Incorporating acoustic instruments, the music is more modern than ever before and could be described as blues.
It remained in the top 100 of the UK Albums Chart for four weeks, reaching number 2, the highest number for an album. It includes songs such as "True Happiness This Way Lies," "This Is The Night," "Helpline Operator," and "Bluer Than Midnight."
10 TRACKS:
1)
True Happiness This Way Lies
2)
Love Is Stronger Than Death
3)
Dogs Of Lust
4)
This Is The Night
5)
Slow Emotion Replay
6)
Helpline Operator
7)
Sodium Light Baby
8)
Lung Shadows
9)
Bluer Than Midnight
10)
Lonely Planet
Electric Guitar - Johnny Marr (3 to 5, 7, 8, 10)
Producer - Elvis Costello
Music By, Words By, Composed By, Vocals - Matt Johnson
Photography [Eller, Collard & Palmer] - Todd
Producer - Bruce Lampcov
Recorded By, Engineer, Mixed By - Bruce Lampcov
Mastered By - Howie Weinberg
Engineer [Additional Mixing Engineer] - Martin 'Max' Hayes
Bass - James Eller (2, 3, 5 to 8, 10)
Compiled By, Edited By - Steve Shin
Engineer [Additional Mixing Engineer] - Marc 'Boy!' Williams
Engineer [Assistant Mixing Engineer] - Marc 'Boy!' Williams
Engineer [Assistant Recording Engineer] - Richard 'Noz' Norris
Coordinator [Production Co-ordination] - Nina Sebastian