The Juliet Letters

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The Juliet Letters
Studio album by Elvis Costello and The Brodsky Quartet
Released	January 19, 1993
Genre	Rock
Length	62.55
Label	Warner Bros. Rhino (March 21, 2006 Reissue)
Producer	The Brodsky Quartet, Elvis Costello and Kevin Killen
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau link Rolling Stone link
Elvis Costello and The Brodsky Quartet chronology
G.B.H. (1991) The Juliet Letters (1993) 2½ Years (1993)

The Juliet Letters is a 1993 album by Elvis Costello and The Brodsky Quartet.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Bonus disc (2006 Rhino) 2 Personnel 3 Charts 4 Further Releases 5 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Deliver Us" (Declan MacManus) – 0:49
2. "For Other Eyes" (Paul Cassidy, MacManus, Doug Phillips) – 2:55
3. "Swine" (Cassidy, MacManus) – 2:08
4. "Expert Rites" (MacManus) – 2:23
5. "Dead Letter" (Cassidy) – 2:18
6. "I Almost Had a Weakness" (MacManus, Michael Thomas) – 3:53
7. "Why?" (Ian Belton, MacManus) – 1:26
8. "Who Do You Think You Are?" (MacManus, Michael Thomas) – 3:28
9. "Taking My Life in Your Hands" (Cassidy, MacManus, Jaqueline Thomas, M. Thomas) – 3:20
10. "This Offer Is Unrepeatable" (Cassidy, MacManus, Belton, Phillips, J. Thomas, M. Thomas) – 3:12
11. "Dear Sweet Filthy World" (Belton, MacManus, M. Thomas) – 4:17
12. "The Letter Home" (Belton, Cassidy, MacManus) – 3:10
13. "Jacksons, Monk and Rowe" (MacManus, M. Thomas) – 3:43
14. "This Sad Burlesque" (Cassidy, MacManus) – 2:47
15. "Romeo's Seance"(MacManus, M. Thomas) – 3:32
16. "I Thought I'd Write to Juliet" (MacManus) – 4:07
17. "Last Post" (M. Thomas, traditional) – 2:24
18. "The First to Leave" (MacManus) – 4:59
19. "Damnation's Cellar" (MacManus) – 3:25
20. "The Birds Will Still Be Singing" (MacManus) – 4:27

[edit] Bonus disc (2006 Rhino)

1. "She Moved Through the Fair" (traditional) – 4:46
2. "Pills and Soap" (Live) (Costello) – 4:37
3. "King of the Unknown Sea" (Live) (M. Thomas) – 3:51
4. "Skeleton" (Live) (M. Thomas) – 4:54
5. "More Than Rain" (Live) (Tom Waits) – 3:25
6. "God Only Knows" (Live) (Brian Wilson) – 4:00
7. "They Didn't Believe Me" (Live) (Jerome Kern) – 4:01
8. "O Mistress Mine" (with John Harle) (John Harle) – 4:03
9. "Come Away, Death" (with John Harle) (Harle) – 4:30
10. "Put Away Forbidden Playthings" (with Fretwork) (Costello) – 4:12
11. "Can She Excuse My Wrongs" (with Fretwork and Composers Ensemble) (John Dowland) – 4:05
12. "Fire Suite 1" (with Roy Nathanson) (Roy Nathanson) – 5:29
13. "Fire Suite 3" (with Nathanson) (Nathanson) – 3:19
14. "Fire Suite Reprise" (with Nathanson) (Nathanson) – 2:39
15. "Gigi" (Live with Bill Frisell) (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederic Loewe) – 4:14
16. "Deep Dead Blue" (Live with Bill Frisell) (Bill Frisell) – 3:45
17. "Upon a Veil of Midnight Blue" (Live with Punishing Kiss Band) (Costello) – 4:36
18. "Lost in the Stars" (Kurt Weill) – 3:56

[edit] Personnel

• Elvis Costello – vocals
• Paul Cassidy – viola
• Michael Thomas – violin
• Jaqueline Thomas – cello
• Ian Belton – violin

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1993	The Billboard 200	125

v • d • e Elvis Costello discography Albums My Aim Is True · King of America · Spike · Mighty Like a Rose · Brutal Youth · 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 · Momofuku 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 Compilations 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

[edit] Further Releases

In September 2006, husband-and-wife duo Michelle and David Murray released a new version of The Juliet Letters, arranged for voice and piano by David Murray.

[edit] External links

• Information about Michelle and David Murray, performers of The Juliet Letters