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Elvis Costello and the Imposters: The Delivery Man

Ben Thompson, Daily Telegraph, 20 September 2004

RECORDED AT Sweet Tea Studios in Oxford, Mississippi, with guest appearances by Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams, The Delivery Man initially looks like a bold attempt to assert Elvis Costello's authority as the godfather of alt.country. It's actually something much grander and more dramatic.

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