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The Delivery Man

Elvis Costello & The Imposters:

Niels Pedersen

Som så mange andre ærkeengelske sangere og komponister har Elvis Costello amerikansk musikblod i årerne. Sådan er det bare. Fra The Beatles til The Jam, fra The Who til The Clash har Amerika leveret rødderne, som kunstnerne har omformuleret til et personligt sprog med en lokal accent.

The Delivery Man vender Elvis Costello for alvor tilbage til dette musikalske fundament. Væk er alle antydninger af opera, easy listening, jazz m.m., som ellers har optaget ham de seneste år. Erstattet af 13 rå og cool rocksange med stærk forbindelse til Sydstaternes blues, country og soul. Spillet både nænsomt og muskuløst af The Imposters med bl.a. Pete Thomas og Steve Nieve fra The Attractions på trommer og klaver.

Lydmæssigt peger albummet tilbage til Elvis Costellos i mine ører fineste øjeblikke, countryalbummet Almost Blue (1981), americana-perlen King Of America og den nøgne, næseblodsfremkaldende Blood & Chocolate (begge 1986). Tre album, hvor melodierne havde sjæl, og Elvis Costellos tekster balancerede smukt mellem kærlighedssange og kyniske knytnæveslag.

Fortolker sig selv

Elvis Costello spiller selv guitar på albummet, og det gør han med sjældent hørt energi. De seneste pladers skønmaleri er erstattet af en direkte attitude, som får de hurtige rocknumre til virkelig at skinne.

Bedst er dog balladerne. Elvis Costello er bl.a. så venlig at give sine egne fortolkninger af et par sange, han har skrevet til nogle af sine forbilleder. Det gælder den dramatiske The Judgement, som han og ekshustruen Cait O'Riordan leverede til soulbjerget Solomon Burke og ikke mindst Either Side Of The Town, som Elvis Costello komponerede sammen med Jerry Ragovoy til kultsangeren Howard Tates comebackplade i 2003.

The Delivery Man er særligt sidstnævnte et højdepunkt i klassisk soulsnit og med et omkvæd, der presser Elvis Costello til at yde sit ypperste som sanger.

Med til at hæve albummet er også to rendyrkede, pedalsteel-kolorerede countryballader, Heart Shaped Bruise og The Scarlet Tide, hvor Elvis Costello tror, han er Gram Parsons og har fået overtalt Emmylou Harris til at synge duetvokalen. Det er brillant i al sin gammeldags Nashville-enkelhed.

Også Lucinda Williams dukker op og giver den stædigt rockende There's A Story In Your Voice et skud af sin sylespidse stemme, og på den måde hjælper alle de stærke amerikanske musiktraditioner endnu en gang den engelske verdensmand med at finde melodien.

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Jyllands-Posten, September 24, 2004


Niels Pedersen reviews The Delivery Man.


The Delivery Man

Elvis Costello & The Imposters:

English via Google Translate...

Like so many other arch British singers and composers have Elvis Costello American music blood in their veins. That's the truth. From The Beatles to The Jam. from The Who to The Clash. America has supplied the roots. as artists have reformulated into a personal language with a local accent.

In The Delivery Man turns Elvis Costello really back to this musical foundation. Gone are any hints of opera, easy listening. jazz, etc.. which has taken him in recent years. Replaced by 13 raw and cool rock songs with a strong connection to the Confederate blues, country and soul. The game both sensitively and muscular The Impostors including Pete Thomas and Steve Nieve of The Attractions on drums and piano.

Sonically the album is pointing back to Elvis Costello in my ears finest moments country album Almost Blue (1981), Americana bead King Of America and the naked. nosebleed - inducing Blood & Chocolate (both 1986). Three album where the songs had soul. and Elvis Costello lyrics beautifully balanced between love songs and cynical punched.

Interpreter itself

Elvis Costello plays the guitar on the album. and he does so with rarely heard energy. Recent plates beautification is replaced by a direct attitude that makes the fast rock songs to really shine.

The best is however ballads. Elvis Costello include kind enough to give his own interpretation of a few songs he has written some of his models. This is the dramatic "The Judgement" that he and ex-wife Cait O'Riordan delivered to soul mountain Solomon Burke and especially Either Side Of The Town by Elvis Costello composed with Jerry Ragovoy to cult singer Howard Tate's comeback record in 2003.

In The Delivery Man is particularly the latter a peak in classic soul cuts and with a chorus that pushes Elvis Costello to perform at his peak as a singer.

As for raising the album are also two pure. pedal steel - of colored country ballads. "Heart Shaped Bruise" and "The Scarlet Tide." Elvis Costello thinks he's Gram Parsons and has been persuaded Emmylou Harris to sing duet vocals. It is brilliant in all its old-fashioned Nashville simplicity.

Also Lucinda Williams shows up and gives it stubbornly rocking "There's A Story In Your Voice" a shot of her needle-sharp voice, and in this way helps all the powerful American music traditions once again the English man of the world to find the melody.

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