Blood & Chocolate

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Blood & Chocolate
Blood & Chocolate album cover.jpg
studio album by
Elvis Costello
ReleasedSeptember 15, 1986
September 5, 1995 (reissue)
February, 2002 (2CD reissue)
RecordedMarch-May 1986, Olympic Studios, London
ProducerNick Lowe with Colin Fairley
LabelColumbia
Length47:55


Tracks

Side 1
TitleWriter(s) Length
1. Uncomplicated  Declan MacManus 3:25
2. I Hope You're Happy Now  Elvis Costello 3:05
3. Tokyo Storm Warning  Declan MacManus & Cait O'Riordan 6:21
4. Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head  Declan MacManus 5:02
5. I Want You  Declan MacManus 6:39
Side 2
TitleWriter(s) Length
6. Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind?  Declan MacManus 2:07
7. Blue Chair  Declan MacManus 3:38
8. Battered Old Bird  Declan MacManus 5:49
9. Crimes Of Paris  Declan MacManus 4:18
10. Poor Napoleon  Declan MacManus 3:20
11. Next Time 'Round  Declan MacManus 3:36


Credits

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 'Round
Nick Lowe - Acoustika Guitaro


Blood & Chocolate (1995 Rykodisc/Demon edition)

TitleWriter(s) Length
1. Uncomplicated  Declan MacManus 3:25
2. I Hope You're Happy Now  Elvis Costello 3:05
3. Tokyo Storm Warning  Declan MacManus & Cait O'Riordan 6:21
4. Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head  Declan MacManus 5:02
5. I Want You  Declan MacManus 6:39
6. Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind?  Declan MacManus 2:07
7. Blue Chair  Declan MacManus 3:38
8. Battered Old Bird  Declan MacManus 5:49
9. Crimes Of Paris  Declan MacManus 4:18
10. Poor Napoleon  Declan MacManus 3:20
11. Next Time 'Round  Declan MacManus 3:36
12. Seven Day Weekend (with Jimmy Cliff)Jimmy Cliff & Elvis Costello 2:36
13. Forgive Her Anything  Declan MacManus 3:11
14. Blue Chair (Single version)Declan MacManus 3:38
15. Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo  Declan MacManus 3:23
16. American Without Tears No. 2 (Twilight Version)  Declan MacManus 3:33
17. A Town Called Big Nothing (Really Big Nothing)  Declan MacManus 5:44
18. Return To Big Nothing  Declan MacManus 2:54
73:10

Blood & Chocolate (2002 Rhino/Edsel edition)

Disc 1:  Blood & Chocolate
TitleWriter(s) Length
1. Uncomplicated  Declan MacManus 3:25
2. I Hope You're Happy Now  Elvis Costello 3:05
3. Tokyo Storm Warning  Declan MacManus & Cait O'Riordan 6:21
4. Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head  Declan MacManus 5:02
5. I Want You  Declan MacManus 6:39
6. Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind?  Declan MacManus 2:07
7. Blue Chair  Declan MacManus 3:38
8. Battered Old Bird  Declan MacManus 5:49
9. Crimes Of Paris  Declan MacManus 4:18
10. Poor Napoleon  Declan MacManus 3:20
11. Next Time 'Round  Declan MacManus 3:36
47:55
Disc 2:  Bonus disc
TitleWriter(s) Length
1. Leave My Kitten Alone (Blood & Chocolate reissue version)John, Turner, McDougal 3:23
2. New Rhythm Method  Declan MacManus 2:26
3. Forgive Her Anything (new version)Declan MacManus 3:48
4. Crimes Of Paris (electric version)Declan MacManus 4:35
5. Uncomplicated (alternate version)Declan MacManus 3:04
6. Battered Old Bird (alternate version)Declan MacManus 4:21
7. Seven Day Weekend (with Jimmy Cliff)Jimmy Cliff & Elvis Costello 2:36
8. Blue Chair (single version)Declan MacManus 3:38
9. Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo  Declan MacManus 3:23
10. American Without Tears No. 2 (Twilight Version)  Declan MacManus 3:32
11. All These Things (Blood & Chocolate reissue version)Allen Toussaint 3:00
12. Pouring Water On A Drowning Man (B&C reissue version)Drew Baker & Danny McCormick 2:32
13. Running Out Of Fools (B&C reissue version)Kay Rogers & Richard Ahlert 2:32
14. Tell Me Right Now  Joe Tex 3:01
15. Lonely Blue Boy  Fred Wise & Ben Weisman 2:04
48:40


Related Releases

Singles

Tokyo Storm Warning UK 7" single front sleeve.jpg I Want You UK 7" single front sleeve.jpg Blue Chair UK 7" single front sleeve.jpg
Tokyo Storm Warning I Want You Blue Chair


Cassette Releases


Images from Blood & Chocolate UK "Bournville" Cassette X FIEND CASS 80:

For a short while, the Blood & Chocolate cassette was issued in a Bournville chocolate bar style cardboard wrapper
It was withdrawn shortly after first going on sale due to copyright issues with Cadbury's

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Images from Blood & Chocolate Canadian Cassette FCT 40518:

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Images from Blood & Chocolate CANADIAN Cassette promo:

Images with thanks to Stephen Tomlinson
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