1. Track listing
    Side one  Side two 

2. Personnel

3. Charts

Taking Liberties is an Elvis Costello compilation album, composed of tracks not previously-released on his albums released in the USA. It is mostly made up of B-sides, although it does feature two previously unreleased recordings. It was released in the USA and Canada only and its track listing is almost identical to that of the UK release Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers. The differences are that the tracks "Night Rally" and "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" are replaced by "Watching the Detectives" and "Radio, Radio" and the cover art.

The sleeve note by Gregg Geller is very nearly a direct lift from the 1958 album A Gene Vincent Record Date, with names and song titles being substituted as appropriate.

The LP version features nostalgic Columbia labels. Similar to This Year's Model, the label on Side One has COSTELLO in place of COLUMBIA

Track listing

All songs written by Elvis Costello except as indicated.

Side one

1. "Clean Money" (previously unreleased) – 1:57
2. "Girls Talk" (b-side of "I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down", 1980) – 1:56
3. "Talking in the Dark" (a-side, 1978) – 1:56
4. "Radio Sweetheart" (b-side of "Less Than Zero", 1977) – 2:24
5. "Black and White World" (Demo version) (previously unreleased) – 1:51
6. "Big Tears" (b-side of "Pump It Up", 1978) – 3:10
7. "Just a Memory" (b-side of "New Amsterdam", 1980) – 2:14
8. "Night Rally" (from UK version of This Year's Model, 1978) – 2:41
9. "Stranger in the House" (a-side, 1978) – 3:01
10. "Clowntime Is Over" (Version 2) (b-side of "High Fidelity", 1980) – 3:44

Side two

1. "Getting Mighty Crowded" (Van McCoy) (b-side of "High Fidelity", 1980) – 2:05
2. "Hoover Factory" (previously unreleased) – 1:43
3. "Tiny Steps" (b-side of "Radio, Radio", 1978) – 2:42
4. "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" (from UK version of This Year's Model, 1978) – 3:07
5. "Dr Luther's Assistant" (b-side of "New Amsterdam", 1980) – 3:28
6. "Sunday's Best" (from UK version of Armed Forces, 1979) – 3:22
7. "Crawling to the U.S.A." (from soundtrack to Americathon, 1979) – 2:52
8. "Wednesday Week" (b-side of "Talking in the Dark", 1978) – 2:02
9. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) (b-side of "Oliver's Army", 1979) – 1:25
10. "Ghost Train" (b-side of "New Amsterdam", 1980) – 3:05

Personnel

• Elvis Costello – vocals, guitar, keyboards; all instruments on "Black and White World", "Hoover Factory", "My Funny Valentine" and "Ghost Train".

The Attractions

• Steve Nieve – keyboards on all tracks except "Radio Sweetheart," "Black and White World," "Hoover Factory," "Dr. Luther's Assistant," "My Funny Valentine," "Ghost Train", "Stranger in the House"
• Bruce Thomas – bass on all tracks except "Radio Sweetheart," "Black and White World," "Just A Memory," "Hoover Factory," "Dr. Luther's Assistant," "My Funny Valentine," "Ghost Train", "Stranger in the House"
• Pete Thomas – drums on all tracks except "Radio Sweetheart," "Black and White World," "Just A Memory," "Hoover Factory," "My Funny Valentine," "Ghost Train", "Stranger in the House"

Additional personnel

• Dave Edmunds – backing vocal on "Clean Money"
• John McFee (Clover) - guitar on "Radio Sweetheart," "Stranger In the House"
• Nick Lowe - bass on "Radio Sweetheart"
• Mickey Shine (Clover) - drums on "Radio Sweetheart," "Stranger in the House"
• Mick Jones - lead guitar on "Big Tears"
• Sean Hopper (Clover) – keyboards on "Stranger in the House"
• Johnny Ciambotti (Clover) – bass on "Stranger in the House"

Charts

• Graciosa
• Graciosa, Canary Islands
• Graciosa Island
• Gracious professionalism
• Gracula ptilogenys
• Gracula religiosa
• Graculus
• Gracy Singh
• Grad
• Gradacac
• Gradation
• Gradačac
• Grade
• Grade 10
• Grade 11
• Grade 12
• Grade 13
• Grade 1 (disambiguation)
• Grade 2
• Grade 3
• Grade 4
• Grade 5
• Grade 6
• Grade 7
• Grade 8