Elvis Costello & The Imposters: The Delivery Man (Mercury)***
Stephen Dalton, Uncut, November 2004
EMERGING FROM AN uneven middle period of marital discord, free-range experimentation and ill-advised beards, the artist formerly known as Declan MacManus appears to have upped both his work rate and his quality control. Because this is a strong and lusty country-punk album placing him in Tom Waits or Neil Young territory.
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