Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach -- Painted from Memory: Piano/Vocal/Chords

by Elvis Costello, Burt Bacharach

A fantastic collaboration between two titans of pop. Songs include: God Give Me Strength * I Still Have That Other Girl * In the Darkest Place * The Long Division * My Thief * Painted from Memory * Such Unlikely Lovers * The Sweetest Punch * Tears at the Birthday Party * This House Is Empty Now * Toledo * What's Her Name Today?

68 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1999

About the author

Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus) is an English musician and singer-songwriter of Irish descent. Costello came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s, and later became associated with the punk rock and New Wave musical genres, before establishing his own unique voice in the 1980s. Steeped in wordplay, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader than that of most popular songs, and his music has drawn on dozens of genres. Critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "Costello, the pop encyclopedia, can reinvent the past in his own image".

Costello and Canadian jazz singer and pianist Diana Krall were married on December 6, 2003 at Elton John's estate outside London. Their first children together, twin sons Dexter Henry Lorcan and Frank Harlan James, were born December 6, 2006 in New York City.

Reviews

[Matt]

Very underrated record.