Tracklist

1	The Sweetest Punch	4:44
2	Toledo	5:25
3	Such Unlikely Lovers	5:43
4	This House Is Empty Now	5:03
5	Painted From Memory	4:10
6	What's Her Name Today?	4:58
7	In The Darkest Place	5:55
8	Vamp Dolce	3:25
9	My Thief	4:31
10	I Still Have That Other Girl	2:22
11	Painted From Memory (Reprise)	3:36
12	The Long Division	3:59
13	Tears At The Birthday Party	3:44
14	I Still Have That Other Girl (Reprise)	1:52
15	God Give Me Strength	4:42

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Decca Record Company Limited
• Manufactured By – Universal Classics Group
• Marketed By – Universal Classics Group

Credits

• Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Bill Frisell
• Arranged By – Bill Frisell
• Bass – Viktor Krauss
• Clarinet, Clarinet [Bass] – Don Byron
• Drums, Percussion – Brian Blade
• Lyrics By – Elvis Costello
• Producer – Lee Townsend
• Trombone – Curtis Fowlkes
• Trumpet – Ron Miles
• Vocals – Cassandra Wilson (tracks: 5, 10), Elvis Costello (tracks: 2, 10)
• Written-By – Bill Frisell (tracks: 8), Burt Bacharach (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 14), Elvis Costello (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 14)

Notes

Made in Japan

Includes Japanese Black & White fold-out paper insert
Includes glossy English Photo/lyric/Info Booklet
With Japanese OBI Strip

The Sweetest Punch features new (instrumental) arrangements by Bill Friselll of all the songs composed by Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach for their 1998 Mercury Album "Painted From Memory".
TT: 64:25

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 4988005238245
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
559 865-2	Elvis Costello / Burt Bacharach / Bill Frisell	Elvis Costello / Burt Bacharach / Bill Frisell - The Sweetest Punch ‎(CD)	Decca	559 865-2	UK	1999
VERCD51, 314 559 865-2	Elvis Costello / Burt Bacharach / Bill Frisell	Elvis Costello / Burt Bacharach / Bill Frisell - The Sweetest Punch ‎(CD, Album, Promo)	Verve Records, Verve Records	VERCD51, 314 559 865-2	US	Unknown
ZZ-99GP0000805	Elvis Costello / Burt Bacharach / Bill Frisell	Elvis Costello / Burt Bacharach / Bill Frisell - The Sweetest Punch ‎(CD, Album, RE, Unofficial)	J SHP	ZZ-99GP0000805	Russia	2002
314 559 865-2	Elvis Costello / Burt Bacharach / Bill Frisell	Elvis Costello / Burt Bacharach / Bill Frisell - The Sweetest Punch ‎(CD, Album)	Decca	314 559 865-2	US	1999

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