in 2006. The tracks "Tokyo Storm Warning", "I Want You", and "Blue Chair" were all released as singles. The "Blue Chair" single was not the recording from the album, but an earlier one made with T-Bone Burnett during the King of America sessions with the Confederates band. "Tokyo Storm Warning" peaked at No. 73 on the UK Singles Chart but missed the Billboard Hot 100. The other two singles did not chart in either nation. Except for a compilation released in the UK, Out of Our Idiot, this album would be the final release on his Demon/Columbia contract, Costello signing with Warner Brothers for his next LP, Spike. The UK CD included an alternative mix of "Uncomplicated" which "lacks the anvil sound after the 'horse that knows arithmetic' line and a guitar part from the guitar break near the end." This version is also available on the CD-only release of Girls + Girls + Girls. Content Musical style Will Birch likened the record's sound to the then-embryonic grunge style, proclaiming it to be "six or eight years ahead of its time." Similarly, Blood & Chocolate was described by Goldmine Magazine as a "brash, grungy" effort on 7 April 1989, and in September 2007 as "ferocious and grungy" by Q Magazine. AllMusic cataloged Blood & Chocolate a "straight-ahead rock & roll" album, while acknowledging lesser elements of folk and country. Lyrical themes Alluding to Blood & Chocolate'''s lyrical content, Blender detailed "blistering songs about sexual despair and disgust." Critical reception In a 4 out-of 5 star AllMusic review, Stephen Thomas Erlewine lauded Blood & Chocolate as "lively" and "frequently compelling."Blood & Chocolate was graded A- by Armond White of Entertainment Weekly in 1991, and praised as a "blistering" and "wildly infectious" effort. Track listing All tracks written by Declan MacManus (Elvis Costello) except as noted; track timings taken from Rhino 2002 reissue. 1995 bonus tracks "Seven Day Weekend" (with Jimmy Cliff) (Costello, Cliff) – 2:39 released on the soundtrack to Club Paradise "Forgive Her Anything" – 3:12 session outtake "Blue Chair" – 3:41 single version "Baby's Got a Brand New Hairdo" – 3:26 B-side to the "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" single "American Without Tears No. 2" – 3:35 twilight version released as b-side to the "Blue Chair" single "A Town Called Big Nothing (Really Big Nothing)" – 5:44 session outtake "Return to Big Nothing" – 2:54 unlisted track 2002 bonus