History Music / BloodAndChocolate1986

* RevisitingTheRoots: ''Blood & Chocolate'' was a conscious attempt to get back to basics after several albums of baroque pop and more tech-heavy eighties rock. He and Lowe chose a studio with outdated equipment so that they wouldn't be tempted to use audio trickery, and the songs were recorded loudly with their live monitor setup at stage volume, contrary to normal studio practice.

** "I Want You" has the line "You've had your fun you don't get well no more." This is a paraphrase of a line in the song "Goin' Down Slow" by bluesman St. Louis Jimmy Odem, later CoveredUp by Howlin' Wolf.

* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: ''Blood & Chocolate'' was a conscious attempt to get back to basics after several albums of baroque pop and more tech-heavy eighties rock. He and Lowe chose a studio with outdated equipment so that they wouldn't be tempted to use audio trickery, and the songs were recorded loudly with their live monitor setup at stage volume, contrary to normal studio practice.

* LyricalColdOpen: "I Hope You're Happy Now"

** Similarly "Crimes of Paris" makes reference to Little Willie John's "Leave My Kitten Alone".

* EpicRocking: "Tokyo Storm Warning", "Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head", "I Want You" and "Battered Old Bird" are all five minutes or over.

** "I Want You" has the line "You've had your fun you don't get well no more." This is a paraphrase of a line in the song "Goin' Down Slow" by bluesman St. Louis Jimmy Odem, CoveredUp by Howlin' Wolf.

* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: ''Blood & Chocolate'' was a conscious attempt to get back to basics after several albums of baroque pop and more tech-heavy eighties rock. He and Lowe chose a studio with outdated equipment so that they wouldn't be tempted to use audio trickery.

'''Blood & Chocolate''' is a 1986 album by Music/ElvisCostello. His eighth album with backing band the Attractions, it's a reunion of sorts, his first full album with them following ''Goodbye Cruel World'' (which [[CreatorBacklash Costello himself found disappointing]]) and the mostly solo ''King of America''. It's also the first Costello album in five years produced by his friend Music/NickLowe, who had last helmed ''Trust'' in 1981. Costello has described the album as "a pissed-off thirty-one year old's ''Music/ThisYearsModel''".

* FishOutOfWater: The Klansmen in "Tokyo Storm Warning" might be expected to terrorize a city full of Asians, but "they're helpless here as babies, 'cos they're only here on holiday."

# "Uncomplicated" – 3:28
# "I Hope You’re Happy Now" – 3:07
# "Tokyo Storm Warning" – 6:25
# "Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head" – 5:07
# "I Want You" – 6:45
# "Honey Are You Straight or Are You Blind?" – 2:09
# "Blue Chair" – 3:42
# "Battered Old Bird" – 5:51
# "Crimes of Paris" – 4:20
# "Poor Napoleon" – 3:23
# "Next Time Around" – 3:28

''Blood & Chocolate'' is a 1986 album by Music/ElvisCostello. His eighth album with backing band the Attractions, it's a reunion of sorts, his first full album with them following ''Goodbye Cruel World'' (which [[CreatorBacklash Costello himself found disappointing]]) and the mostly solo ''King of America''. It's also the first Costello album in five years produced by his friend Music/NickLowe, who had last helmed ''Trust'' in 1981. Costello has described the album as "a pissed-off thirty-one year old's ''This Year's Model''".

** Can there be an unintentional shout-out? For this album Costello took on the persona of "Napoleon Dynamite", most explicitly in "Poor Napoleon". Years later Jared Hess directed a movie [[Film/NapoleonDynamite of the same name]] but claimed he never knew about the shared name until filming was almost over, and that he had gotten it from an old man he met during LDS missionary work. Costello has expressed doubt over the story, but has never made a legal issue out of it.

* ShoutOut: "I Want You" has the line "You've had your fun you don't get well no more." This is a paraphrase of a line in the song "Goin' Down Slow" by bluesman St. Louis Jimmy Odem, CoveredUp by Howlin' Wolf.

''Blood & Chocolate'' is a 1986 album by Music/ElvisCostello. His eighth album with backing band the Attractions, it's a reunion of sorts, his first full album with them following ''Goodbye Cruel World'' (which [[CreatorBacklash Costello himself found disappointing]]) and the mostly solo ''King of America''. It's also the first Costello album in five years produced by his friend Music/NickLowe, who had last helmed ''Trust'' in 1981. Costello has described the album as "a pissed-off thirty-one year old's ''This Year's Model''.

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''Blood & Chocolate'' is a 1986 album by Music/Elvis Costello. His eighth album with backing band the Attractions, it's a reunion of sorts, his first full album with them following ''Goodbye Cruel World'', which [[CreatorBacklash Costello himself found disappointing]], and the mostly solo ''King of America''. It's also the first Costello album in five years produced by his friend Music/NickLowe, who had last helmed ''Trust'' in 1981. Costello has described the album as "a pissed-off thirty-one year old's ''This Year's Model''.

* FishOutOfWater: The Klansmen in "Tokyo Storm Warning" might be expected to terrorize a city full of Asians, but "they're helpless here as babies, 'cos they're only hear on holiday."