Artist:Elvis CostelloReview:What is is this time? Schubert lieder? Balkan fusion? ElvisCostello's genre-hopping can be exhilarating and, often,exhausting. But here he's in one of his comfort zones, rootsyAmericana, reunited with T Bone Burnett, who produced the similarlyflavored 1986 ringer King of America. Recorded inNashville in three days, it's tight and uncluttered, with fiddleand dobro accenting jaunty bluegrass-folk corkers such as "HiddenShame." The music brings out the terser side of one of pop's mostprolix...Rating:4 Stars

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