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Cruel Smile
Type:Compilation album
Artist:Elvis Costello and the Imposters
Cover:ElvisCruelSmile.jpg
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
Chronology:Elvis Costello
Prev Title:When I Was Cruel
Prev Year:2002
Next Title:North
Next Year:2003

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

Track listing

All songs written by Elvis Costello except where indicated.

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

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