Elvis Costello to release memoir soundtrack

Elvis Costello has put together a new 2-CD set that he says is a soundtrack to his upcoming memoir.

Unfaithful Music & Soundtrack Album, which will be out on October 9 via UMe, sees Costello choose songs that offer the deepest emotional connection to the themes and stories in his book. The memoir, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink, will be out four days later via Blue Rider Press/Penguin Random House.

The set includes both hits and rarities including two previously-unreleased titles: April 5th - written and recorded with Rosanne Cash, Kris Kristofferson and John Leventhal - and one of Costello's earliest solo recordings, I Can't Turn It Off, from 1975.

The collection also features three exclusive "audio book sketches" - that do not appear in the published memoir - and a 28-page booklet providing the complete lyrics and many unseen photographs, several of them from the MacManus family album.

The track list:

Disc 1

Accidents Will Happen (Live) - Elvis Costello And Steve Nieve
Poison Moon - Elvis Costello
Watching The Detectives - Elvis Costello
Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Riot Act - Elvis Costello And The Attractions
New Lace Sleeves - Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Man Out Of Time - Elvis Costello And The Attractions
I Want You - Elvis Costello And The Attractions
When I Was Cruel No.2 - Elvis Costello
Stranger In The House - George Jones With Elvis Costello
Beyond Belief - Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Home Truth - Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Indoor Fireworks - The Costello Show Featuring His Confederates
Shipbuilding - Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Cinco Minutos Con Vos - Elvis Costello And The Roots
Bedlam - Elvis Costello And The Imposters
Deep Dark Truthful Mirror - Elvis Costello
Ascension Day - Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
Red Cotton - Elvis Costello And The Sugarcanes

Disc 2

Veronica [Demo] - Elvis Costello
In The Darkest Place - Elvis Costello With Burt Bacharach
I Want To Vanish - Elvis Costello And The Attractions
My Dark Life - Elvis Costello With Brian Eno
The Other Side Of Summer - Elvis Costello
London's Brilliant Parade - Elvis Costello
Ghost Train - Elvis Costello
Suit Of Lights - The Costello Show Featuring His Confederates
Jimmie Standing In The Rain - Elvis Costello And The Sugarcanes
The Birds Will Still Be Singing - Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet
Wise Up Ghost - Elvis Costello And The Roots
Almost Blue - Elvis Costello And The Attractions
All The Rage - Elvis Costello
Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4 - Elvis Costello
Alison - Elvis Costello
My Three Sons - Elvis Costello And The Imposters
I'm In The Mood Again - Elvis Costello
April 5th - Rosanne Cash, Elvis Costello And Kris Kristofferson (Previously Unreleased)
I Can't Turn It Off - D.P. Costello (Previously Unreleased)
Sketches From Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink - Elvis Costello

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