For The Stars

• Artist : Elvis Costello
• Artist : Anne Sofie Von Otter
• Binding : Audio CD
• EAN : 0028946953020
• Label : Decca (UMO)
• Languages : Original Language: English
• Manufacturer : Decca (UMO)
• MPN : 6 3 04695302
• Number Of Discs : 1
• Package Dimensions : 0.47 inches (Height) x 5.59 inches (Length) x 0.26 pounds (Weight) x 4.92 inches (Width)
• Package Quantity : 1
• Part Number : 6 3 04695302
• Product Group : Music
• Publisher : Decca (UMO)
• Release Date : 2002-12-23
• Running Time : 64
• SKU : jp-bk-B00005A46I-2-1
• Studio : Decca (UMO)
• UPC : 028946953020

For the Stars is the result of a unique collaboration between songwriting legend Elvis Costello and Anne Sofie Von Otter, one of the world's leading mezzo-sopranos. Working with a host of acclaimed musicians, including Abba's Benny Andersson, Costello takes Von Otter out of the concert hall and off the opera stage, and into Stockholm's Atlantis studios, birthplace of Abba's early albums. The outcome is an hour-long disc of 18 perfectly-crafted tracks, including several new numbers penned by Costello as well as songs by the likes of Tom Waits, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, and Lennon and McCartney. Throughout, Otter's warm and elegant voice is utterly captivating, adding a new dimension to many familiar songs (I defy anyone not to be touched by her heartbreaking rendition of "Baby Plays Around"). On the handful of tracks where both Otter and Costello sing, her controlled and refined tones contrast with--and complement--his familiar gruffness. Instrumental colour also has a vital role to play--credited instruments include: celeste, Hammond organ, accordion, marimba, flugelhorn, baritone guitar, electric five-string violin and Moog bass. In his liner note, Costello explains that many songs had to be discarded along way, so here's to For the Stars II --Rebecca Agnew

- Amazon.co.uk Review

Tracks:

• Disc 1

  • 1: No Wonder
  • 2: Baby Plays Around
  • 3: Go Leave
  • 4: Rope
  • 5: Don't Talk (Put your head on my shoulder)
  • 6: Broken Bicycles/Junk
  • 7: The Other Woman
  • 8: Like an Angel Passing Through My Room
  • 9: Green Song
  • 10: April After All
  • 11: You Still Believe in Me
  • 12: I Want to Vanish
  • 13: For No One
  • 14: Shamed Into Love
  • 15: Just a Curio
  • 16: This House is Empty Now
  • 17: Take it with Me
  • 18: For the Stars

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