Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach - Painted from Memory

Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach first collaborated on "God Give Me Strength," a sweeping ballad that functioned as the centerpiece in Allison Anders' Grace Of My Heart. It was a stunning song in the tradition of Bacharach's classic '60s work and it was successful enough that the composers decided to collaborate on a full album, Painted From Memory. Wisely, they chose to work within the stylistic parameters of Bacharach's '60s material, but Painted From Memory never sounds like a stylistic exercise. Read More