Blood And Chocolate (reissue)
- Elvis Costello And The Attractions [151:42]
Release dateMedia Catalogue number (comments)
1995-09-05 CD Demon DPAM 12 / ECPROMO 5 (UK)
1995-09-12 CD Rykodisc RCD 20282+1 (US)
Disc 1: Blood And Chocolate [73:12]
Tracks:
  1. Uncomplicated (NME version) [3:27]
  2. I Hope You're Happy Now [3:07]
  3. Tokyo Storm Warning [MacManus/O'Riordan] [6:25]
  4. Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head [5:07]
  5. I Want You [6:43]
  6. Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind? [2:09]
  7. Blue Chair [3:41]
  8. Battered Old Bird [5:51]
  9. Crimes Of Paris [4:20]
  10. Poor Napolean [3:23]
  11. Next Time Around [3:35]
Bonus tracks:
  1. Seven Day Weekend [Costello/Jimmy Cliff] [2:39]
  2. Forgive Her Anything [3:11]
  3. Blue Chair (single version) [3:39]
  4. Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo [3:25]
  5. American Without Tears #2 (Twilight version) [3:36]
  6. A Town Called Big Nothing (Really Big Nothing) (extended version) [5:47]
  7. Return To Big Nothing [2:55] - not listed

Disc 2: An Overview Disc [78:30]
Tracks:
  1. Peter Doggett (editor of 'Record Collector' magazine) interviews Elvis in Dublin, 21-Jul-95. The September & October '95 issues of this magazine contained edited down versions of this interview.
Producer:
Nick Lowe with Colin Fairley.
Except:
"Blue Chair (single version)":
The Coward Brothers (Elvis Costello & T-Bone Burnette).
"Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo":
J.Henry (T-Bone Burnett) and Declan Patrick Aloysius MaxManus with Larry Kalman Hirsch.
"American Without Tears #2 (Twilight version)":
Napoleon Dynamite.
"A Town Called Big Nothing (Really Big Nothing)" & "Return To Big Nothing":
Declan MacManus.
Personnel:
Tracks 1-11:
Napoleon Dynamite (Elvis Costello)- Vocaj, Elektra kaj Akistika Guitaroj
Stieve Nieve - Piano kaj Organo
Bruce Thomas - Baso Guitaro kaj Saksofono
Pete Thomas - Tamburoj kaj Saksofono
With:
"Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head":
Napoleon Dynamite - Balgo, Kanoj, Klingovaroj
Nick Lowe - Acoustika Guitaro
"I Want You":
Nick Lowe - Acoustika Guitaro
"Honey Are You Straight Or Are You Blind?":
Napoleon Dynamite - Vox Kontinenta
Nick Lowe - Acoustika Guitaro
"Blue Chair":
Nick Lowe - Acoustika Guitaro
"Battered Old Bird":
Napoleon Dynamite - Harmoniumo
Steve Nieve - Harmoniumo
"Crimes Of Paris":
Cait O'Riordan - Voca
"Poor Napoleon":
Napoleon Dynamite - Helpa Baso, Tamburino
Cait O'Riordan - Parolis Voco
"Next Time Around":
Nick Lowe - Acoustika Guitaro
"Forgive Her Anything":
Napoleon Dynamite (Elvis Costello)- Vocaj, Elektra kaj Akistika Guitaroj
Stieve Nieve - Piano kaj Organo
Bruce Thomas - Baso Guitaro kaj Saksofono
Pete Thomas - Tamburoj kaj Saksofono
"Blue Chair (single version)":
Napoleon Dynamite (Elvis Costello)- Vocaj, Elektra kaj Akistika Guitaroj
Stieve Nieve - Piano kaj Organo
Bruce Thomas - Baso Guitaro kaj Saksofono
Pete Thomas - Tamburoj kaj Saksofono
Nick Lowe - Acoustika Guitaro
"Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo":
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
"American Without Tears #2 (Twilight version)":
Elvis Costello - electric guitar, acoustic 6-string, bass, piano, celesta, organ,harmonica, marimba, timbale
"A Town Called Big Nothing (Really Big Nothing)" & "Return To Big Nothing":
Elvis Costello - Spanish electric and acoustic-bass guitars, and "Big Nothing" whispers
Steve Hart (Steve Nieve) - piano
Pete Thomas - drum machine, tamborine, percussion
Ross MacManus - trumpet, Flamenco claps
Elvis & Cait - fairground voices
Sy Richardson - narration
Notes:
  • The first 10,000 copies included an extra interview CD/LP/CAS.
  • Apart from the normal booklet the CD also contains a card insert with a picture of the original 'Cadbury's Chocolate' cassette packaging. (See above).
  • "Seven day Weekend" was written for the film "Club Paradise".
  • The 2xCD version was also packaged together with the 2xCD version of King Of America (re-release) as a special limited edition promo 4xCD pack.
  • Promo copies of just the Blood & Chocolate CD were issued in the cardboard Overview sleeve with a black & white sticker on the front containing the track listing.
  • "A Town Called Big Nothing (Really Big Nothing)" & "Return To Big Nothing" were written for the film Straight To Hell.