Elvis Costello - Elvis Costello: The Juliet Letters [Bonus CD]
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Artist: Elvis CostelloEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
Published: 2006-03-21
CD Release Date: 2006-03-21
Music Label: Rhino / Wea
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Deliver Us
- For Other Eyes
- Swine
- Dead Letter
- I Almost Had A Weakness
- Why?
- Who Do You Think You Are?
- Taking my Life In Your Hands
- This Offer is Unrepeatable
- Dear Sweet Filthy World
- Letter Home
- Jacksons, Monk and Rowe
- Sad Burlesque
- Romeo's Seance
- I Thought I'd Write To Juliet
- Last Post
- First to Leave
- Damnation's Cellar
- Birds Will Still Be Singing
- She Moved Through the Fair (Bonus)
- Pills and Soap (Live) (Bonus)
- King of the Unknown Sea (Live) (Bonus)
- Skeleton (Live) (Bonus)
- More Than Rain (Live ) (Bonus)
- God Only Knows (Live) (Bonus)
- They Didn't Believe Me (Live) (Bonus)
- O Mistress Mine -- with John Harle
- Come Away Death -- with John Harle
- Put Away Forbidden Playthings -- Elvis Costello & Fretwork
- Can She Excuse My Wrongs -- Elvis Costello, Fretwork & Composers Ensemble
- Fire Suite 1 -- Roy Nathanson with Cyrus Chestnut & Elvis Costello
- Fire Suite 3 -- Roy Nathanson with Elvis Costello
- Fire Suite Reprise -- Roy Nathanson with Elvis Costello
- Gigi -- Elvis Costello & Bill Frisell
- Deep Dead Blue -- Elvis Costello & Bill Frisell
- Upon a Veil of Midnight Blue -- Elvis Costello & the Punishing Kiss Band
- Lost in the Stars
Music reviews of Elvis Costello: The Juliet Letters [Bonus CD]
Music Review: Unusual collaboration demonstrates that EC knows no boundaries
Rating: 4 Stars
I was surprised to see that no one had written a review of one of Elvis Costello's finest albums in the 90's. "The Juliet Letters" certainly is an acquired taste; if you like contemporary classical music you'll enjoy this. The songs still have hooks even if they are played by violin vs. guitar or keyboard. The story behind this release is that there was an academic that answered letters written to Juliet (of the play Romeo and Juliet"). Never mind (as EC points out in his deluxe notes)that it was kind of creepy that someone would be writing letters to imaginery character much less one that had been "dead" for over 200 years.
This reissue features the original album on the first disc. The highlights there are "Swine","I Almost Had a Weakness" with a great melody, "This Offer is Unrepeatable" and "Jacksons, Monk and Rowe". The last track is the closest to a "single" the album would produce. EC wrote, co-wrote with the Brodsky Quartet (some members of the quartet also wrote material solo as well). The remastered sound has better detail than the previous edition but otherwise seems much the same. If Costello and the Brodsky Quartet overreach at times, it's the over reach of talent and ambition not pretension.
The bonus disc is the find here. Including tracks recorded for other projects with and without the Brodsky Quartet including Costello's favorite tracks from the "Deep Dead Blue" Ep released in 1993 recorded with Bill Frisell. We get a stunning version of "God Only Knows" recorded live with the Quartet as well as other material recorded live such as Michael Thomas' marvelous "Skeleton" and a powerful arrangement of the folk standard "She Moved Through the Fair" arranged by Quartet member Paul Cassidy. Two of Costello's collaborations with John Harle from the "Terror and Magnficience" CD are also included. We also get live recordings of "Put Away Forbidden Playthings" (a song that Costello was commissioned to write) as well as a trio of the Fire Suite pieces EC collaborated on.
This is a terrific reissue mixing a number of unusual collaborations on the second disc. While fans who loved "My Aim is True" probably won't be playing this a whole lot Costello fans that love his rich material and unusual collaborations over the years will. This makes an excellent companion piece to "My Flame Burns Blue" Costello's jazz-rock-orchestral album recorded live. That terrific and unusual album has a bonus disc with excerpts from Costello's fine contemporary orchestral piece "Il Sogno" conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas working with the London Symphony Orchestra as a bonus disc. Both of these releases are well worth picking up.
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