Deep Dead Blue
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Deep Dead Blue |
| type | live |
| artist | Elvis Costello and Bill Frisell |
| cover | Deep Dead Blue.jpg |
| released | 14 August 1995 |
| recorded | 25 June 1995 |
| length | 26:45 |
| label | Nonesuch |
| chronology | Elvis Costello |
| prev_title | Kojak Variety |
| prev_year | 1995 |
| next_title | All This Useless Beauty |
| next_year | 1996 |
| misc | {{Extra chronology |
| artist | Bill Frisell |
| type | live |
| prev_title | The High Sign/One Week |
| prev_year | 1995 |
| title | Deep Dead Blue |
| year | 1995 |
| next_title | Quartet |
| next_year | 1996 |
| :: |
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Deep Dead Blue is a live album by Elvis Costello with Bill Frisell, released in 1995. It was recorded at the Meltdown Festival in 25 June 1995.
Critical reception
The Allmusic review by Steve Huey states "It's no real surprise that the two work well together, given the musical affinity demonstrated on Frisell's masterful reinterpretations of Painted from Memory material on his own album The Sweetest Punch. The pleasures of Deep Dead Blue are, to be sure, much subtler than either of those recordings, but they make an elegant and fascinating supplement".
Track listing
- "Weird Nightmare" (Charles Mingus) – 3:35
- "Love Field" (Elvis Costello) – 3:24
- "Shamed into Love" (Rubén Blades, Costello) – 4:26
- "Gigi" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 4:16
- "Poor Napoleon" (Declan MacManus) – 4:05
- "Baby Plays Around" (Cait O'Riordan, MacManus) – 3:08
- "Deep Dead Blue" (Costello, Bill Frisell) – 3:51
Personnel
- Elvis Costello - vocals
- Bill Frisell - guitar ;Technical
- Roger Moutenot - engineer, mixing
- Lee Townsend - mixing
Charts
::data[format=table title="Chart performance for ''Deep Dead Blue''"] | Chart (1996) | Peak position | Australian Albums (ARIA) | |---|---|---| | 194 | | | ::
References
References
- [https://www.allmusic.com/album/r226517 Allmusic Review]
- Larkin, Colin. (2011). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". [[Omnibus Press]].
- Gilbey, Ryan. (19 August 1995). "Long Play: The Blue Drones".
- Huey, S. [{{AllMusic
- "Elvis Costello ARIA Chart History (1988-2024)". ARIA.
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