Amazon.com "A pissed off thirty-two year old, divorcee's version of 'This Year's Model,'" Elvis Costello deems this 1986 album in the Rykodisc reissue's liner notes; if anything, given its raw sonics and Esperanto sleeve credits, it's even more perverse than that 1978 masterpiece. A first finale for Costello's working relationship with the Attractions, Blood & Chocolate brings the group together for a series of songs that moves through garage noise ("Uncomplicated"), twisted folk-rock ("Crimes of Paris"), a harrowing Dylan-Lennon homage ("I Want You"), and other genre twistings. Perhaps the most underrated classic in the man's catalog, it carries six bonus tracks--including the fabulous "Baby's Got a Brand New Hairdo"--in this edition. --Rickey Wright From the Label Having calmed down enough to expore the wrenching ballads and blues on 1986's KING OF AMERICA, Costello pulled an about-face and returned the same year with his roughest, punkiest album since the early days. Jagged, stark and recorded almost entirely live, B&C marks the temporary return of the original team, with the Attractions in tow and Nick Lowe back at the producer's chair. The result was an overlooked gem in the Costello catalogue, with standouts in the highly oblique "Tokyo Storm Warning" and the painfully direct "I Want You". Shorter and catchier tracks like "Blue Chair" and "Next Time Round" could almost have passed as outtakes from the first three albums. Seven extended play tracks.