My Flame Burns Blue

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My Flame Burns Blue
Studio album by Elvis Costello with the Metropole Orkest
Released	February 28, 2006
Recorded	July 2004
Genre	Jazz
Length	70:03
Label	Deutsche Grammophon
Producer(s)	Elvis Costello
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Elvis Costello with the Metropole Orkest chronology
The Delivery Man (2004)	My Flame Burns Blue (2006)	The River in Reverse (2006)

'My Flame Burns Blue' consists of recordings from the North Sea Jazz Festival in July of 2004. It is made up of various songs from throughout Elvis Costello's career. He plays along side Steve Nieve and The Metropole Orkest, with Vince Mendoza as the conductor.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Elvis Costello unless otherwise indicated.

1. "Hora Decubitus" (Charles Mingus, Costello) – 5:46
2. "Favourite Hour" – 3:58
3. "That's How You Got Killed Before" (Dave Bartholomew) – 4:14
4. "Upon a Veil of Midnight Blue" – 5:12
5. "Clubland" – 4:52
6. "Almost Blue" – 5:51
7. "Speak Darkly, My Angel" – 3:59
8. "Almost Ideal Eyes" – 4:16
9. "Can You Be True?" – 3:57
10. "Put Away Forbidden Playthings" – 4:22
11. "Episode of Blonde" – 6:09
12. "My Flame Burns Blue (Blood Count)" (Strayhorn, Costello) – 5:14
13. "Watching the Detectives" – 5:24
14. "God Give Me Strength" (Bacharach, Costello) – 6:56

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2006	The Billboard 200	188
2006	Billboard Top Jazz Albums	2

Elvis Costello
Albums
My Aim Is True | Spike | King of America | Brutal Youth | Mighty Like a Rose | Kojak Variety | North | Il Sogno
Elvis Costello and The Attractions
This Year's Model | Armed Forces | Get Happy!! | Trust | Almost Blue | Imperial Bedroom | Punch the Clock | Goodbye Cruel World | Blood and Chocolate | All This Useless Beauty
Elvis Costello and The Imposters
When I Was Cruel | Cruel Smile | The Delivery Man
Collaborations
The Juliet Letters with The Brodsky Quartet | Terror & Magnificence with John Harle | Painted from Memory with Burt Bacharach | The Sweetest Punch with Bill Frisell | For the Stars with Anne-Sofie von Otter | My Flame Burns Blue with The Metropole Orkest | Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland | The River in Reverse with Allen Toussaint
Live albums
Live at the El Mocambo | Deep Dead Blue | Costello & Nieve
Soundtracks
G.B.H. | Jake's Progress
Collections
Taking Liberties | Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers | The Best of Elvis Costello & The Attractions | Out of Our Idiot | Girls+£÷Girls=$&Girls | 2 ½ Years | The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977-86 | Extreme Honey | The Very Best of Elvis Costello | Singles, Vol. 1 |Singles, Vol. 2 |Singles, Vol. 3
Categories
Elvis Costello albums | Elvis Costello songs