Cruel Smile

Studio album by Elvis Costello and the Imposters

Released

1 October 2002

Recorded

July 2002

Genre

Rock

Length

70:54

Label

Island

Producer

Elvis Costello, Cíaran Cahil, Leo Pearson, Kieran Lynch, Kevin Killen

Elvis Costello chronology

When I Was Cruel
(2002)

Cruel Smile
(2002)

North
(2003)

Elvis Costello and the Imposters chronology

When I Was Cruel
(2002)

Cruel Smile
(2002)

The Delivery Man
(2004)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Pitchfork Media	(7.5/10)^[2]

Cruel Smile is a 2002 album by Elvis Costello and the Imposters. It consists of B-sides and leftover material from the When I Was Cruel sessions.

Tracks

All songs written by Elvis Costello except were indicated.

"Smile" (Japanese A-side) (Charlie Chaplin, Geoff Parsons, John Turner) – 3:05
"When I Was Cruel (No. 1)" – 4:16
"Almost Blue" (Live in Sydney) – 5:04
"15 Petals" (Live in Sydney) – 5:35
"Spooky Girlfriend" (Live at KFOG, San Francisco]) – 4:42
"Honeyhouse" (Cruel No. 2) – 5:07
"Revolution Doll" – 3:44
"Peroxide Side" (Blunt Cut) – 3:48
"Oh Well" (Costello, K "Q-Tip" Fareed) – 2:52
"The Imposter vs. the Floodtide (Dust and Petals)" – 3:58
"Watching the Detectives/My Funny Valentine" (Live in Tokyo) (Costello, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 7:09
"Dust" (Live in Melbourne) – 6:39
"Uncomplicated" (Live in Tokyo) – 4:46
"Smile" (Japanese B-side) (Chaplin, Parsons, Turner) – 3:32
"Soul for Hire" (live in Tokyo) (unlisted track) – 6:36

Personnel

Steve Averill – Design
Elena Barere – Concert Master
Joey Baron – Drums
Ciáran Cahil – Producer, Mixing
Greg Cohen – Bass
Anthony Coleman – Piano
Elvis Costello – Vocals, Producer, Orchestration
Jill Dell'Abate – Music Coordinator
Enrico DiCecco – Violin
Jesse Dylan – Photography
Phil Edwards – Engineer
Davey Faragher – Guitar (Bass)
Barry Finclair – Violin
Kevin Killen – Producer
Jeanne LeBlanc – Cello
Vince Lionti – Viola
Richard Locker – Cello
Kieran Lynch – Producer, Mixing
Roy Nathanson – Sax (Alto)
Steve Nieve – Piano, Keyboards, String Ensemble
Leo Pearson – Producer, Mixing
Renaud Pion – Clarinet, Sax (Soprano), Cor Anglais
Marc Ribot – Guitar
Jeff Schmidt – Mixing
Vincent Ségal – Cello
Richard Sortomme – Violin
Pete Thomas – Drums

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2002	The Billboard 200	180

References

↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Cruel Smile at AllMusic
↑ Archived 11 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine

Elvis Costello

The Imposters: Steve Nieve Pete Thomas Davey Faragher The Attractions: Steve Nieve Pete Thomas Bruce 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 Il Sogno 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 Terror and Magnificence with John Harle For the Stars with Anne Sofie von Otter Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland The River in Reverse with Allen Toussaint Wise Up Ghost with The Roots Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes

Singles	"Less Than Zero" "Alison" "Red Shoes" "Watching the Detectives" "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" "Pump It Up" "Radio Radio" "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" "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" "Sweet Dreams" "You Little Fool" "Man Out of Time" "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" "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"

Other songs	"Girls Talk" "Lipstick Vogue" "Almost Blue" "Shipbuilding"

Classical works	Il Sogno performed by the 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 The Man 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 Rock and Roll Music The Best of Elvis Costello: The First Ten Years Pomp and Pout In Motion Pictures Unfaithful Music and Soundtrack album

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