Elvis ' "Artist's Choice"
An "Artist's Choice" CD of songs selected by Elvis is now available at Starbucks locations. It does not appear to be available on Starbucks' website, but it will probably show up there eventually.
Here's the lineup:
1. Louis Armstrong - Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)
2. Muddy Waters - I Love The Life I Live (I Live The Life I Love)
3. Clifford Brown - Yesterdays
4. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin'
5. Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well, Part 1
6. Aretha Franklin - Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
7. Joni Mitchell - The Last Time I Saw Richard
8. The Band - Tears Of Rage
9. Nick Lowe - I'm A Mess
10. George Jones - Mr. Fool
11. Lucinda Williams - Over Time
12. Rilo Kiley - Does He Love You?
13. Dusty Springfield - I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore
14. Randy Newman - Real Emotional Girl
15. Diana Krall - Almost Blue
16. Paul Simon - Peace Like A River
17. Joe Tex - The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)
18. Freda Payne - Bring The Boys Home
It includes fairly lengthy liner notes by EC, commenting on each track. (Oddly, he suggests at one point that "Stranger In The House" is on the CD, but it's not.)
Elvis explains, “I've picked songs that illustrate how I've learned almost everything I know about music just from listening to records. I've tried to tell the story behind every choice. I've also selected a few recent favorites with the suspicion that they will be songs that will stick around. I loved the rest of them long enough to know that they are not going anywhere.”
Of Lucinda Williams' “Overtime,” Costello says, “It is my belief that Lucinda is the closest living counterpart to Hank Williams, when it comes to writing from the heart with absolute economy.” About Muddy Waters' “I Live the Life I Love,” Costello says, “I just love the way this record sounds, how the band parts all interlock and the fashion in which Muddy just starts singing whenever he feels like it.”
( Submitted by Nunki)