Elvis Costello/The Brodsky Quartet - Juliet Letters
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Track List: Juliet Letters
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Disc 1:
- Deliever Us - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- For Other Eyes - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- Swine - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- Expert Rites - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- Dead Letter - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- I Almost Had A Weakness - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- Why? - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- Who Do You Think You Are? - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- Taking My Life In Your Hands - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- This Offer Is Unrepeatable - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- Dear Sweet Filthy World - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- The Letter Home - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- Jacksons, Monk And Rowe - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- This Sad Burlesque - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- Romeo's Seance - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- I Thought I'd Write To Juliet - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- Last Post - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- The First To Leave - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- Damnations's Cellar - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- The Birds Will Still Be Singing - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
Disc 2:
- She Moved Through The Fair - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- Pills And Soap (Live) - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- King Of The Unknown Sea (Live) - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- Skeleton (Live) - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- More Than Rain (Live) - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- God Only Knows (Live) - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- They Didn't Believe Me (Live) - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- O Mistress Mine - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- Come Away, Death - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- Put Away Forbidden Playthings (Live) - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- Can She Excuse My Wrongs (Live) - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- Fire Suite I - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- Fire Suite 3 - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- Fire Suite Reprise - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- Gigi (Live) - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- Deep Dead Blue (Live) - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue (Live) - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
- Lost In The Stars - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
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Album Details: Juliet Letters
- Release Date:
- 01/01/1993
- Label:
- Rhino / Wea
- UPC:
- 081227336325
User Reviews: Juliet Letters
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Absolutely Magnificent
, December 4, 2000Reviewer: libralatinonj - See all libralatinonj's reviewsAs a lifelong Elvis Costello fan, I always admired the quality of his songwriting. But The Juliet Letters is a revelation. Achingly beautiful melodies combined with crisp songwriting, this is a feast for the senses. The Brodsky Quartet plays mournfully and longingly as Elvis bemoans the darker side of life, lonliness and pain. A++ -
One of his best albums
, December 15, 1999Reviewer: Michael Wilson - See all Michael Wilson's reviewsThis album real shows that Elvis is a excelent singer even without his band behind him.
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Pro Reviews: Juliet Letters
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Looking back on it, it's remarkable that Warner didn't sue Elvis Costello for making deliberately noncommercial, non-representative records, the way Geffen did with Neil Young in the '80s. After all, it's not just that he made a record as anti-pop as Mighty Like a Rose, it's that he followed it with a full-fledged classical album, The Juliet Letters -- "a song sequence for string quartet and voice," recorded with the Brodsky Quartet. It's inspired by a Verona professor who responded to letters addressed to Juliet, of +Romeo and Juliet fame, too. Given this history, it's little wonder that the record didn't storm the charts, but it is remarkable that Warner, even with their reputation for being an artist's label, decided to release it, since this just doesn't fit anywhere -- not within pop (especially in the grunge-saturated 1993) and not within classical, either. Of course, that's precisely what's interesting about the record, and if interesting didn't signify any rewards with Mighty, it does here. This is a distinctive, unusual affair that, at its best, effectively marries chamber music with Beatlesque art pop. And there are a number of moments that work remarkably well on the record, such as "I Almost Had a Weakness" and "Jacksons, Monk and Rowe." True, these are the songs closest to straight-ahead Costello songs, yet they're still nice, small gems, and even if the rest of the record can be a little arch and awkward, it's not hard to admire what Costello and the Brodskys set out to do. And that's the problem with the record -- it's easy to intellectualize, even appreciate, what it intends to be, but it's never compelling enough to return to. More experiment than effective, then. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide |
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Elvis Costello emerged from the new wave movement of the late '70s as an original new talent. His sizable catalog of songs draws on musical influences as diverse as jazz, blues, classical, Broadway, and country music.
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