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The Sweetest Punch

The Sweetest Punch: The New Songs of Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach Arranged by Bill Frisell
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Studio album by Elvis Costello and Bill Frisell
Released September 21, 1999
Genre Pop, jazz
Length 64:09
Label Decca/Universal Classics
Producer Lee Townsend
Elvis Costello chronology
Painted from Memory
(1998)
The Sweetest Punch
(1999)
For the Stars
(2001)
Bill Frisell chronology
Good Dog, Happy Man
(1999)
The Sweetest Punch
(1999)
Ghost Town
(2000)
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Allmusic 3.5/5 stars

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, mostly in instrumental versions.

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".

All songs written by Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach, except "Vamp Dolce", written by Frisell.

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