For the Stars

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For the Stars
Anne Sofie von Otter & Elvis Costello - For the Stars.jpg
Studio album by
Anne Sofie von Otter meets Elvis Costello
ReleasedApril 10, 2001
RecordedSeptember 23, 2000 – January 21, 2001
Studio Atlantis, Stockholm, Sweden [1]
Genre Baroque pop
Label Deutsche Grammophon
Producer Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello chronology
The Sweetest Punch
(1999)		For the Stars
(2001)		 When I Was Cruel
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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For the Stars is a collaboration album by classically trained Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter and Elvis Costello, released in 2001.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "No Wonder" (3:37) (Elvis Costello)
  2. "Baby Plays Around" (3:13) (Cait O'Riordan, Declan MacManus)
  3. "Go Leave" (2:50) (Kate McGarrigle)
  4. "Rope" (3:57) (Elvis Costello, Fleshquartet)
  5. "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)" (3:12) (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher)
  6. "Broken Bicycles/Junk" (4:06) (Tom Waits/Paul McCartney)
  7. "The Other Woman" (3:36) (Jessie Mae Robinson)
  8. "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room" (5:03) (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus)
  9. "Green Song" (4:38) (Elvis Costello, Svante Henryson)
  10. "April After All" (2:52) (Ron Sexsmith)
  11. "You Still Believe in Me" (3:09) (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher)
  12. "I Want to Vanish" (2:41) (Elvis Costello)
  13. "For No One" (2:00) (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
  14. "Shamed Into Love" (3:47) (Declan MacManus, Rubén Blades)
  15. "Just a Curio" (4:18) (Elvis Costello, Fleshquartet)
  16. "This House Is Empty Now" (4:39) (Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello)
  17. "Take It With Me" (3:17) (Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits)
  18. "For the Stars" (2:46) (Elvis Costello)

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for For the Stars
Chart (2001)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [4] 81
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [5] 80
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6] 59
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [7] 33
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [8] 25
UK Albums (OCC) [9] 67

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References

  1. ↑ Sexton, Paul (31 March 2001). "Costello, Von Otter Duet On DG". Billboard. Billboard. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  2. ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "For the Stars (Anne Sofie von Otter Meets Elvis Costello) - Anne Sofie von Otter | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "For The Stars - Anne Sofie Von Otter Meets Elvis Costello". Elviscostello.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 295.
  5. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Anne Sofie von Otter meets Elvis Costello – For the Stars" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Anne Sofie von Otter meets Elvis Costello – For the Stars" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Anne Sofie von Otter meets Elvis Costello – For the Stars". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Anne Sofie von Otter meets Elvis Costello – For the Stars". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
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