Painted From Memory - Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach [52:19]
(front cover / picture CD)
(US advance promo sleeve (MEAD 171))
Release date	Media	Catalogue number (comments)
1998-08-25	CD	Mercury MEAD 171 (US advance promo, with full cover art)
1998-09-02	CD	Mercury (US promo, no catalogue number. comes with a big pack of promotion blurb)
1998-09-__	CD	Mercury (promo, no catalogue number, simple black & white cover)
1998-09-28	CD	Mercury/Polygram 314 538 002 2 (UK, Europe)
1998-09-29	CD	Mercury/Polygram 314 538 002 2 (US)
1998-09-29	CAS	Mercury/Polygram 314 538 002 4 (US)
1998-10-06	CD	Mercury/Polygram 314 538 002 2 (Australia)
1998-10-07	CD	Mercury PHCR 1655 (Japan)

Tracks:

1. In The Darkest Place [Costello/Bacharach] [4:19]
2. Toledo [Costello/Bacharach] [4:36]
3. I Still Have That Other Girl [Costello/Bacharach] [2:48]
4. This House Is Empty Now [Costello/Bacharach] [5:10]
5. Tears At The Birthday Party [Costello/Bacharach] [4:38]
6. Such Unlikely Lovers [Costello/Bacharach] [3:26]
7. My Thief [Costello/Bacharach] [4:21]
8. The Long Division [Costello/Bacharach] [4:15]
9. Painted From Memory [Costello/Bacharach] [4:14]
10. The Sweetest Punch [Costello/Bacharach] [4:11]
11. What's Her Name Today? [Costello/Bacharach] [4:11]
12. God Give Me Strength [Costello/Bacharach] [6:10]

Producer:

Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello

Arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach

String orchestration for "Painted From Memory" by Johnny Mandel, conducted by Eddie Karam.

Personnel:

Elvis Costello - voice

Burt Bacharach - piano

Steve Nieve - keyboards, plus piano (on "Toledo") & second grand piano (on "My Thief")

Jim Keltner - drums

Greg Cohen - bass

Dean Parks - guitar, (solo on "This House Is Empty Now")

Donna Taylor, Lisa Taylor, Sue-Ann Carwell - vocal group

Additional musicians:

Steve Kujala - flute (on "In The Darkest Place")

Jerry Hey - flugel horn (on "Toledo")

Gary Grant - flugel horn (on "Toledo")

Dave Coy - fretless bass (on "This House Is Empty Now")

Frank Morocco - musette (on "This House Is Empty Now")

Bob Schrock - keyboards (on "This House Is Empty Now")

Belinda Whitney-Barratt - violin solo (on "This House Is Empty Now")

Dan Higgins - baritone sax (on "Tears At The Birthday Party")

Randy Kerber - keyboards (on "Such Unlikely Lovers")

Greg Phillinganes - keyboards & Moog solo (on "The Long Division")

Earle Dumler - oboe solo (on "The Long Division")

Paulinho Da Costa - percussion (on "The Long Division")

Plus many more!

Charts:

#32 (UK), #78 (US).

Notes:

• This version of "God Give Me Strength" is the same as the one included on the soundtrack to Grace Of My Heart.
• On the advance promo (MEAD 171) the track "Painted From Memory" is placed after "The Sweetest Punch" instead before it.