The Sweetest Punch

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The Sweetest Punch: The New Songs of Costello and Bacharach
The Sweetest Punch: The New Songs of Costello and Bacharach cover
Studio album by Elvis Costello and Bill Frisell
Released September 21, 1999
Genre Rock/Jazz
Length 64:09
Label Decca Records/Universal Classics
Producer Lee Townsend
Professional reviews
Elvis Costello chronology
Painted from Memory
(1998)
The Sweetest Punch
(1999)
For the Stars
(2001)
Bill Frisell chronology
Painted from Memory
(1998)
The Sweetest Punch
(1999)
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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 album's 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:

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
1999 Billboard Top Jazz Albums 5
2000 Billboard Top Jazz Albums 23
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