Secret, Profane & Sugarcane

by Elvis Costello

Secret, Profane & Sugarcane cover art

Recorded in just three days in Nashville with legendary producer T Bone Burnett, this acoustic album finds the iconic British songwriter fully embracing American roots music. Utilizing an entirely string-based ensemble featuring fiddles, mandolins, and double bass, the tracks possess a distinct bluegrass flavor while retaining Costello's signature literate, biting lyricism. It was highly praised as a remarkably organic, energized late-career highlight.

Genres

  • Americana
  • Country

Tracklist

  1. Down Among The Wines And Spirits
  2. Complicated Shadows
  3. I Felt The Chill Before The Winter Came
  4. My All Time Doll
  5. Hidden Shame
  6. She Handed Me A Mirror
  7. I Dreamed Of My Old Lover
  8. How Deep Is The Red
  9. She Was No Good
  10. Sulphur To Sugarcane
  11. Red Cotton
  12. The Crooked Line
  13. Changing Partners