Elvis tightens up his trousers
The Delivery Man has featured in the 'Best of '04' in USA Today , The Guardian (London) and The Winnipeg Sun.
The Guardian, London
8. E.C./Imps, TDM
After years of beards and classical music and long hair , EC tightens up his trousers and punks it up.
Winnipeg Sun
Last year, he went North to croon piano ballads for his sweetie. This year, the unpredictable Costello makes another left turn, plugging in his axe and making a beeline for the Deep South (literally and musically). Recorded in the Mississippi Delta, Mr. E's 21st set is a narrative concept disc of romantic betrayal and Biblical overtones, set against a backdrop of rawboned juke joint blues, tearstained country waltzes, twangy honky-tonk, sweet Memphis soul, funky R&B and even bluegrass. Damned if it doesn't deliver the goods.
Winnipeg Sun's top CDs of 2004
The Sun's Darryl Sterdan picks the best 75 albums of the year
By DARRYL STERDAN -- Winnipeg Sun
Well, it's that time again -- time to look back at all the music of the past year. Despite our best efforts, we weren't able to listen to every album that came out in 2004. But we did manage to get through more than 1,000. Here are the ones we'll still be listening to next year. And the ones you might want to seek out at those Boxing Day sales.
6. Elvis Costello & The Imposters
THE DELIVERY MAN
(LOST HIGHWAY/UNIVERSAL)
Last year, he went North to croon piano ballads for his sweetie. This year, the unpredictable Costello makes another left turn, plugging in his axe and making a beeline for the Deep South (literally and musically). Recorded in the Mississippi Delta, Mr. E's 21st set is a narrative concept disc of romantic betrayal and Biblical overtones, set against a backdrop of rawboned juke joint blues, tearstained country waltzes, twangy honky-tonk, sweet Memphis soul, funky R&B and even bluegrass. Damned if it doesn't deliver the goods.
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The Guardian, London
Don Simpson selects his Top 10 for ´04 -
8. E.C./Imps, TDM
After years of beards and classical music and long hair , EC tightens up his trousers and punks it up.
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USA TODAY album of the year
U2, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. Gundersen labeled it U2's best album; others on the panel weren't quite as laudatory, but it did garner the most mentions. Also rock album of the year.
The rest of the top 10
2. Alison Krauss & Union Station, Lonely Runs Both Ways (best country album)
3. Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose
4. Green Day, American Idiot
5. Kanye West, The College Dropout (best rap album)
6. Brian Wilson, Smile
7. Prince, Musicology (best R&B album)
8. Elvis Costello & The Attractions, The Delivery Man (best singer/songwriter album)
9. Patty Griffin, The Impossible Dream
10. Usher, Confessions