Album

National Ransom

Elvis Costello

2010 · Rock, Folk, World, & Country

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National Ransom by Elvis Costello

National Ransom is an Alt/Indie album by Elvis Costello, originally released in 2010. On Gatefold: 9 pressings tracked.

About

Elvis Costello took the template of <i>Secret, Profane & Sugarcane</i> and ran with it on this 2010 follow-up, again grafting his English sensibility to Americana. On the thrilling title track, he tunefully sneers at the rich and powerful over a thumping beat and stinging electric guitar. When he turns down, Costello hits at heart level, whether getting frisky on the sweet, shuffling “A Slow Drag With Josephine” or deepening his voice and thickening the emotion on the breathtaking ballad “You Hung the Moon.”

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Tracklist

  1. 1National Ransom4:04
  2. 2Jimmie Standing In the Rain4:15
  3. 3Stations of the Cross4:58
  4. 4A Slow Drag With Josephine2:42
  5. 5Five Small Words4:44
  6. 6Church Underground5:01
  7. 7You Hung the Moon3:54
  8. 8Bullets for the New-Born King3:34
  9. 9I Lost You2:55
  10. 10Dr. Watson, I Presume3:40
  11. 11One Bell Ringing3:37
  12. 12The Spell That You Cast2:31
  13. 13That's Not the Part of Him You're Leaving4:42
  14. 14My Lovely Jezebel2:31
  15. 15All These Strangers5:53
  16. 16A Voice In the Dark3:33
  17. 17I Hope3:33

Sound DNA

  • Alt/Indie
  • Alternative Rock
  • twangy
  • sarcastic
  • storytelling

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Elvis CostelloLEAD VOCALS ACOUSTIC GUITAR , LEAD VOCALS ACOUSTIC GUITAR , LEAD VOCALS, HARMONY VOCALS
  • Andrew DucklesVIOLA
  • Bruce DukovVIOLIN, CONCERTMASTER
  • Buddy MillerELECTRIC GUITAR HARMONY VOCALS
  • Caroline CampbellVIOLIN
  • Darrell LeonardBASS TRUMPET FLUGELHORN, ARRANGED BY TRUMPET
  • Dave EggarCELLO
  • Davey FaragherBASS ELECTRIC BASS
  • Dennis CrouchDOUBLE BASS
  • George BohanonBARITONE HORN HORN TROMBONE
  • Ira NepusTROMBONE
  • Jeff TaylorACCORDION ACCORDION, LOW WHISTLE ACCORDION, WHISTLE
  • Jerry DouglasLAP STEEL GUITAR
  • Jim LauderdaleHARMONY VOCALS
  • Leon RussellPIANO WRITTEN-BY, PIANO
  • Lucia MicarelliVIOLIN
  • Marc RibotACOUSTIC GUITAR BANJO ELECTRIC GUITAR
  • Matt FunesVIOLA

9 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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