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What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 07-06-2013 ELVIS COSTELLO WITH BURT BACHARACH "painted from memory" cd, 1998, #32 UK, #26 AU, #78 US yet again Costello bewilders fans with an unexpected "u-turn" with his music(only other artist i know does that cinsistantly is Neil Young), never satisfied within his comfort zone, Costello is always looking for the 'next thing' to broaden his horizons, but unlike Mr.Young, Costello's musings do work, but can take some getting used to! this one came about because a UK movie maker commissioned both Burt and Elvis to write a song for a movie, the song was "god give me strength" which does appear on this album, anyway, both Elvis and Burt enjoyed working together that they decided to do some more writing together to see what happened...the result, this album! lots of the usual sugar coated strings,pop melodies and sparse intrumentation that makes a Bacharach song here, along witht he biting,bitter,twisted lyrics that make an Elvis Costello album perfect here also.... this one would have been a big thrill for Elvis to make as he has recorded a few Bacharach songs in his long career and has always claimed Burt was a big influence on him as a child...so everything has come full circle for him i guess! I LIKE THIS ALBUM worst track: my thief best track: the long division tracks: 1. in the darkest hour ** 2. toledo ** 3. i still have that other girl ** 4. the house is empty now ** 5. tears at the birthday party ** 6. such unlikely lovers ** 7. my thief ** 8. the long division *** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9Ht0l52Vcg audio 9. painted from memory ** 10.the sweetest punch ** 11.what's her name today? ** 12.God give me strength ** 3s=1 2s=11 1s=0 rating: 2.0 What Are You Listening To? - Music Head - 07-06-2013 ^^ so it is worth having I had passed over that album not knowing what to expect seemed too off the wall What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 07-06-2013 ALL of Elvis' albums are worth it IMO, some just take a while to appreciate fully, this one and The Juliet Letters took me a while to "get in to" this one is okay, not dissimilar to other sparse acoustic stuff he has done really, Burt just added a twist of sugar to the process is all....but nothing wrong with it IMO the linked track pretty well sums up the feel of the album, like that, and youll like the album. What Are You Listening To? - SteveO - 16-06-2013 I must revisit this one !!!!! CRAZY-HORSE Wrote: What Are You Listening To? - Music Head - 19-06-2013 Band Members for this release Ella Fitzgerald - vocal Nelson Riddle Orchestra - music Artist Recording History studio albums - 78 compilation albums - too many singles - 72 from my library (cd) I mistakenly referred to this as a compilation album in another thread. Turns out Ella had eight different Songbook albums, where the focus was on a particular writer. Johnny Mercer was a song writer whose work was featured in many films and broadway shows in the 30's and 40's. An important enough writer for Ella to honor him with this collection of his songs. Only familiar with a few of these tracks, most of which have been covered by other artists, most notable being Frank Sinatra. I don't see where any of these were singles for Ella, but she was actually on the downslide of her popularity at this point. She hung on for many years though, passing away in 1996 at the age of 79. I LIKE THIS ALBUM Worst Track - Travelin' Light Best Track - Somethings Gotta Give 1) Too Marvelous For Words *** live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5kiqbcbrOo 2) Early Autumn ** audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqkzoH6DNcg 3) Day In, Day Out ** 4) Laura ** 5) This Time The Dreams On Me ** audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nq1nGgoR0g 6) Skylark *** 7) Single O ** audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cN8HJFJk90 8) Somethings Gotta Give *** audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwfhxSMCgog 9) Travelin' Light ** audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8XZ0F5VmFY 10) Midnight Sun ** audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f53xo_NNF8 11) Dream *** audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsE8Q1asSlw 12) I Remember You ** audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfiuwQgZsZo 13) When A Woman Loves A Man ** audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrxXyY3kQtI 3's - 4 2's - 9 1's - 0 Grade - 2.3 allmusic - 2.7 What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 19-06-2013 nice album MH....think i have a vinyl album of hers somewhere in a box?!?! What Are You Listening To? - mdsujaan - 19-06-2013 I am listening baby baby oh baby by justin beiber. What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 03-07-2013 BILLY JOEL "cold spring harbor" cd, 1971 Billy's debut solo set.... i'd almost forgotten how much i loved this one, lots of simple melodies and intelligent lyrics from one of popular music's finest pianist/singer songwriters IMO... this has everything that makes his albums so special(well, up to "innocent man" anyway, after that he went downhill fast IMO...except "stormfront" which i also love) a great album from a fine musician. im too tired to put up links or go into best/worst tracks, just truse mt, i love this one rating: 2.4 What Are You Listening To? - Music Head - 03-07-2013 I like the songs on this but seriously, 2.4? The recording process was screwed up mastered at the wrong speed or some such bs raised Billys voice a whole octave he hated it and severed ties with the man responsible carry on mate What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 03-07-2013 the cd version i have has been remastered at the correct speed etc apparently(according to the liner notes)...i never heard the original vinyl version??? |