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'''Songs Of Bacharach And Costello''' is a four-album collection of Elvis Costello's work with [[Burt Bacharach]] expected in 2023.
'''The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello''' is a four-album collection of Elvis Costello's work with [[Burt Bacharach]] expected in 2023.


Elvis explains in the February 2023 issue of [https://www.uncut.co.uk/publications/magazines/uncut-february-2023-141118/ Uncut]:
Elvis explains in the February 2023 issue of [https://www.uncut.co.uk/publications/magazines/uncut-february-2023-141118/ Uncut]:
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:There's another disc of live performances of ''Painted From Memory'' songs, mostly with [[Steve Nieve]] and myself, a couple of them orchestral. Finally, a whole album of Bacharach/[[Hal David|David]] songs, which I thought would be fun to include. This is a love letter to Burt. We went into the studio last September and recorded two songs with [[Vince Mendoza]] conducting a 30-piece orchestra. So the bookends for this ''Taken From Life'' record are newly recorded. [[The Imposters]] and I recorded a third song, in Capitol Studios with an orchestra. It was a few years since we'd worked together, but it didn't take very long before I'm in the booth and he was on the call-back saying, "Elvis, you're not singing the right melody." So I had to be on top of it!"
:There's another disc of live performances of ''Painted From Memory'' songs, mostly with [[Steve Nieve]] and myself, a couple of them orchestral. Finally, a whole album of Bacharach/[[Hal David|David]] songs, which I thought would be fun to include. This is a love letter to Burt. We went into the studio last September and recorded two songs with [[Vince Mendoza]] conducting a 30-piece orchestra. So the bookends for this ''Taken From Life'' record are newly recorded. [[The Imposters]] and I recorded a third song, in Capitol Studios with an orchestra. It was a few years since we'd worked together, but it didn't take very long before I'm in the booth and he was on the call-back saying, "Elvis, you're not singing the right melody." So I had to be on top of it!"
==Tracks==
{{tracklist
| writing_credits = no
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| headline = Disc 1
|title1 = [[In The Darkest Place]]
|note1 = 2023 remaster
|extra1 = EC & Burt Bacharach
|title2 = [[Toledo]]
|note2 = 2023 remaster
|extra2 = EC & Burt Bacharach
|title3 = [[I Still Have That Other Girl]]
|note3 = 2023 remaster
|extra3 = EC & Burt Bacharach
|title4 = [[This House Is Empty Now]]
|note4 = 2023 remaster
|extra4 = EC & Burt Bacharach
|title5 = [[Tears At The Birthday Party]]
|note5 = 2023 remaster
|extra5 = EC & Burt Bacharach
|title6 = [[Such Unlikely Lovers]]
|note6 = 2023 remaster
|extra6 = EC & Burt Bacharach
|title7 = [[My Thief]]
|note7 = 2023 remaster
|extra7 = EC & Burt Bacharach
|title8 = [[The Long Division]]
|note8 = 2023 remaster
|extra8 = EC & Burt Bacharach
|title9 = [[Painted From Memory]]
|note9 = 2023 remaster
|extra9 = EC & Burt Bacharach
|title10 = [[The Sweetest Punch]]
|note10 = 2023 remaster
|extra10 = EC & Burt Bacharach
|title11 = [[What's Her Name Today?]]
|note11 = 2023 remaster
|extra11 = EC & Burt Bacharach
|title12 = [[God Give Me Strength]]
|note12 = 2023 remaster
|extra12 = EC & Burt Bacharach
}}<br>
{{tracklist
| writing_credits = no
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| headline = Disc 2
|title1 = [[You Can Have Her]]
|extra1 = EC
|title2 = [[Painted From Memory]]
|extra2 = Cassandra Wilson & Bill Frisell
|title3 = [[Don't Look Now]]
|extra3 = EC & The Imposters feat. Burt Bacharach
|title4 = [[Everyone's Playing House]]
|extra4 = EC & The Imposters
|title5 = [[I Looked Away]]
|extra5 = Audra Mae
|title6 = [[Taken From Life]]
|extra6 = EC & The Imposters
|title7 = [[My Thief]]
|extra7 = Don Byron & Bill Frisell
|title8 = [[Shameless]]
|extra8 = Jenni Muldaur
|title9 = [[Photographs Can Lie]]
|extra9 = EC & The Imposters feat. Burt Bacharach
|title10 = [[In The Darkest Place]]
|extra10 = Audra Mae
|title11 = [[Why Won't Heaven Help Me?]]
|extra11 = EC & The Imposters
|title12 = [[Stripping Paper]]
|extra12 = Jenni Muldaur
|title13 = [[He's Given Me Things]]
|extra13 = EC & The Imposters
|title14 = [[What's Her Name Today?]]
|extra14 = Audra Mae
|title15 = [[Look Up Again]]
|extra15 = EC
|title16 = [[Lie Back & Think Of England]]
|extra16 = Burt Bacharach
}}<br>
{{tracklist
| writing_credits = no
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| headline = Disc 3
|title1 = [[Toledo]]
|note1 = Live in Tokyo, Japan, Nakano Sunplaza Hall / February 08, 1999
|extra1 = EC & Steve Nieve
|title2 = [[In The Darkest Place]]
|note2 = Live in Melbourne, Australia, Athenaeum Theatre / February 16, 1999
|extra2 = EC & Steve Nieve
|title3 = [[My Thief]]
|note3 = Live in Tokyo, Japan, Nakano Sunplaza Hall / February 08, 1999
|extra3 = EC & Steve Nieve
|title4 = [[I Still Have That Other Girl]]
|note4 = Live in Tokyo, Japan, Shibuya Hall / February 10, 1999
|extra4 = EC & Steve Nieve
|title5 = [[I'll Never Fall In Love Again]]
|note5 = Live in Toronto, Ontario, Massey Hall / June 16, 1999
|extra5 = EC & Steve Nieve
|title6 = [[God Give Me Strength]]
|note6 = Live in Toronto, Ontario, Massey Hall / June 16, 1999
|extra6 = EC & Steve Nieve
|title7 = [[Painted From Memory]]
|note7 = Live in Stockholm, Sweden, Berwaldhallen / January 5, 1999
|extra7 = EC & Steve Nieve
|title8 = [[What's Her Name Today?]]
|note8 = Live in Stockholm, Sweden, Berwaldhallen / January 5, 1999
|extra8 = EC & Steve Nieve
|title9 = [[This House is Empty Now]]
|note9 = Live in New York City, Late Night With Conan O'Brien / November 27, 1998
|extra9 = EC & Burt Bacharach
}}<br>
{{tracklist
| writing_credits = no
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| headline = Disc 4
|title1 = [[I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself]]
|note1 = Live at University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, October 18, 1977
|extra1 = EC & The Attractions
|title2 = [[Baby It's You]]
|extra2 = EC & Nick Lowe
|title3 = [[Please Stay]]
|extra3 = EC
|title4 = [[I'll Never Fall In Love Again]]
|extra4 = EC & Burt Bacharach
|title5 = [[Make It Easy On Yourself]]
|note5 = Live in London at Royal Festival Hall / October 29, 1998
|extra5 = EC & Burt Bacharach
|title6 = [[My Little Red Book]]
|note6 = Live in London at Royal Festival Hall / October 29, 1998
|extra6 = EC & Burt Bacharach
|title7 = [[Anyone Who Had A Heart]]
|note7 = Live in London at Royal Festival Hall / October 29, 1998
|extra7 = EC & Burt Bacharach
|title8 = [[I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself]]
|note8 = Live in New York City, Sessions At West 54th / October 18, 1999
|extra8 = EC & Burt Bacharach
}}


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Revision as of 16:54, 9 January 2023

The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello is a four-album collection of Elvis Costello's work with Burt Bacharach expected in 2023.

Elvis explains in the February 2023 issue of Uncut:

It's Painted From Memory [1998] and Taken From Life, which is a collection of songs that Burt and I wrote over the last 15 years for a proposed Painted From Memory musical. So you'll hear other people singing a couple of those original songs, but also a bunch of songs that have never been heard before. We've compiled them with a couple of the songs from Look Now [2018] and some recordings that were piano/voice explorations of what the songs would sound like if they were sung by other people. We've put them all together to create an impression of what it would have been like to have that score.
There's another disc of live performances of Painted From Memory songs, mostly with Steve Nieve and myself, a couple of them orchestral. Finally, a whole album of Bacharach/David songs, which I thought would be fun to include. This is a love letter to Burt. We went into the studio last September and recorded two songs with Vince Mendoza conducting a 30-piece orchestra. So the bookends for this Taken From Life record are newly recorded. The Imposters and I recorded a third song, in Capitol Studios with an orchestra. It was a few years since we'd worked together, but it didn't take very long before I'm in the booth and he was on the call-back saying, "Elvis, you're not singing the right melody." So I had to be on top of it!"

Tracks

Disc 1
TitlePerformer(s) Length
1. In The Darkest Place (2023 remaster)EC & Burt Bacharach  
2. Toledo (2023 remaster)EC & Burt Bacharach  
3. I Still Have That Other Girl (2023 remaster)EC & Burt Bacharach  
4. This House Is Empty Now (2023 remaster)EC & Burt Bacharach  
5. Tears At The Birthday Party (2023 remaster)EC & Burt Bacharach  
6. Such Unlikely Lovers (2023 remaster)EC & Burt Bacharach  
7. My Thief (2023 remaster)EC & Burt Bacharach  
8. The Long Division (2023 remaster)EC & Burt Bacharach  
9. Painted From Memory (2023 remaster)EC & Burt Bacharach  
10. The Sweetest Punch (2023 remaster)EC & Burt Bacharach  
11. What's Her Name Today? (2023 remaster)EC & Burt Bacharach  
12. God Give Me Strength (2023 remaster)EC & Burt Bacharach  


Disc 2
TitlePerformer(s) Length
1. You Can Have Her  EC  
2. Painted From Memory  Cassandra Wilson & Bill Frisell  
3. Don't Look Now  EC & The Imposters feat. Burt Bacharach  
4. Everyone's Playing House  EC & The Imposters  
5. I Looked Away  Audra Mae  
6. Taken From Life  EC & The Imposters  
7. My Thief  Don Byron & Bill Frisell  
8. Shameless  Jenni Muldaur  
9. Photographs Can Lie  EC & The Imposters feat. Burt Bacharach  
10. In The Darkest Place  Audra Mae  
11. Why Won't Heaven Help Me?  EC & The Imposters  
12. Stripping Paper  Jenni Muldaur  
13. He's Given Me Things  EC & The Imposters  
14. What's Her Name Today?  Audra Mae  
15. Look Up Again  EC  
16. Lie Back & Think Of England  Burt Bacharach  


Disc 3
TitlePerformer(s) Length
1. Toledo (Live in Tokyo, Japan, Nakano Sunplaza Hall / February 08, 1999)EC & Steve Nieve  
2. In The Darkest Place (Live in Melbourne, Australia, Athenaeum Theatre / February 16, 1999)EC & Steve Nieve  
3. My Thief (Live in Tokyo, Japan, Nakano Sunplaza Hall / February 08, 1999)EC & Steve Nieve  
4. I Still Have That Other Girl (Live in Tokyo, Japan, Shibuya Hall / February 10, 1999)EC & Steve Nieve  
5. I'll Never Fall In Love Again (Live in Toronto, Ontario, Massey Hall / June 16, 1999)EC & Steve Nieve  
6. God Give Me Strength (Live in Toronto, Ontario, Massey Hall / June 16, 1999)EC & Steve Nieve  
7. Painted From Memory (Live in Stockholm, Sweden, Berwaldhallen / January 5, 1999)EC & Steve Nieve  
8. What's Her Name Today? (Live in Stockholm, Sweden, Berwaldhallen / January 5, 1999)EC & Steve Nieve  
9. This House is Empty Now (Live in New York City, Late Night With Conan O'Brien / November 27, 1998)EC & Burt Bacharach  


Disc 4
TitlePerformer(s) Length
1. I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (Live at University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, October 18, 1977)EC & The Attractions  
2. Baby It's You  EC & Nick Lowe  
3. Please Stay  EC  
4. I'll Never Fall In Love Again  EC & Burt Bacharach  
5. Make It Easy On Yourself (Live in London at Royal Festival Hall / October 29, 1998)EC & Burt Bacharach  
6. My Little Red Book (Live in London at Royal Festival Hall / October 29, 1998)EC & Burt Bacharach  
7. Anyone Who Had A Heart (Live in London at Royal Festival Hall / October 29, 1998)EC & Burt Bacharach  
8. I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (Live in New York City, Sessions At West 54th / October 18, 1999)EC & Burt Bacharach  
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