Rank Painted From Memory

[King Hoarse]

The first EC album I bought upon release, and essential blue christmas listening. I had huge problems picking my darlings out of the top 9, but here goes:

1. God Give Me Strength
2. Toledo
3. In The Darkest Place (amazing performance)
4. I Still Have That Other Girl
5. My Thief
6. Tears At The Birthday Party
7. This House Is Empty Now
8. The Sweetest Punch (I love Bill Frisell's arrangement and desperately want the Imposters to give this one a go)
9. Painted From Memory

10. What's Her Name Today?
11. Such Unlikely Lovers
















12. The Long Division

[invisible Pole]

My God, "The Long Division" is really low.

[King Hoarse]

Perfect title for that one.

[Fishfinger king]

1 This house is empty now
2 The sweetest punch
3 God give me grace
4 In the darkest place
5 Toledo
6 I still have that other girl (The top 6 are top quality EC - a much underrated album - 7, 8 & 9 all still v. good)

7 Painted from memory
8 What's her name today?
9 Tears at the birthday party


10 My thief
11 Such unlikely lovers


12 The long division

[Emotional Toothpaste]

1.My thief
2. Painted from memory
3. I still have that other girl
4 In the darkest place
5. What's her name today?
6. Toledo
7. This house is empty now
8. God give me Strength
9. The sweetest punch
10. Tears at the birthday party
11 Such unlikely lovers
12 The long division

[wardo68]

1. The Sweetest Punch
2. Toledo
3. This House Is Empty Now
4. Painted From Memory
5. What's Her Name Today?
6. My Thief
7. In The Darkest Place
8. I Still Have That Other Girl
9. God Give Me Strength
10. Tears At The Birthday Party
11. Such Unlikely Lovers
12. The Long Division

This was tough. Of the whole album, I really dislike my last two. Everything else is a thumbs' up. GGMS was a nice addition to the album, and an essential part of the cycle, but I view it as more of an encore than part of it.

[Branst]

What's wrong with The Long Division? It's one of my favorite songs on the whole album!

01. Toledo
02. The Long Division
03. Painted From Memory
04. God Give Me Strength
05. This House Is Empty Now
06. In The Darkest Place
07. I Still Have That Other Girl
08. Tears At The Birthday Party
09. What's Her Name Today
10. Such Unlikely Lovers
11. My Thief
12. The Sweetest Punch

[alexv]

this is one of my favorite EC albums, and certainly my favorite of his recent releases, so I can't just list the songs without some unnecessary asides.

Through years of repeated listenings, favorites have changed, but only one song has consistently been the one I skip over, and that is The Sweetest Punch. The lyrics are fine (as are all the lyrics in this record) but the jumpy nature of the melody and singing bothers me.

The current 9, 10 and 11 are there, and separated from the top 8 only because at different times in the past they were favorites and repeated listenings have cost them. For every one of these songs, there is a line I can find myself singing (off key, like EC) at the unlikeliest moment. This record shows why sometimes the combination of two great pop songwriters can make magic that neither, on their own, could duplicate. The only Bacharach touch I could do without are the backup ladies (come to think of it, it may not have been Burt's fault since Aphrodisiak came first).

1. My thief
2. Painted from memory
3. The long division
4. Such unlikely lovers
5. I still have that other girl
6 In the darkest place
7. Tears at the birthday party
8. What's her name today?


9. God give me Strength
10. This house is empty now
11. Toledo


12 The sweetest punch

[noiseradio]

I just don't like this album. I don't know why. I've tried very hard, and it just does nothing for me.

[Who Shot Sam?]

1. God Give Me Strength
2. I Still Have That Other Girl
3. Toledo
4. In The Darkest Place
5. Tears At The Birthday Party
6. My Thief
7. The Sweetest Punch
8. Painted From Memory
9. This House Is Empty Now
10. The Long Division
11. What's Her Name Today
12. Such Unlikely Lovers

[normabuel]

I love this album, but

1. It takes a few listenings to get used to it; and
2. You have to be in a blue mood.

The first time I heard it, I said to myself: "Well, that's about what I expected it to sound like." I put it down and never listened again. Months later, I saw EC at Randall's Island (NYC) during the Guiness Fleadh festival. He played a bunch of songs I (thought) I wasn't familiar with, and I really, really liked them. Guess what, they were from PFM. It is now very high on my favorites list.


I Still Have That Other Girl
What's Her Name Today
God Give Me Strength
This House Is Empty Now (for some reason, this song almost brings a tear to my eye)
In The Darkest Place
Painted From Memory
Tears At The Birthday Party
Toledo
The Sweetest Punch
Such Unlikely Lovers
My Thief
The Long Division

[bambooneedle]

1. I Still Have That Other Girl
2. In The Darkest Place
3. My Thief
4. God Give Me Strength
5. The Sweetest Punch
6. This House Is Empty Now
7. What's Her Name Today
8. The Long Division
9. Toledo
10. Painted From Memory
11. Such Unlikely Lovers
12. Tears At The Birthday Party

[And No Coffee Table]

1. In The Darkest Place
2. God Give Me Strength
3. My Thief
4. This House Is Empty Now
5. What's Her Name Today?
6. Toledo
7. Painted From Memory
8. Such Unlikely Lovers
9. The Long Division
10. I Still Have That Other Girl

11. Tears At The Birthday Party
12. The Sweetest Punch

[legman open to offers]

This record stays in the rotation with me:

1. Painted From Memory
2. My Thief
3. I Still Have That Other Girl
4. This House Is Empty Now
5. What's Her Name Today?
6. In The Darkest Place
7. The Sweetest Punch
8. God Give Me Strength
9. Toledo
10. Tears At The Birthday Party
11. Such Unlikely Lovers
12. The Long Division

[Extreme Honey]

This record stays in the rotation with me

Aye, aye.



1. God give me strength (I think this song is right up there with man out of time, CCIU 2, Favourite Hour, etc.)
2. In the darkest place
3. Toledo
4. My Thief
5. Such Unlikely Lovers
6. I Still...
7. This House...
8. What's her name...
9. The Sweetest Punch
10. Tears at...
11. Painted From Memory
12. The Long Division

(However afer my top 4 all below are almost near the point where they are all at the same level and impossible to rank)