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ELVIS COSTELLO: Songs 1986-2006 [2 CD]
| Side A | ||
| Artist | Song | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Poor Fractured Atlas | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | The Other End of the Telescope | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Complicated Shadows | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | My Little Blue Window | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Sweet Pear | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Deep Dark Truthful Mirror | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | All This Useless Beauty | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | You Turned To Me | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Jacksons, Monk & Rowe | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Satellite | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Battered Old Bird | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Miss Macbeth | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Veronica | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | So Like Candy | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | The Dark End of the Street | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | I Want You | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Baby Plays Around | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | You Don't Know What Love Is | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Love Field (live with Bill Frisell) | |
| Side B | ||
| Artist | Song | Buy |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | The Scarlet Tide | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Either Side of the Same Town | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Brilliant Disguise | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Freedom for the Stallion | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | The River In Reverse | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Everybody's Crying Mercy | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Broken Promise Land | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Monkey To Man | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Tear Off Your Own Head | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | 45 | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Rocking Horse Road | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | When I Was Cruel (no. 1) | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Just About Glad | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Almost Ideal Eyes | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Hora Decubitus | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | The Sweetest Punch | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | God Give Me Strength | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Can You Be True? | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | Still | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO | I'm In the Mood Again | |
Comment:
This is the first mix I've submitted, a 2-CD attempt at highlighting Elvis Costello's work from BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE up to his latest, THE RIVER IN REVERSE. It's compiled for a friend who hasn't heard much if any of this, but who does like (among others) "Indoor Fireworks" and "I'll Wear It Proudly" from KING OF AMERICA.Elvis Costello has been a favorite of mine since I first heard him back in 1980. Lately I've been rediscovering/newly discovering his music, & I find he's more of a favorite now. Allen Toussaint put it well I thought, in his THE RIVER IN REVERSE acknowledgements:
"Elvis Costello [...] recognizes much of what others miss. Elvis encompasses the power of giants and the gentleness of a lamb, and an untiring devotion, love and respect for the art and skill of music."
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Comments on sources: Except for KOJACK VARIETY I don't have the Rhino expanded editions, so most of these are from the original releases. Exceptions are "Almost Ideal Eyes" which I got from Diana Krall's ARTIST'S CHOICE collection (it's also on the Rhino 2-disc ALL THIS USELESS BEAUTY); and "The Dark End of the Street" which is on the Rhino 2-disc KOJACK VARIETY. "When I Was Cruel (no. 1)" is from CRUEL SMILE & is very different from the more sprawling & sonically arresting "(no. 2)" version on WHEN I WAS CRUEL. "Love Field" is from DEEP DEAD BLUE with Bill Frisell: it is stark & haunting & far removed from GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD where the song is, IMO, pretty badly smothered by the production/arrangement. "You Don't Know What Love Is" is from PIANO JAZZ with Marian McPartland.
Feedback:
Excellent . . . . he's a bit like Bob Dylan in my humble, in that it is difficult to build a 'bad' Elvis mix . . . . the difference being that Elvis doesn't have the following that Bob does.Like this a lot, although I might have added some of his duets (esp with Burt Bacharach) . . . well done for not just doing a 'best of' . . .
Welcome. Piano Jazz is one of the best programs on radio. You sure did get the sessions right, and probably did good with something that needed badly to be done. As a big Elvis fan (but more along the F Beat years), this would most likely heal some of the wounds that Warner Brothers foisted on us all.
Thanks jonpoi & gobi for your comments. To me Elvis's F-Beat/early years were a sort of onslaught of genius & energy whereas some of his later work lends itself better to selectivity (how's that for tactful), but along the way there's much deep & diverse brilliance, his wit abides, his range & sheer facility expand with time & his singing truly gets better & better. Agreed on PIANO JAZZ, & I think the Costello/McPartland CD is a "must hear", both for the music and the interviews.
greetings and welcome to the site. i would love to hear this as early elvis was part of my growing up but i am seriously uninformed on his later years.