Painted From Memory - 6099

Amazon.com As promised, Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach's long-awaited full-length collaboration Painted from Memory bears the hallmarks of Bacharach's classic '60s work with the likes of Dionne Warwick--full-force melodies, traditional pop instrumentation, clever and occasionally pained lyrics. It finds the pair reveling in their gifts on a dozen tracks that range from concise under-three-minute gems to sprawling art songs. The result is a set of instant classics that stand head and shoulders above much of Costello's '90s recordings. --Rickey Wright Product description 12 songs Review ...[I]t's Bacharach's long established style of smooth piano dramatics and trademark pauses that characterise this record, his contribution which is the guiding light. -- New Musical Express Painted From Memory, a finely crafted collection of lovelorn ballads in which Mr. Costello flaunts his gift for quirky imagery, finds Mr. Bacharach returning enthusiastically to the hyper- romantic signature style of the 1960's hits he wrote, arranged and produced with the lyricist Hal David for Dionne Warwick. -- The New York Times None of this is anywhere near as hokey as it could have been, just as Costello is nowhere near as caustic as he has been. He's dumped the tangled, often snide metaphors for the most straightforward set of romantic-heartbreak sentiments he's ever penned. -- Entertainment Weekly
ASIN: B00000AFFF
VSKU: GGV.B00000AFFF.LN
Condition: Like New
Author/Artist:Elvis Costello|Burt Bacharach
Binding: Audio CD