The Imposters
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Elvis Costello, The Imposters
Take one part This Year’s Model, mix with a bit of Almost Blue, and top off with a healthy sprinkling of King of America. Voilà, The Delivery Man! Elvis Costello’s first album for Lost Highway finds the musician deftly exploring American roots music, from rock ‘n’ roll to country to soul, with assistance from the Imposters (stalwart Attractions Steve Nieve and Pete Thomas plus ace bassist Davey Faragher) and thrushes Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams. It also finds him back digging around in the ashes of a failed relationship. One of…
Elvis Costello, The Imposters
Cruel Smile is a stop-gap compilation of peripheral recordings dating from the When I Was Cruel sessions (including sundry remixes of tracks from that album), radio slots, and performance tracks, many of which were originally released as B-sides and bonus cuts on singles from the far flung corners of the globe. Costello aficionados may already own the likes of the blood-and-guts live rendition of “Uncomplicated” and the two admirable recordings of the Charlie Chaplin-penned/Nat “King” Cole-covered “Smile”—one dripping with strings, sax, and…
