2½ Years

Tracklist

• CD 1: My Aim Is True
• 1
  Welcome to the Working Week
  1:22
  3.6 ★
• 2
  Miracle Man
  3:31
  3.8 ★
• 3
  No Dancing
  2:39
  4.5 ★
• 4
  Blame It on Cain
  2:49
  4.8 ★
• 5
  Alison
  3:21
  3.9 ★
• 6
  Sneaky Feelings
  2:09
  3.5 ★
• 7
  (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
  2:47
  3.6 ★
• 8
  Less Than Zero
  3:15
  4.2 ★
• 9
  Mystery Dance
  1:38
  3.8 ★
• 10
  Pay It Back
  2:33
  3.0 ★
• 11
  I'm Not Angry
  2:57
  3.2 ★
• 12
  Waiting for the End of the World
  3:22
  3.6 ★
• 13
  Watching the Detectives
  3:45
  4.2 ★
• 14
  Radio Sweetheart
  2:25
  4.0 ★
• 15
  Stranger in the House
  3:01
  5.0 ★
• 16
  Imagination Is a Powerful Deceiver
  3:38
  3.0 ★
• 17
  Mystery Dance
  2:13
  3.0 ★
• 18
  Cheap Reward
  2:15
  3.5 ★
• 19
  Jump Up
  2:06
  2.0 ★
• 20
  Wave a White Flag
  1:53
  4.0 ★
• 21
  Blame It on Cain
  3:30
  4.0 ★
• 22
  Poison Moon
  1:53
• CD 2: This Year's Model
• 1
  No Action
  1:58
  4.8 ★
• 2
  This Year's Girl
  3:17
  3.8 ★
• 3
  The Beat
  3:45
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Pump It Up
  3:14
  4.6 ★
• 5
  Little Triggers
  2:40
  4.0 ★
• 6
  You Belong to Me
  2:22
  4.6 ★
• 7
  Hand in Hand
  2:33
  3.6 ★
• 8
  (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea
  3:07
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Lip Service
  2:36
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Living in Paradise
  3:52
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Lipstick Vogue
  3:29
  4.5 ★
• 12
  Night Rally
  2:41
  3.5 ★
• 13
  Radio, Radio
  3:05
  5.0 ★
• 14
  Big Tears
  3:09
  3.5 ★
• 15
  Crawling to the USA
  2:53
  4.0 ★
• 16
  Running Out of Angels
  2:02
• 17
  Green Shirt
  2:20
• 18
  Big Boys
  3:00
• CD 3: Armed Forces
• 1
  Accidents Will Happen
  3:00
  4.1 ★
• 2
  Senior Service
  2:17
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Oliver's Army
  2:58
  4.4 ★
• 4
  Big Boys
  2:54
  3.5 ★
• 5
  Green Shirt
  2:42
  3.8 ★
• 6
  Party Girl
  3:20
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Goon Squad
  3:14
  4.2 ★
• 8
  Busy Bodies
  3:33
  3.4 ★
• 9
  Sunday's Best
  3:22
  3.6 ★
• 10
  Moods for Moderns
  2:48
  3.4 ★
• 11
  Chemistry Class
  2:55
  3.0 ★
• 12
  Two Little Hitlers
  3:10
  4.0 ★
• 13
  (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?
  3:31
  4.2 ★
• 14
  My Funny Valentine
  1:28
  5.0 ★
• 15
  Tiny Steps
  2:42
  3.0 ★
• 16
  Clean Money
  1:57
  4.0 ★
• 17
  Talking in the Dark
  1:56
  4.0 ★
• 18
  Wednesday Week
  2:01
• 19
  Accidents Will Happen (live)
  3:06
• 20
  Alison (live)
  3:06
• 21
  Watching the Detectives (live)
  6:08
• CD 4: Live at the El Mocambo
• 1
  Mystery Dance (live)
  2:19
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Waiting for the End of the World (live)
  3:52
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Welcome to the Working Week (live)
  1:19
  2.0 ★
• 4
  Less Than Zero (live)
  4:08
  5.0 ★
• 5
  The Beat (live)
  3:33
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Lip Service (live)
  2:26
  2.0 ★
• 7
  (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea (live)
  3:56
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Little Triggers (live)
  2:47
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Radio, Radio (live)
  2:33
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Lipstick Vogue (live)
  4:46
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Watching the Detectives (live)
  5:48
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Miracle Man/Band Introduction (live)
  4:07
  2.0 ★
• 13
  You Belong to Me (live)
  2:32
  3.0 ★
• 14
  Pump It Up (live)
  4:42
  4.0 ★

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Release credits

• Andrew Bodnar
  bass [13], electric bass guitar [13]
• Barry Farmer
  engineer [1-13]
• Bruce Thomas
  bass guitar [1-8, 10-13]
• Dave Edmunds
  background vocals [16]
• Dickie Faulkner
  percussion [16]
• Elvis Costello
  background vocals [1-12], guitar [3.1-8, 3.10-13, 1.1-22], percussion [9], performer [4], phonographic copyright [2.4, 1.13], piano [9], producer [14], rhythm sticks [9], vocal [1.1-14, 1.17-22, 3.1-8, 3.10-13]
• John Ciambotti
  background vocals [1-12], bass [1-12], electric bass guitar [1-8, 10-12, 15]
• John McFee
  guitar [1-12], pedal steel guitar [1-12, 14-15]
• Mich Kent
  electric bass guitar [16]
• Micky Shine
  drums (drum set) [1-12, 14-15]
• Nick Lowe
  background vocals [1, 3, 5-7, 9-11], bass [9], electric bass guitar [9, 14], percussion [9], piano [9], producer [3.1-13, 1.1-13, 2.1-7, 2.9-11, 2.13]
• Pete Thomas
  drums (drum set) [1-8, 10-13]
• Roger Bechirian
  engineer [1-13]
• Sean Hopper
  background vocals [1-12], keyboard [15], organ [1-12], piano [1-12]
• Stan Shaw
  organ [8]
• Steve Goulding
  drums (drum set) [13]
• Steve Hazlehurst
  guitar [16]
• Steve Nieve
  organ [3.1-8, 3.10-13, 1.13], piano [3.1-8, 3.10-13, 1.13], synthesizer [1-8, 10-13]
• The Attractions
  performer [4]
• Show all credits (19)

Issues

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  2
  2½ Years

  4x CD
  12 October 1993