| 词条 | Blood & Chocolate |
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| name = Blood & Chocolate | type = Studio album | artist = Elvis Costello and the Attractions | cover = Bloodandcho.jpg | alt = | released = 15 September 1986 | recorded = March–May 1986 | venue = | studio = | genre = Alternative rock, hard rock, new wave | length = 47:48 | label = Demon (UK) Columbia (US) Rykodisc (5 September 1995 reissue) Rhino (19 February 2002 reissue) Hip-O (1 May 2007 reissue) | producer = Nick Lowe and Colin Fairley [https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/elviscostello/albums/album/189714/rid/5940819/ link] | prev_title = King of America | prev_year = 1986 | next_title = Out of Our Idiot | next_year = 1987 }}{{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}[1] | rev2 = Blender | rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}[2] | rev3 = Chicago Tribune | rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}[3] | rev4 = Entertainment Weekly | rev4Score = A−[4] | rev5 = Mojo | rev5Score = {{rating|5|5}}[5] | rev6 = Q | rev6Score = {{rating|4|5}}[6] | rev7 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | rev7Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}[7] | rev8 = Uncut | rev8Score = {{rating|4|5}}[8] | rev9 = The Village Voice | rev9Score = A−[9] }}Blood & Chocolate is the eleventh studio album by the British rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, released in the United Kingdom as Demon Records XFIEND 80, and in the United States as Columbia 40518. After his previous album King of America with producer T-Bone Burnett and different musicians, this album reunited him with producer Nick Lowe and his usual backing group the Attractions. It peaked at No. 16 on the UK Albums Chart, and No. 84 on the Billboard 200.[10] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[11] The recording of Blood & Chocolate was troubled, as the relationship between Costello and the Attractions had deteriorated during sessions for King of America. The album was recorded at concert level volume in a way Costello felt suited the material. Background and recordingSix months after the Los Angeles sessions for King of America, Costello returned to the studio with the Attractions to work on the songs for this album.[12] Costello reported the band's relationship as having 'soured', and after the album's completion and one more tour, Costello would not work again with the Attractions for another eight years until Brutal Youth.[13] Costello explained, "It was recorded just over six months after the Hollywood sessions for King of America. The Attractions sole contribution to that album, 'Suit of Lights,' had been made during our least successful and most bad-tempered days in the studio. The air of suspicion and resentment still lingered as King of America was released and we entered Olympic Studios, London, to make what proved to be our last record together for eight years".[14] Recording at Olympic Studios in London, several songs were re-workings from those earlier L.A. sessions, including "Blue Chair", "I Hope You're Happy Now", and "American Without Tears No. 2". An outtake from these sessions, a cover of the 1959 hit by Little Willie John "Leave My Kitten Alone", had also been an outtake for the Beatles during the sessions for Beatles for Sale. Blood & Chocolate was recorded in a single large room at high volume, with the band listening to each other on monitor speakers and playing at stage volume, an unusual practice in the studio for its time.[15] As Costello recalled, "Nick Lowe was producing us for the first time in five years and together with engineer Colin Fairley, agreed to an approach that would get the music recorded before the band and I fell out completely. Olympic's control room still contained some of the Bakelite switches and other arcane features left over from the days when it had hosted sessions by Jimi Hendrix and The Rolling Stones. The live room was big enough for a full orchestra, so we filled it with our live monitor system and played at something approaching stage volume. Although it commonly thought that high volume in the studio creates an uncontrollable sonic picture, this approach seemed to suit the material entirely".[14]PackagingAs on his previous album, Costello uses three different names to credit himself: his given name of Declan MacManus; his stage name of Elvis Costello; and the nickname Napoleon Dynamite, his alter ego as master of ceremonies for the Attractions' spinning songbook tour.[16] The name "Napoleon Dynamite" would later be used for a 2004 cult film by Jared Hess, who denies that the title was inspired by Blood & Chocolate. The album uses Esperanto to list musician credits and LP sides. The line in Tokyo Storm Warning "Japanese God-Jesus robots telling teenage fortunes" refers to a real toy made by Bandai.[17] Elvis Costello created the cover of the album himself. ReleaseThe album was released initially on vinyl in 1986, with the Rykodisc Records reissue arriving nine years later on a single CD with six bonus tracks, including the 1987 single version of "Blue Chair" recorded during the King of America sessions. A limited edition version of this release came with a bonus disc entitled An Overview Disc, consisting of an 80-minute interview with Peter Doggett, conducted on 21 July 1995, in which Costello and Doggett discuss his career and releases up to 1986. Five of the six Rykodisc bonus tracks, minus "A Town Called Nothing", along with ten others appeared as the second disc to the double-disc Rhino Records reissue in 2002. These reissues are out of print, the album was reissued again by Universal Music Group after its acquisition of Costello's complete catalogue in 2006. The tracks "Tokyo Storm Warning", "I Want You", and "Blue Chair" were all released as singles. The "Blue Chair" single was not the recording from the album, but an earlier one made with T-Bone Burnett during the King of America sessions with the Confederates band. "Tokyo Storm Warning" peaked at No. 73 on the UK Singles Chart but missed the Billboard Hot 100. The other two singles did not chart in either nation. Except for a compilation released in the UK, Out of Our Idiot, this album would be the final release on his Demon/Columbia contract, Costello signing with Warner Brothers for his next LP, Spike. Track listingAll tracks written by Declan MacManus (Elvis Costello) except as noted; track timings taken from Rhino 2002 reissue. Side one
Side two
1995 bonus tracks
2002 bonus discTracks 1–6 are session outtakes; tracks 11–15 are solo demo recordings.
Personnel
Additional personnel
Cover versionsLos Lobos covered "Uncomplicated" on their 2004 EP Ride This. The Art of Time Ensemble featuring (former Barenaked Ladies singer) Steven Page covered "I Want You" on their 2010 album A Singer Must Die. Notes and references1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/blood-chocolate-mw0000468630 |title=Blood & Chocolate – Elvis Costello & the Attractions / Elvis Costello |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=16 June 2016 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}} {{Elvis Costello}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Blood and Chocolate}}2. ^{{cite journal |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=3132 |title=Elvis Costello: Blood & Chocolate |work=Blender |date=March 2005 |accessdate=16 June 2016 |last=Wolk |first=Douglas |authorlink=Douglas Wolk |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050204170837/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=3132 |archivedate=4 February 2005}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1991-06-02/entertainment/9102190176_1_star-elvis-costello-sexual-politics |title=The Sounds Of Elvis, From San Francisco And Beyond |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=2 June 1991 |accessdate=7 December 2015 |last=Kot |first=Greg |authorlink=Greg Kot}} 4. ^{{cite journal |url=http://www.ew.com/article/1991/05/10/elvis-costellos-albums |title=Elvis Costello's albums |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=10 May 1991 |accessdate=20 September 2015 |last=White |first=Armond |authorlink=Armond White}} 5. ^{{cite journal |title=Band Substance |work=Mojo |issue=300 |date=November 2018 |last=Doyle |first=Tom |page=59}} 6. ^{{cite journal |title=Elvis Costello & The Attractions: This Year's Model / Blood & Chocolate / Brutal Youth |work=Q |issue=188 |date=March 2002 |last=Eccleston |first=Danny}} 7. ^{{cite book |chapter=Elvis Costello |pages=193–95 |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |authorlink=Rob Sheffield |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |year=2004 |publisher=Fireside Books |edition=4th |location=London |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA193#v=onepage&q&f=false |accessdate=30 November 2011}} 8. ^{{cite journal |title=Sweet Nerd of Youth |work=Uncut |issue=59 |date=April 2002 |last=Roberts |first=Chris}} 9. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv3-87.php |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide |work=The Village Voice |date=31 March 1987 |accessdate=16 June 2016 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |authorlink=Robert Christgau}} 10. ^The Billboard 200 20 December 1986 11. ^{{cite book|author1=Robert Dimery|author2=Michael Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|accessdate= |date=7 February 2006|publisher=Universe|isbn=0-7893-1371-5}} 12. ^Costello, Elvis. Blood & Chocolate. Rhino Records R2 78355, 2002, liner notes, p. 5. 13. ^Costello, p. 12. 14. ^1 {{cite web |last1=Melis |first1=Matt |title=10 Times Elvis Costello’s Aim Was True |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/10/10-times-elvis-costellos-aim-was-true/2/ |website=Consequence of Sound |publisher=Consequence Holdings, LLC |accessdate=13 March 2019}} 15. ^Costello, p. 6. 16. ^Costello, p. 4. 17. ^photo of toy on Engrish.com. Accessed on 12/13/10. 7 : Elvis Costello albums|1986 albums|Albums produced by Nick Lowe|Columbia Records albums|Hip-O Records albums|Rhino Records albums|Rykodisc albums |
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