Kojak Variety

Infobox Album
Name = Kojak Variety
Type = Cover album
Artist = Elvis Costello


Released = May 9 1995
Recorded = 1989-1994
Genre = Rock
Length = 53:57
Label = Warner Bros.
Rhino (August 3 2004 Reissue)
Producer = Kevin Killen and Elvis Costello
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ai5zefuk8gfo link]
*Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau|dud [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1851&name=Elvis+Costello+and+the+Attractions link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/elviscostello/albums/album/108703/review/5943611/kojak_variety link]
Last album = "The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977-86" (1994)
This album = "Kojak Variety" (1995)
Next album = "Deep Dead Blue" (1995)

"Kojak Variety" is a 1995 covers album by Elvis Costello. "Days" had previously appeared on the Until the End of the World, the 1991 soundtrack to Wim Wenders' film of the same name.

Track listing

# "Strange" (Screamin' Jay Hawkins) – 2:39
# "Hidden Charms" (Willie Dixon) – 3:29
# "Remove This Doubt" (Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr.) – 3:52
# "I Threw It All Away" (Bob Dylan) – 3:23
# "Leave My Kitten Alone" (Little Willie John, Titus Turner, Jay McDougal) – 3:10
# "Everybody's Crying Mercy" (Mose Allison) – 4:05
# "I've Been Wrong Before" (Randy Newman) – 3:01
# "Bama Lama Bama Loo" (Richard Penniman) – 2:45
# "Must You Throw Dirt in My Face?" (Bill Anderson) – 3:49
# "Pouring Water on a Drowning Man" (Drew Baker, Dani McCormick) – 3:39
# "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 3:42
# "Payday" (Jesse Winchester) – 2:57
# "Please Stay" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 4:49
# "Running Out of Fools" (Richard Ahlert, Kay Rogers) – 3:04
# "Days (Ray Davies Song)" (Ray Davies) – 4:54

Bonus disc (2004 Rhino)

# "Ship of Fools" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 5:21
# "My Resistance Is Low" (Harold Adamson, Hoagy Carmichael) – 2:00
# "Innocent When You Dream" (Tom Waits) – 4:30
# "I'm Coming Home" (T-Bone Burnett) – 3:13
# "The Dark End of the Street" (Chips Moman, Dan Penn) – 3:10
# "Congratulations" (Paul Simon) – 2:47
# "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" (Dylan) – 2:13
# "Pouring Water on a Drowning Man" (Alternate version) (Baker, McCormick) – 2:54
# "Still Feeling Blue" (Gram Parsons) – 2:23
# "Brilliant Disguise" (Bruce Springsteen) – 4:03
# "How Long Has This Been Going On" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:31
# "Sleepless Nights" (Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant) – 3:58
# "Step Inside Love" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:49
# "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" (Lennon, McCartney) – 2:38
# "Sally Sue Brown" (Arthur Alexander) – 2:19
# "Sticks and Stones" (Turner) – 1:36
# "That's How You Got Killed Before" (with The Dirty Dozen Brass Band) (Dave Bartholomew) – 3:14
# "The Night Before Larry Was Stretched" (traditional) – 5:10
# "But Not for Me" (with Larry Adler) (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 5:04
# "Full Force Gale" (Van Morrison) – 2:59

Personnel

*Elvis Costello – harmonica, vocals
*James Burton – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, rhythm guitar
*Jim Keltner – drums
*Larry Knechtel – piano Hammond organ, electric piano
*Marc Ribot – banjo, electric guitar, rhythm guitar, horn, classical guitar
*Jerry Scheff – bass
*Pete Thomas – drums

Charts

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