Deep Dead Blue

Deep Dead Blue is a live album by Elvis Costello with Bill Frisell, released in 1995. It was recorded at the Meltdown Festival in 25 June 1995.

Deep Dead Blue
Live album by Elvis Costello and Bill Frisell
Released	14 August 1995
Recorded	25 June 1995
Length	26:45
Label	Nonesuch
Elvis Costello chronology
Kojak Variety (1995) Deep Dead Blue (1995) Jake's Progress (1995)
Bill Frisell chronology
The High Sign/One Week (1995) Deep Dead Blue (1995) Quartet (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
NME	3/10[3]

Critical reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey states "It's no real surprise that the two work well together, given the musical affinity demonstrated on Frisell's masterful reinterpretations of Painted from Memory material on his own album The Sweetest Punch. The pleasures of Deep Dead Blue are, to be sure, much subtler than either of those recordings, but they make an elegant and fascinating supplement".^[4]

Track listing

1. "Weird Nightmare" (Charles Mingus) – 3:35
2. "Love Field" (Elvis Costello) – 3:24
3. "Shamed into Love" (Rubén Blades, Costello) – 4:26
4. "Gigi" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 4:16
5. "Poor Napoleon" (Declan MacManus) – 4:05
6. "Baby Plays Around" (Cait O'Riordan, MacManus) – 3:08
7. "Deep Dead Blue" (Costello, Bill Frisell) – 3:51

Personnel

• Elvis Costello - vocals
• Bill Frisell - guitar

Technical

• Roger Moutenot - engineer, mixing
• Lee Townsend - mixing

References

1. Allmusic Review
2. Larkin, Colin (2011). "Costello, Elvis". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
3. Gilbey, Ryan (19 August 1995). "Long Play: The Blue Drones". New Musical Express. p. 50. ISSN 0028-6362.
4. Huey, S. Allmusic Review accessed 23 July 2009