{{Infobox album | name = Purse | type = EP | artist = Elvis Costello and the Imposters | cover = Elvis_Costello_Purse.jpeg | alt = | released = April 13, 2019 | recorded = <!-- Do not add unsourced recording dates/years --> | venue = | studio = EastWest (Hollywood){{efn|Further recording at United Recording Studios and The Village in Los Angeles, Electric Lady Studios and Sullivan Street Studios in New York, Bell Tone Studios in Nashville (Larkin Poe's contributions), and Armoury Studios in Vancouver (Costello's vocals)}} | genre = <!-- Do not add unsourced genres --> | length = 12:53 | label = Concord | producer = {{hlist|Sebastian Krys|Elvis Costello}} | chronology = Elvis Costello | prev_title = Look Now | prev_year = 2018 | next_title = Hey Clockface | next_year = 2020 }}
'''''Purse''''' is an extended play by English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello with the Imposters. It was originally released exclusively on vinyl for Record Store Day on April 13, 2019, with a digital release following the next month.<ref name=stereogum>{{cite web |url=https://stereogum.com/2043229/elvis-costello-purse-bob-dylan-paul-mccartney/music |website=Stereogum |title=Stream Elvis Costello & The Imposters' Purse EP |date=10 May 2019 |access-date=23 February 2026 |last=Gray |first=Julia}}</ref> It was produced by Costello and Sebastian Krys and was released through Concord Records. The release contains songwriting collaborations between Costello and Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach, Johnny Cash, and Bob Dylan.<ref name=rs>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/elvis-costello-purse-ep-833955/ |website=Rolling Stone |title=Hear Elvis Costello’s New 'Purse' EP Featuring Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach Collaborations |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=10 May 2019 |access-date=23 February 2026}}</ref>
==Content==
''Purse'' contains four tracks, each a co-write with another songwriter. "Everyone's Playing House" was co-written with Burt Bacharach, with whom Costello previously made the album ''Painted from Memory'' (1998).<ref name=rs/> "The Lovers That Never Were" is a collaboration with Paul McCartney which originally appeared on McCartney's album ''Off the Ground'' (1993).<ref name=rs/> "If You Love Me" uses lyrics written, but never recorded, by Johnny Cash, which Costello set to music.<ref name=rs/> "Down on the Bottom" was originally recorded as part of The New Basement Tapes, featuring new music written to old, unused Bob Dylan lyrics; this recording also features "other words"{{efn|As credited on the record label}} contributed by Costello.<ref name=jambase>{{cite web |url=https://www.jambase.com/article/elvis-costello-imposters-purse-record-store-day-2019-dylan-bacharach-mccartney-cash |website=Jambase |title=Elvis Costello & The Imposters 'Purse' EP Features Co-Writes With Dylan, Bacharach, Cash & McCartney |last=Greenblatt |first=Jeffrey |date=9 April 2019 |access-date=23 February 2026}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing | headline = Side one | title1 = Everyone's Playing House | lyrics1 = Elvis Costello | music1 = {{hlist|Burt Bacharach|Costello}} | length1 = 3:05 | title2 = The Lovers That Never Were | lyrics2 = {{hlist|Paul McCartney|Costello}} | music2 = {{hlist|McCartney|Costello}} | length2 = 4:18 | total_length = 7:23 }}
{{Track listing | headline = Side two | title1 = If You Love Me | lyrics1 = Johnny Cash | music1 = Costello | length1 = 2:40 | title2 = Down on the Bottom | lyrics2 = {{hlist|Bob Dylan|Costello}} | music2 = Costello | length2 = 2:50 | total_length = 5:30 }}
==Personnel==
Adapted from the EP liner notes:<ref name=liner>{{cite AV media notes |title=Purse |author=Elvis Costello and the Imposters |date=2019 |publisher=Concord Records |type=liner notes}}</ref>
===Musicians===
*Elvis Costello – vocals {{small|(all tracks)}}, electric guitar {{small|(all tracks)}}, acoustic guitar {{small|(1–3)}}, Wurlitzer electric piano {{small|(2)}}, glockenspiel {{small|(1)}}, vibraphone {{small|(1, 2)}} '''The Imposters:''' *Pete Thomas – drums {{small|(all tracks)}}, percussion {{small|(1)}} *Davey Faragher – bass {{small|(all tracks)}} *Steve Nieve – piano {{small|(3, 4)}}, grand piano {{small|(2)}}, Wurlitzer electric piano {{small|(1)}}, Hammond B-3 organ {{small|(1, 3, 4)}} '''Other musicians:''' *Rebecca Lovell – vocals {{small|(4)}} *Megan Lovell – vocals {{small|(4)}}
===Technical===
*Elvis Costello – production *Sebastian Krys – production, engineering, mixing *Ron Taylor – additional engineering *Roger Alan Nichols – additional engineering{{efn|For Larkin Poe's vocals on "Down on the Bottom"}} *Chaz Sexton – second engineer *Scott Moore – second engineer *Seth Presant – second engineer *Gosha Usov – second engineer *Kerry Pompeo – second engineer *Spencer Bleasdale – second engineer *Bob Ludwig – mastering *Doug Emery – charts, pre-production *Tim Mech – guitar and backline technician *Duarte Figueira – production assistant *Ivy Skoff – production coordinator
===Packaging===
*Coco Shinomiya – sleeve layout *Elvis Costello – artwork,{{efn|Under the pseudonym "Eamon Singer"}} photography *Sebastian Krys – photography *Tim Mech – photography
==Charts== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for ''Purse'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2019) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| UK Physical Singles Chart (OCC)<ref name=uk>{{cite web |url= https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/elvis-costello-the-imposters-purse/ |website=Official Charts Company |title=Purse by Elvis Costello & The Imposters |access-date=23 February 2026}}</ref> | 74 |}
==Notes==
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==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Discogs master|type=album|13347810|name=Purse}}
{{Elvis Costello}}
Category:2019 EPs Category:Concord Records EPs