National Ransom

by Elvis Costello

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 October 2010
  • Label: Hear Music
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:06:16
  • Community rating: 3.12/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded between Nashville and Los Angeles, Elvis Costello's ambitious project features backing from the Sugarcanes and the Imposters. The sprawling double album traverses country, bluegrass, and vaudeville styles to deliver a scathing commentary on corporate greed and political corruption.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, melodic

Tracklist

  1. National Ransom (4:04)
  2. Jimmie Standing In The Rain (4:15)
  3. Stations Of The Cross (4:58)
  4. A Slow Drag With Josephine (2:42)
  5. Five Small Words (4:44)
  6. Church Underground (5:01)
  7. You Hung The Moon (3:54)
  8. Bullets For The New-Born King (3:34)
  9. I Lost You (2:55)
  10. Dr. Watson, I Presume (3:40)
  11. One Bell Ringing (3:37)
  12. The Spell That You Cast (2:31)
  13. That's Not The Part Of Him You're Leaving (4:42)
  14. My Lovely Jezebel (2:31)
  15. All These Strangers (5:53)
  16. A Voice In The Dark (3:33)
  17. I Hope (3:33)

Credits

  • Kendell Smith - composed by
  • Tarsame Singh Jarnail - composed by

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