National Ransom is the 2010

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 studio album

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 by Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello

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. It was recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles

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 with American

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 songwriter

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 and producer

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 T-Bone Burnett

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, and was released on October 25, 2010 (November 2 in the U.S.) on the Hear Music

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 label.

Featured musicians include Costello's recent backing bands The Imposters and The Sugarcanes and guest appearances by Vince Gill

Vince Gill

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, Marc Ribot

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, Buddy Miller

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, and Leon Russell

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The cover art is by Maakies

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 creator Tony Millionaire

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Track listing

All tracks written by Elvis Costello, except where noted.

1. "National Ransom" – 4:05
2. "Jimmie Standing in the Rain" – 4:15
3. "Stations of the Cross" – 4:58
4. "A Slow Drag With Josephine" – 2:43
5. "Five Small Words" – 4:45
6. "Church Underground" – 5:02
7. "You Hung the Moon" – 3:55
8. "Bullets for the New-Born King" – 3:35
9. "I Lost You" (Elvis Costello, Jim Lauderdale) – 2:56
10. "Dr. Watson, I Presume" – 3:41
11. "One Bell Ringing" – 3:37
12. "The Spell That You Cast" – 2:32
13. "That's Not the Part of Him You're Leaving" – 4:43
14. "My Lovely Jezebel" (Elvis Costello, T-Bone Burnett, Leon Russell) – 2:31
15. "All These Strangers" (Elvis Costello, T-Bone Burnett) – 5:54
16. "A Voice in the Dark" – 3:34
17. "I Hope" (Bobby Charles/Stan Lewis) – Japanese CD only

National Ransack EP

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given away with orders from www.nationalransom.com

1. "Poor Borrowed Dress" – 2:32
2. "A Condemned Man" – 4:18
3. "Big Boys Cry" – 3:45
4. "I Don't Wanna Go Home" – 3:00

External links

• www.nationalransom.com—official site