'Blood and Chocolate' is one of those releases that stands up from start to finish but doesn't contain any immediately famous songs, or any real Costello standards (like 'My Aim Is True' has 'Alison', and 'Spike' has 'Veronica'), but has some of his strongest writing and best material. This album is definitely a "return to roots" album, in a way, after releasing "Trust", "Punch The Clock", and "Goodbye Cruel World", all of which seemed kinda polished and "contemporary" (meaning very 80s sounding). This is Elvis with his Fender Telecaster and the Attractions playing bitter, angry rock and roll.