Elvis Costello - The Juliet Letters CD

The Juliet Letters is the 14th studio album by the British rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, released on compact disc as Warner Brothers 45180. The entire instrumental backing is provided by the Brodsky String Quartet. Costello described the album as "a song sequence for string quartet and voice and it has a title. It's a little bit different. It's not a rock opera. It's a new thing." It peaked at No. 18 on the UK album chart, and at No. 125 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

All songs written by Declan MacManus, except where noted; track timings taken from Rhino 2006 reissue.

"Deliver Us" – 0:49 "For Other Eyes" (MacManus, Paul Cassidy, Marina Thomas) – 2:55

"Swine" (MacManus, Cassidy) – 2:08

"Expert Rites" – 2:23

"Dead Letter" (Cassidy) – 2:18

"I Almost Had a Weakness" (MacManus, Michael Thomas) – 3:53

"Why?" (MacManus, Ian Belton) – 1:26

"Who Do You Think You Are?" (MacManus, Ma. Thomas, Mi. Thomas) – 3:28

"Taking My Life in Your Hands" (MacManus, Jaqueline Thomas, Ma. Thomas, Cassidy) – 3:20

"This Offer Is Unrepeatable" (MacManus, Cassidy, Belton, J. Thomas, Mi. Thomas) – 3:12

"Dear Sweet Filthy World" (MacManus, Belton, Ma. Thomas) – 4:17

"The Letter Home" (MacManus, Belton, Cassidy) – 3:10

"Jacksons, Monk and Rowe" (MacManus, J. Thomas, Mi. Thomas) – 3:43

"This Sad Burlesque" (MacManus, Cassidy) – 2:47

"Romeo's Seance" (MacManus, Ma. Thomas, Mi. Thomas) – 3:32

"I Thought I'd Write to Juliet" – 4:07

"Last Post" (Mi. Thomas, traditional) – 2:24

"The First to Leave" – 4:59

"Damnation's Cellar" – 3:25

"The Birds Will Still Be Singing" – 4:27