[ UME / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 3 March 2023
The Songs of Bacharach & Costello, compiled by Elvis Costello, brings together all of the published songs that Costello has written with Burt Bacharach and celebrates the three decade songwriting partnership between them.
The 2CD set features the newly remastered album, Painted From Memory, on CD1, while CD2 features the entirety of Taken From Life, including unreleased songs from the proposed "Painted From Memory" musical score and three newly recorded compositions.
[CD1 - Painted From Memory] 01. In The Darkest Place 2023 Remaster / 02. Toledo 2023 Remaster / 03. I Still Have That Other Girl 2023 Remaster / 04. This House Is Empty Now 2023 Remaster / 05. Tears At The Birthday Party 2023 Remaster / 06. Such Unlikely Lovers 2023 Remaster / 07. My Thief 2023 Remaster / 08. The Long Division 2023 Remaster / 09. Painted From Memory 2023 Remaster / 10. The Sweetest Punch 2023 Remaster / 11. What's Her Name Today? 2023 Remaster / 12. God Give Me Strength 2023 Remaster
[CD2 - Taken From Life] 01. Elvis Costello - You Can Have Her / 02. Cassandra Wilson & Bill Frisell - Painted From Memory / 03. Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Don't Look Now / 04. Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Everyone's Playing House / 05. Audra Mae - I Looked Away / 06. Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Taken From Life / 07. Don Byron & Bill Frisell - My Thief / 08. Jenni Muldaur - Shameless / 09. Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Photographs Can Lie / 10. Audra Mae - In The Darkest Place / 11. Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Why Won't Heaven Help Me? / 12. Jenni Muldaur - Stripping Paper / 13. Elvis Costello & Imposters - He's Given Me Things / 14. Audra Mae - What's Her Name Today? / 15. Elvis Costello - Look Up Again / 16. Burt Bacharach - Lie Back & Think Of England