4. "Night Rally" ♦
5. "American Without Tears" ♦
6. "Watch Your Step"
7. "Suit of Lights" ♦
8. "Clubland"
9. "Tokyo Storm Warning"
10. "Shipbuilding"
11. "Clowntime is Over" ♦

2 tracks are featured on the LP and CD, but are left off the cassette: "Indoor Fireworks" and "Party Girl".

See also

• Elvis Costello discography

Elvis Costello The Imposters: Steve Nieve Pete Thomas Davey Faragher The Attractions: Steve Nieve Bruce Thomas Pete Thomas Studio albums My Aim Is True This Year's Model Armed Forces Get Happy!! Trust Almost Blue Imperial Bedroom Punch the Clock Goodbye Cruel World King of America Blood & Chocolate Spike Mighty Like a Rose Brutal Youth Kojak Variety All This Useless Beauty When I Was Cruel North The Delivery Man Momofuku Secret, Profane & Sugarcane National Ransom Live albums Live at the El Mocambo Deep Dead Blue with Bill Frisell Costello & Nieve My Flame Burns Blue with Metropole Orkest Live at Hollywood High Collaborations The Juliet Letters with The Brodsky Quartet Painted from Memory with Burt Bacharach For the Stars with Anne Sofie von Otter The River in Reverse with Allen Toussaint Singles "Less Than Zero" "Alison" "Red Shoes" "Watching the Detectives" "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" "Pump It Up" "Radio Radio" "Oliver's Army" "Accidents Will Happen" "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" "High Fidelity" "New Amsterdam" "Clubland" "From a Whisper to a Scream" "Watch Your Step" "A Good Year for the Roses" "Sweet Dreams" "I'm Your Toy" "You Little Fool" "Man Out of Time" "From Head to Toe" "Party Party" "Pills and Soap" (as The Imposter) "Everyday I Write the Book" "Let Them All Talk" "Peace in Our Time" (as The Imposter) "I Wanna Be Loved" / "Turning the Town Red" "The Only Flame in Town" "Green Shirt" "The People's Limousine" (as The Coward Brothers) "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" "Seven-Day Weekend" with Jimmy Cliff "Lovable" "Tokyo Storm Warning" "I Want You" "Blue Chair" "A Town Called Big Nothing" (as The MacManus Gang) "Veronica" "Baby Plays Around" "...This Town..." "The Other Side of Summer" "So Like Candy" "Jacksons, Monk & Rowe" with The Brodsky Quartet "Sulky Girl" "13 Steps Lead Down" "You Tripped at Every Step" "London's Brilliant Parade" "It's Time" "Little Atoms" "The Other End of the Telescope" "Distorted Angel" "All This Useless Beauty" "You Bowed Down" "Toledo" with Burt Bacharach "She" "Tear Off Your Own Head (It's a Doll Revolution)" "45" "Still" "Monkey to Man" "She's Pulling Out the Pin" "Brilliant Mistake" "Who Are These People?" with Burt Bacharach "Bedlam" "Complicated Shadows" "My All Time Doll" Classical works Il Sogno performed by London Symphony Orchestra Scores G.B.H. with Richard Harvey Jake's Progress with Richard Harvey Collaborations Terror + Magnificence by John Harle The Sweetest Punch by Bill Frisell Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland Compilations Taking Liberties Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers The Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions Out of Our Idiot Girls Girls Girls 2½ Years The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977-86 Extreme Honey The Very Best of Elvis Costello Cruel Smile Singles, Volume 1 Singles, Volume 2 Singles, Volume 3 Rock and Roll Music The Best of Elvis Costello: The First Ten Years Related articles Discography Stiff Records / Nick Lowe Cait O'Riordan T-Bone Burnett Diana Krall