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List Price: $13.98 | | Label: Island / Mercury
Salesrank: 29300
Released: September 29, 1998 |
| Our Price: $4.39 |
| Used Price: $0.78 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Painted from Memory Track Listing:
1. In the Darkest Place - Burt Bacharach, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello
2. Toledo - Burt Bacharach, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello
3. I Still Have That Other Girl - Burt Bacharach, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello
4. This House Is Empty Now - Burt Bacharach, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello
5. Tears at the Birthday Party - Burt Bacharach, , Elvis Costello
6. Such Unlikely Lovers - Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello
7. My Thief - Burt Bacharach, , Elvis Costello
8. Long Division - Burt Bacharach, , Elvis Costello
9. Painted from Memory - Burt Bacharach, , Elvis Costello
10. Sweetest Punch - Burt Bacharach, , Elvis Costello
11. What's Her Name Today? - Burt Bacharach, , Elvis Costello
12. God Give Me Strength - Burt Bacharach, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello
Editorial Review:
As promised, Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach's long-awaited full-length collaboration Painted from Memory bears the hallmarks of Bacharach's classic '60s work with the likes of Dionne Warwick--full-force melodies, traditional pop instrumentation, clever and occasionally pained lyrics. It finds the pair reveling in their gifts on a dozen tracks that range from concise under-three-minute gems to sprawling art songs. The result is a set of instant classics that stand head and shoulders above much of Costello's '90s recordings. --Rickey Wright
Painted from Memory Reviews:
Given as a gift! 
2009-12-24 - I always talk music with our dentist -He had NOT had the pleasure of ever hearing this CD --SO I purchased it for him and it was love at first listen!
excellent 
2009-12-13 - You will not get 1960s hitmaker Burt Bacharach on Painted From Memory, nor vintage Elvis Costello.
But you will get a wonderful synergy between these two mature artists. On tracks like "Sweetest Punch," "God Give Me Strength," "This House Is Empty Now," you will get perfect art pieces by Burt that are perfect for Elvis' lyrics.
The era for both artists to be hitmakers is long gone. The lovingly crafted Top 40 Bacharach made in the 60s has no place on today's Ban Roll-On radio. It is just too good, too covertly complex, and too genuine. Costello is too interested, emotionally engaged, in keeping on exploring the punk, rockabilly, new wave, Beatleisms, and yes, 60s AM pop permutations that has kept him from being a new wave rehash and allowed him to be one of music's most facinating artists.
But outside commerce's teeth, the two have crated something very special on Painted From Memory; an art project that takes the work of two pop kings, and turns it into art as high as classical music.
Our classical music.
Absolutely Amazing!
2009-08-28 - I was soooo ecstatic to finally get this Masterpiece in my hands and into my home entertainment system. Astounding and Timeless! Thank you Elvis and Burt!
I 'dunno. I just don't know what to... 
2009-06-15 - At the outset:
I admire Elvis Costello tremendously. Burt Bacharach has written some incredible stuff over the years--some incredible radio music that I recall from when I was a kid. I even recall that full-page ad that appeared in Billboard to promote his first solo release, "Nicky". (?) The tagline for the ad was something like, "Burt Loves Nicky" scrawled inside a lover's Valentine heart in chalk. (I guess it was the tearing point of his working relationship w/Hal David.)
When I first heard of this collaboration, it sounded like a dream.
I was...somewhat disappointed when I heard the results. Nevertheless, I own "Painted from Memory" on vinyl, on cassette, and on CD. When I told this to a close friend of mine, he asked me: Why?
My answer? 'Cause I kept expecting/wanting the thing to be good! (And, because formats changed: vinyl bit the dust; I then drove a car that still had a cassette player; then I bought a car w/a CD player. These days, I do most of my listening in my car. These days...)
By the by, Nico's recording of "These Days" on her Chelsea Girl album is far & away the best version of it. (imho)
In all fairness, I haven't listened to Painted from Memory in quite some time. I really have to listen to again--with "fresh" ears.
Astonishing
2009-02-03 - I grew up listening to, but not particularly enamored of, Burt Bacharach's music. Elvis Costello was a fresh burst when I was in college and we were saddled with disco and arena rock. I approached this unlikely pairing with a more mature appreciation of the Bacharach classics and style, and a mixed appreciation for some of Costello's musical experiments. Well, this one is a soaring success, even as it is one of the most melancholy albums I know. Elvis has penned a set of heartbreaking songs of love and loss and betrayal and regret, and Bacharach has put them onto wings. I had this album for over a year and oddly, it did not strike me on first listening. I cannot imagine why. The songs are wrenching beauty, and I think I have never heard better production values. If you appreciate what George Martin did for the Beatles, what Brian Wilson did for the Beach Boys, what Richard Carpenter did for his sister, you will love what Bacharach does for Elvis's tunes. I find both men at the peak of their creative genius here.
