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Secret, Profane & Sugarcane

Studio album by

Elvis Costello

Released

9 June 2009

Recorded

2008–2009

Studio

Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee)

Genre

Length

57:36

Label

Producer

T Bone Burnett

Elvis Costello chronology

Momofuku
(2008)

Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
(2009)

Live at Hollywood High
(2010)

Secret, Profane & Sugarcane is a studio album by Elvis Costello, released on 9 June 2009 through Hear Music label. It was recorded in Nashville with American songwriter and producer T Bone Burnett.^[1] The album features bluegrass, Americana and country music along with Costello's familiar garrulous lyrics.^[2] The artwork was designed by comic strip artist Tony Millionaire.^[3]

Secret, Profane & Sugarcane entered the UK Albums Chart at number 71,^[4] where it spent one week before dropping out of the top 100. It was far more successful in the US, when it charted at number 13 on the Billboard 200.

Background

In the albums before Secret, Profane & Sugarcane, Costello had experimented with various styles of music including jazz, classical and others.^[5] For this album, Costello returned to an acoustic band set-up for the first time since 1986's King of America album.^[6] Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee in three days, Costello's 29th studio album^[7] was released on Starbucks' Hear Music label to generally good critical acclaim.

Critical response

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[8]
The Daily Telegraph	^[9]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[10]
The Guardian	^[11]
The Phoenix	^[12]
Pitchfork	3.8/10^[13]
Rolling Stone	^[14]
Spin	^[15]

Critics looked upon Secret, Profane & Sugarcane in a generally very favourable way with some exceptions. Reviewing for Rolling Stone, Jody Rosen said that Costello was "in one of his comfort zones" and had made a "tight, uncluttered" album.^[2] Bud Scoppa, reviewing the album for Uncut, gave it a four-star rating, saying it was a "rootsy beauty" and "...his most engaging album in a very long time". In a more dismissive review, Pitchfork Media gave the album a 3.8 out of 10, and called the album "yet another entry in Costello's string of gestural albums" .^[16]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Elvis Costello, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Down Among the Wines and Spirits"		3:11
2.	"Complicated Shadows"		2:53
3.	"I Felt the Chill Before the Winter Came"	Costello, Loretta Lynn	3:59
4.	"My All Time Doll"		4:09
5.	"Hidden Shame"		4:14
6.	"She Handed Me a Mirror"		4:04
7.	"I Dreamed of My Old Lover"		2:35
8.	"How Deep Is the Red"		3:47
9.	"She Was No Good"		3:47
10.	"Sulphur to Sugarcane"	Costello, T Bone Burnett	5:59
11.	"Red Cotton"		5:43
12.	"The Crooked Line"	Costello, Burnett	3:49
13.	"Changing Partners"	Larry Coleman, Joe Darion	2:39

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Femme Fatale" (LP, Japan CD and iTunes)	Lou Reed	3:49
15.	"What Lewis Did Last" (LP, Japan CD, Amazon US CD pre-order, Amazon US MP3 single and iTunes Europe pre-order)	Costello, Traditional	4:49
16.	"Dirty Rotten Shame" (iTunes US/Canada pre-order)		3:48

Personnel

The following people contributed to Secret, Profane & Sugarcane:^[17]

Elvis Costello – acoustic guitar, vocals
T Bone Burnett – electric guitar, production
Jeff Taylor – accordion
Mike Compton – mandolin
Dennis Crouch – double bass
Jerry Douglas – dobro
Stuart Duncan – banjo, fiddle
Emmylou Harris – harmony vocals
Jim Lauderdale – harmony vocals

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[18]	39
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[19]	13
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[20]	71
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[21]	88
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[22]	45
UK Albums (OCC)^[23]	71
US Billboard 200^[24]	13
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)^[25]	7
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[26]	8

References

^ Perry, Andrew (29 May 2009). "Secret, Profane & Sugarcane Review". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Secret, Profane & Sugarcane Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
^ "Elvis Costello to Release Americana Album". Pitchfork. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
^ "The Official Charts Company: Secret, Profane & Sugarcane". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
^ "Pitchfork Album Reviews:Elvis Costello, Secret, Profane & Sugarcane". Pitchfork. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
^ Ratliff, Ben (12 June 2009). "Music review: Elvis Costello". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
^ "Elvis Costello: Secret, Profane & Sugarcane". Paste. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
^ AllMusic review
^ Perry, Andrew. (29 May 2009) The Daily Telegraph review. The Daily Telegraph.
^ Entertainment Weekly – review Archived 3 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Entertainment Weekly. (27 May 2009).
^ Guardian review. The Guardian (17 May 2009).
^ "The Phoenix review". Archived from the original on 18 August 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Pitchfork Media review. Pitchfork Media. (3 June 2009).
^ Rolling Stone review. Rolling Stone.
^ Zimmerman, Shannon. (30 May 2009) Spin review. Spin.
^ Elvis Costello: Secret, Profane and Sugarcane | Album Reviews. Pitchfork (3 June 2009).
^ "Secret, Profane & Sugarcane Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
^ "Ultratop.be – Elvis Costello – Secret, Profane & Sugarcane" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
^ "Elvis Costello Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
^ "Italiancharts.com – Elvis Costello – Secret, Profane & Sugarcane". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
^ "Spanishcharts.com – Elvis Costello – Secret, Profane & Sugarcane". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Elvis Costello – Secret, Profane & Sugarcane". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
^ "Elvis Costello Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
^ "Elvis Costello Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
^ "Elvis Costello Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

External links

Secret, Profane & Sugarcane at Discogs (list of releases)
Official Elvis Costello website

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