Blood and Chocolate (album)
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Robert Christgau (A-)
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linkLast album = King of America
(1986) | This album = Blood and Chocolate
(1986) | Next album = Spike
(1989)
Blood and Chocolate is an album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. The album was the last recorded by the group before a breakup that would last for eight years, and reunited them with producer Nick Lowe. The album was, unusually for its time as a studio album, recorded in a single large room at high volume, with the band listening to each other on monitor speakers rather than headphones. Costello describes it as "a record of people beating and twanging things with a fair amount of yelling". Costello is credited on the album under the pseudonym "Napoleon Dynamite."Note: The Rykodisc version has the original tracks and bonus tracks on one CD. The Rhino version has two CDs with the original tracks on the first CD.
All songs written by Declan MacManus unless otherwise indicated.# "Uncomplicated" â€" 3:26# "I Hope You're Happy Now" (Elvis Costello) â€" 3:07# "Tokyo Storm Warning" (Costello, Cait O'Riordan) â€" 6:24# "Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head" â€" 5:04# "I Want You" â€" 6:40# "Honey Are You Straight or Are You Blind?" â€" 2:08# "Blue Chair" â€" 3:09# "Battered Old Bird" â€" 5:50# "Crimes of Paris" â€" 4:19# "Poor Napoleon" â€" 3:21# "Next Time Round" â€" 3:35Bonus tracks (1995 Rykodisc)# "Seven Day Weekend" (with Jimmy Cliff) (Costello, Jimmy Cliff) â€" 2:36# "Forgive Her Anything" â€" 3:11# "Blue Chair (Single version)" â€" 3:38# "Baby's Got a Brand New Hairdo" â€" 3:23# "American without Tears No.2 (Twilight version)" â€" 3:33# "A Town Called Big Nothing (Really Big Nothing)" â€" 5:44Bonus disc (2002 Rhino)# "Leave My Kitten Alone" (Little Willie John, James McDougal, Titus Turner) â€" 3:24# "New Rhythm Method" â€" 2:30# "Forgive Her Anything" â€" 3:51# "Crimes of Paris" â€" 4:37# "Uncomplicated" â€" 3:06# "Battered Old Bird" â€" 4:24# "Seven Day Weekend" (with Jimmy Cliff) (Costello, Cliff) â€" 2:36# "Blue Chair" â€" 3:41# "Baby's Got a Brand New Hairdo" (Live) â€" 3:25# "American Without Tears No. 2" â€" 3:35# "All These Things" (Allen Toussaint) â€" 3:04# "Pouring Water on a Drowning Man (Drew Baker, Dani McCormick) â€" 2:34# "Running Out of Fools(Richard Ahlert, Kay Rogers) â€" 2:35# "Tell Me Right Now (Joe Tex) â€" 3:05# "Lonely Blue Boy" (Benjamin Weisman, Fred Wise) â€" 2:04*Napoleon Dynamite â€" electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals, harmonium, tambourine, bellows, canes, knives, bass, Vox Continental electric organ
*Steve Nieve â€" piano, organ, harmonium
*Bruce Thomas â€" bass, electric guitar, saxophone
*Pete Thomas â€" drums, alto saxophoneAdditional personnel*Nick Lowe â€" acoustic guitar
*Cait O'Riordan â€" vocals, backing vocalsInstrumental credits were given in Esperanto. Translations of balgo, kanoj, klingovaroj approximate, at best.*"Napoleon Dynamite's Last Stand" - essay by Connor Ratliff
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