''The River in Reverse'' is a 2006 collaboration between
Elvis Costello and
Allen Toussaint. It received a
Grammy nomination for
Best Pop Vocal Album
The Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality vocal pop music albums. Awards in several ...
.
Track listing
All songs written by
Allen Toussaint unless otherwise indicated.
#"On Your Way Down" – 4:54
#"Nearer to You" – 3:32
#"Tears, Tears and More Tears" – 3:30
#"The Sharpest Thorn" (
Elvis Costello, Toussaint) – 4:16
#"Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further?" – 5:04
#"The River in Reverse" (Costello) – 4:32
#"Freedom for the Stallion" – 2:58
#"Broken Promise Land" (Costello, Toussaint) – 4:34
#"Ascension Day" (
Roy "Professor Longhair" Byrd, Costello, Toussaint) – 2:57
#"International Echo" (Costello, Toussaint) – 4:58
#"
All These Things
"All These Things" is a 1962 single written by Allen Toussaint under the pseudonym of "Naomi Neville", and first recorded by Art Neville in 1962.
Joe Stampley version
The biggest chart hit version was performed by Joe Stampley. In 1966, The Un ...
" – 4:07
#"Wonder Woman" – 3:08
#"Six-Fingered Man" (Costello, Toussaint) – 4:31
#"The Greatest Love" – 3:47 (Japanese CD bonus track)
#"Where Is the Love" (Costello, Toussaint) – 3:54 (iTunes bonus track)
Personnel
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Elvis Costello – acoustic and electric guitars,
Hammond organ, tambourine, vocals,
tremolo
*
Allen Toussaint – electric piano, vocals and backing vocals, horn arrangements
*
Sam Williams – trombone
*Carl Blouin –
baritone saxophone
*Amadee Castenell –
soprano saxophone,
tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...
*Brian Cayolle – baritone saxophone
*Anthony "AB" Brown – guitar
*
Davey Faragher
David Allen "Davey" Faragher (born August 18, 1957) is an American bass guitarist from Redlands, California. Faragher's career took off and received critical notice as a founding member of the nineties band Cracker, and his subsequent work with ...
– bass guitar, backing vocals
*
Steve Nieve
Steve Nieve ( "naïve"; born Stephen John Nason, 21 February 1958) is an English musician and composer. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Nieve has been a member of Elvis Costello's backing bands the Attractions, the Imposters and Madnes ...
– piano, Hammond organ,
clavinet,
farfisa organ
Farfisa (Fabbriche Riunite di Fisarmoniche) is a manufacturer of electronics based in Osimo, Italy, founded in 1946. The company manufactured a series of compact electronic organs in the 1960s and 1970s, including the Compact, FAST, Professiona ...
*
Pete Thomas – drums, percussion
*
Joe Henry
Joseph Lee Henry (born December 2, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer. He has released 15 studio albums and produced multiple recordings for other artists, including three Grammy Award-winning albums.
Early life
H ...
– producer
Charts
References
External links
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Elvis Costello albums
Allen Toussaint albums
2006 albums
Albums produced by Allen Toussaint
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