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2006

My Flame Burns Blue
Elvis Costello with The Metropole Orkest
Disc 1: My Flame Burns Blue

Hora Decubitus (EC/Mingus) (5:44)

Favourite Hour (3:58)

That's How You Got Killed Before (Dave Bartholomew) (4:14)

Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue (5:11)

Clubland (4:51)

Almost Blue (5:47)

Dust (5:41) - JPN & iTunes (US/Canada) bonus track

Speak Darkly, My Angel (3:58)

Almost Ideal Eyes (4:16)

Can You Be True? (3:56)

Put Away Forbidden Playthings (4:22)

Episode Of Blonde (6:09)

My Flame Burns Blue (Blood Count) (EC/Strayhorn) (5:13)

Watching The Detectives (5:23)

God Give Me Strength (EC/Bacharach) (6:55)

Still (2:24) - iTunes (non-US/Canada) bonus track

Disc 2: Il Sogno Suite

Prelude (0:46)

Overture (1:18)

Puck 1 (2:20)

The Court (2:28)

Workers' Playtime (2:10)

Oberon And Titania (4:14)

The Conspiracy Of Oberon And Puck (1:08)

Puck 2 (1:49)

The Identity Parade (4:41)

The Face Of Bottom (2:48)

The Spark Of Love (4:23)

Tormentress (1:41)

Oberon Humbled (3:40)

Twisted - Entangled (2:38)

The Fairy And The Ass (1:32)

Sleep (2:51)

The Play (1:29)

The Wedding (4:16)

2006-01-13; 2xCD; Deutsche Grammophon UCCH-1015/6 (Japan)
2006-02-28; 2xCD (US)
2006-03-13; 2xCD (UK)

Tears
various artists

She (Aznavour/Kretzmer) - EC

2006-02-08; CD; UICZ-1201 (Japan)] [http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=UICZ-1201

The Essential Chieftains
The Chieftains

Long Journey Home (EC/Moloney) - The Chieftains + Irish Film Orch. + EC

2006-02-21; 2xCD; Legacy Recordings 82876753982 (US)

The Punk Revolution Of Rock In 70's - UK Hits
various artists

(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea - EC+A

2006-02-22; CD; TOCP-67870 (Japan)] [http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=TOCP-67870

Who Are These People? single
Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello

Who Are These People? (Explicit Version) (Burt Bacharach/Tonio K) (4:13)

2006-03-07; AAC/MP3; download services (US)

The Juliet Letters (Rhino/Edsel reissue)
Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Disc 1: The Juliet Letters

Deliver Us (0:48)

For Other Eyes (EC/Cassidy/M.P. Thomas) (2:54)

Swine (EC/Cassidy) (2:05)

Expert Rites (2:22)

Dead Letter (Cassidy) (2:18)

I Almost Had A Weakness (EC/M. Thomas) (3:52)

Why? (EC/Belton) (1:24)

Who Do You Think You Are? (EC/M. Thomas/M.P. Thomas) (3:25)

Taking My Life In Your Hands (EC/J. Thomas/M.P. Thomas/Cassidy) (3:17)

This Offer Is Unrepeatable (EC/Brodsky Quartet) (3:11)

Dear Sweet Filthy World (EC/Belton/M.P. Thomas) (4:16)

The Letter Home (EC/Belton/Cassidy) (3:08)

Jacksons, Monk And Rowe (EC/M. Thomas/J. Thomas) (3:42)

This Sad Burlesque (EC/Cassidy) (2:46)

Romeo's Seance (EC/M. Thomas/M.P. Thomas) (3:29)

I Thought I'd Write To Juliet (4:06)

Last Post (Michael Thomas) (2:24)

The First To Leave (4:57)

Damnation's Cellar (3:25)

The Birds Will Still Be Singing (4:27)

Disc 2: Bonus Disc

She Moved Through The Fair (Trad. arr. Cassidy) (4:44)

Pills And Soap (Live) (4:37)

King Of The Unknown Sea (Live) (EC/M. Thomas) (3:51)

Skeleton (Live) (Michael Thomas) (4:54)

More Than Rain (Live) (Tom Waits) (3:23)

God Only Knows (Live) (Wilson/Asher) (3:58)

They Didn't Believe Me (Live) (Kern/Reynolds) (3:59)

O Mistress Mine (Shakespeare/Harle) (4:03) - John Harle with EC

Come Away, Death (Shakespeare/Harle) (4:27) - John Harle with EC

Put Away Forbidden Playthings (Live) (4:12) - EC & Fretwork

Can She Excuse My Wrongs (Live) (John Dowland) (4:03) - EC, Fretwork & Composers Ensemble

Fire Suite 1 (Nathanson/Dobbins) (5:27) - Roy Nathanson with Cyrus Chestnut & EC

Fire Suite 3 (Nathanson/Dobbins) (3:19) - Roy Nathanson with EC

Fire Suite Reprise (EC/Nathanson/Dobbins) (2:36) - Roy Nathanson with EC

Gigi (Live) (Lerner/Loewe]) (4:14) - EC & Bill Frisell

Deep Dead Blue (Live) (EC/Frisell) (3:45) - EC & Bill Frisell

Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue (Live) (4:34) - EC & The Punishing Kiss Band

Lost In The Stars (Weill/Anderson) (3:56)

2006-03-21; 2xCD; Rhino R2 73363 (US)
2006-04-24; 2xCD; Rhino (UK)

Verve Today 2006
various artists

The Sharpest Thorn

2006-04-07; CD; Verve (Universal) (Germany)

Twenty Twenty: The Essential T Bone Burnett
T Bone Burnett

The People's Limousine (EC/Burnett) (3:41) - The Coward Brothers

It's Not Too Late (EC/Burnett/Neuwirth) (4:27)

2006-05-16; 2xCD; Columbia/DMZ/Legacy 82796 93670 2

It is not mentioned anywhere in the packaging, but "It's Not Too Late" was remixed for this release.

The River In Reverse
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint

On Your Way Down (Toussaint) (4:55)

Nearer To You (Toussaint) (3:32)

Tears, Tears And More Tears (Toussaint) (3:30)

The Sharpest Thorn (EC/Toussaint) (4:16)

Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further? (Toussaint) (5:04)

The River In Reverse (EC) (4:32)

Freedom For The Stallion (Toussaint) (2:58)

Broken Promise Land (EC/Toussaint) (4:34)

Ascension Day (EC/Allen Toussaint/Byrd) (2:58)

International Echo (EC/Toussaint) (4:59)

All These Things (Toussaint) (4:07)

Wonder Woman (Toussaint) (3:08)

Six-Fingered Man (EC/Toussaint) (4:32)

The Greatest Love (Toussaint) (3:47) - bonus track on Japan edition

Where Is The Love (EC/Toussaint) (3:54) - iTunes release

2006-05-27; CD+DVD; Verve Forecast UCCB-9011 (Japan)
2006-05-29; CD; Verve 9856057 (UK)
2006-05-29; CD+DVD; Verve 9856725 (UK)
2006-05-29; LP; Verve (UK)
2006-06-06; CD; Verve Forecast (USA)
2006-06-06; 2xLP; Verve Forecast (USA)