The Sweetest Punch

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The Sweetest Punch: The New Songs of Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach Arranged by Bill Frisell
Studio album by Bill Frisell
Released	September 21, 1999
Genre	Pop, jazz
Length	64:09
Label	Decca/Universal Classics
Producer	Lee Townsend
Bill Frisell chronology
Good Dog, Happy Man (1999) The Sweetest Punch: The New Songs of Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach Arranged by Bill Frisell (1999) Ghost Town (2000)
Elvis Costello chronology
Painted from Memory (1998) The Sweetest Punch (1999) For the Stars (2001)
Burt Bacharach chronology
Painted from Memory (1998) The Sweetest Punch (1999) At This Time (2005)

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The Sweetest Punch is a 1999 album by Bill Frisell, released as a companion to Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach's 1998 album Painted from Memory. Many of the earlier album's songs are featured with new arrangements by Frisell, mostly in instrumental versions.

Vocals for three of the tracks are also featured, with Costello on "Toledo", Cassandra Wilson on "Painted from Memory", and Costello and Wilson in a duet on "I Still Have That Other Girl".