Elvis Costello at His Most Vicious: Nick Lowe-Produced Blood & Chocolate Includes "I Want You," "I Hope You're Happy Now," and "Uncomplicated"
Mastered from the Original Master Tapes and Pressed at RTI on Numbered-Edition 180g 33RPM LP: Elvis Costello's Guitar-Driven 1986 Album Teems With Stacked Rhythms, Tonalities, Punch, and Tension
1/4" / 15 IPS analog master to analog console to lathe
Known in his youth as the "angry young man," Elvis Costello waited until 1986 to create the most vicious record of his career. Stripped to the studs and produced by Nick Lowe, Blood and Chocolate seethes with vindictiveness, spite, and rancor. The 11-track effort clatters with raw rock n' roll menace and clangs with darkly humorous intent. Venomous, acerbic, and aggressive, it values rhythm and attack over harmony and melody. A volatile rite of passage on which harsh Telecaster riffs cut like razor blades and Costello spits words as if they were Molotov cocktails tossed at enemies, this is the satisfying sound of emotional catharsis.
Uncomplicated
I Hope You're Happy Now
Tokyo Storm Warning
Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head
I Want You
Honey, Are You Straight or Are You Blind?
Blue Chair
Battered Old Bird
Crimes of Paris
Poor Napoleon
Next Time Round