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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Elvis Costello |
| Record Label: |
Warner Reprise Video |
| Genre: |
Rock and Pop |
| Subgenre: |
Singer/Songwriter |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Romeo's Seance 2. Expert Rites 3. Deliver Us 4. For Other Eyes 5. Swine |
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Personnel: Elvis Costello (vocals); Michael Thomas, Ian Belton (violins); Paul Cassidy (viola); Jacqueline Thomas (cello). Producers: Elvis Costello, The Brodsky Quartet, Kevin Killen. Recorded at Church Studios, Crouch Hill, North London, England from September 14 to October 1, 1992. Includes liner notes by Elvis Costello. After a couple of post-Attractions albums where Costello enjoyed his newfound freedom as a solo artist, he began to feel the need to collaborate with another group. This notion coincided with his growing interest in classical music. It seemed like a natural step, then, for him to join forces with the Brodsky Quartet, a string ensemble he'd grown to admire. Neither pop nor classical, THE JULIET LETTERS resides mostly in the world of art song, with extended structures and lyrics based on a theme (a group of letters written to and by various characters). The album is a collaboration in the truest sense, even more so than the Attractions days--the Brodsky Quartet co-wrote not only the mus... |
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