"The problem with a lot of music these days is that it's nothing more than sonic furniture.  Stuff like Eric Clapton and Simply Red... you put it on at a dinner party and it operates at a kind of sub-audible level.  You can say what you like about the music I make.  But you could never say that it's the kind of music that's played at dinner parties.  I never wanted to make the kind of music that's played in the background at wife-swapping parties to warm things up.   And if I discovered that my albums were being played at wife-swapping parties, I'd happily fucking kill myself."
OUT NOW
  THE SWEETEST PUNCH
the songs of Costello & Bacharach
arranged by Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell's instrumental interpretations of the songs from PAINTED FROM MEMORY.  EC contributes new vocals to two tracks, including a duet with Cassandra Wilson on "I Still Have That Other Girl."  Features the printed song lyrics (not included on the original album.)