Elvis Costello: Fair and Balanced
The fine folks over at FOXnews are disappointed that EC didn't sell a lot of copies of TDM this week. How can they have such fine taste in music and such lousy taste in politicians?
Elvis Costello Doesn't DeliverI am perplexed and heartbroken: Elvis Costello's new album, "The Delivery Man," sold a paltry 20,000 copies in its debut week according to hitsdailydouble.com.
Widely praised here and elsewhere, "The Delivery Man" should have sold at least 100,000 copies in its first week and made some kind of impact among young people, baby boomers, anyone interested in great popular music.
I mean, Ashlee Simpson sold 75,000 albums last week and she's a joke, frankly.
Costello's album is full of gorgeous ballads, complex rock songs, achingly beautiful vocals by guests Lucinda Williams and Emmylou Harris and Costello's usual biting, incisive, comical, smart lyrics.
I could listen to "Monkey to the Man" or "There's a Story in Your Voice" over and over. "The Delivery Man" is the great album of 2004. Give it a listen. You won't regret it.
BTW: The official sales number is 21,399