Blood & Chocolate

Blood & Chocolate is the eleventh studio album by the English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, released in 1986 through Demon Records (UK) and Columbia Records (US). It is his ninth album with his long-standing backing band the Attractions. After his previous album King of America with producer T-Bone Burnett and different musicians, this album reunited him with producer Nick Lowe and his usual backing group the Attractions.

For other uses, see Blood & Chocolate (disambiguation).

Blood & Chocolate
Studio album by
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Released15 September 1986
RecordedMarch–May 1986
StudioOlympic (London)
Genre
  • New wave
  • rock and roll
  • grunge
  • post-punk
Length47:48
LabelDemon
ProducerNick Lowe and Colin Fairley
Elvis Costello and the Attractions chronology
King of America
(1986)		 Blood & Chocolate
(1986)		 Out of Our Idiot
(1987)
Singles from Blood & Chocolate
  1. "Tokyo Storm Warning"
    Released: August 1986
  2. "I Want You"
    Released: November 1986

It peaked at No. 16 on the UK Albums Chart, and No. 84 on the Billboard 200. In The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics poll for the year's best albums, Blood & Chocolate finished at number 9. The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In 2000 it was voted number 475 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.

The recording of Blood & Chocolate was troubled, as the relationship between Costello and the Attractions had deteriorated during sessions for King of America. The album was recorded at concert-level volume in a way Costello felt suited the material.

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