The Sweetest Punch
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| The Sweetest Punch: The New Songs of Costello and Bacharach | ||
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| Studio album by Elvis Costello and Bill Frisell | ||
| Released | September 21, 1999 | |
| Genre | Rock/Jazz | |
| Length | 64:09 | |
| Label | Decca Records/Universal Classics | |
| Producer(s) | Lee Townsend | |
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| Elvis Costello and Bill Frisell chronology | ||
| Painted from Memory (1998) |
The Sweetest Punch (1999) |
For the Stars (2001) |
The Sweetest Punch is a 1999 album by Elvis Costello and Bill Frisell, released as a companion album to 1998's Painted from Memory. Many of the earlier albums songs are featured with new arrangements by Frisell, and mostly in instrumental versions. In addition to Frisell on electric and acoustic guitars, instrumentalists performing on The Sweetest Punch include:
- Brian Blade — drums, percussion
- Don Byron — clarinet, bass clarinet
- Billy Drewes — alto saxophone
- Curtis Fowlkes — trombone
- Viktor Krauss — bass
- Ron Miles — trumpet
Vocals for three of the tracks are also featured, with Costello on "Toledo", Cassandra Wilson on "Painted From Memory", and Costello and Wilson in a duet on "I Still Have That Other Girl".
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1999 | Billboard Top Jazz Albums | 5 |
| 2000 | Billboard Top Jazz Albums | 23 |
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