Elvis Costello - Blood & Chocolate (1986)

Elvis Costello - Blood & Chocolate (1986)

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Elvis Costello - Blood & Chocolate

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Side one

1. "Uncomplicated"   3:28

2. "I Hope You're Happy Now"   3:07

3. "Tokyo Storm Warning"   6:25

4. "Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head"   5:07

5. "I Want You"   6:45

Side two

1. "Honey, Are You Straight or Are You Blind?"   2:09

2. "Blue Chair"   3:42

3. "Battered Old Bird"   5:51

4. "Crimes of Paris"   4:20

5. "Poor Napoleon"   3:23

6. "Next Time Round"   3:28

Elvis Costello Band Members / Musicians

Elvis Costello – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals, harmonium, tambourine, bellows, canes, knives, bass, Vox Continental electric organ

Steve Nieve – piano, organ, harmonium

Bruce Thomas – bass, electric guitar, saxophone

Pete Thomas – drums, alto saxophone

Nick Lowe – acoustic guitar

Cait O'Riordan – vocals on "Crimes of Paris" and "Poor Napoleon"

Jimmy Cliff – vocals on "Seven Day Weekend"

Mitchell Froom – organ on "Blue Chair" single version

Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – electric guitar, bass on "Blue Chair" single version

Mickey Curry – drums on "Blue Chair" single version

Blood & Chocolate is the 11th studio album by the British rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, released in the United Kingdom as Demon Records XFIEND 80, and in the United States as Columbia 40518. It is his ninth album with his long-standing backing band known as 'The Attractions'. After his previous album King of America with producer T-Bone Burnett and different musicians, this album reunited him with producer Nick Lowe and his usual backing group the Attractions. It peaked at No. 16 on the UK Albums Chart, and No. 84 on the Billboard 200. In The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics poll for the year's best albums, Blood & Chocolate finished at #9. The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In 2000 it was voted number 475 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.

The recording of Blood & Chocolate was troubled, as the relationship between Costello and the Attractions had deteriorated during sessions for King of America. The album was recorded at concert-level volume in a way Costello felt suited the material.