For the Stars

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Album ratings For the Stars is a collaboration album by classically trained Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter and Elvis Costello, released in 2001.

Track listing

1. "No Wonder" (3:37) (Elvis Costello)
2. "Baby Plays Around" (3:13) (Cait O'Riordan, Declan MacManus)
3. "Go Leave" (2:50) (Kate McGarrigle)
4. "Rope" (3:57) (Elvis Costello, Fleshquartet)
5. "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)" (3:12) (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher)
6. "Broken Bicycles/Junk" (4:06) (Tom Waits/Paul McCartney)
7. "The Other Woman" (3:36) (Jessie Mae Robinson)
8. "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room" (5:03) (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus)
9. "Green Song" (4:38) (Elvis Costello, Svante Henryson)
10. "April After All" (2:52) (Ron Sexsmith)
11. "You Still Believe in Me" (3:09) (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher)
12. "I Want to Vanish" (2:41) (Elvis Costello)
13. "For No One" (2:00) (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
14. "Shamed Into Love" (3:47) (Declan MacManus, Rubén Blades)
15. "Just a Curio" (4:18) (Elvis Costello, Fleshquartet)
16. "This House Is Empty Now" (4:39) (Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello)
17. "Take It With Me" (3:17) (Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits)
18. "For the Stars" (2:46) (Elvis Costello)

Personnel

• Elvis Costello – vocals, baritone guitar, Lowrey organ, bass
• Anne Sofie von Otter – vocals
• Bengt Forsberg – piano, Hammond B-3 organ
• Billy Bremner
• Michael Blair – vibraphone, bass drum, percussion
• Bebe Risenfors – clarinet, tenor saxophone, accordion
• Svante Henryson – celtar, cello, upright bass
• Mats Schubert – piano, harmonium, Moog bass
• Steve Nieve – piano, celeste, organ

Charts

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Chart performance for For the Stars

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)	81

References

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