The Delivery Man
by Elvis Costello & The Imposters
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Elvis Costello & The Imposters bestography
The Delivery Man is ranked 17th best out of 37 albums by Elvis Costello on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Elvis Costello is This Year's Model which is ranked number 337 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,978.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Delivery Man track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Delivery Man rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 23 Music Albums of 2004 | 12/23 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | The Glide 20: Our Top Albums Of 2004 | 26/40 | - |
| 2026 |  spigelwii | Top 90 Music Albums of the 2000s | 71/90 | 4 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Top 19 Music Albums of 2004 | 17/19 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 2004 by Prefixmag | 57/100 | - |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 89 Music Albums of 2004 | 36/89 | 3 |
| 2026 | craab | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 35/100 | 13 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | spigelwii | Top 12 Music Albums of 2004 | 10/12 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 47 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 127 | |||
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The Delivery Man ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/19/2026 23:56 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,248 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2026 11:21 | cicadelic | 14,178 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/21/2025 10:35 | TonySayers61 | 25,924 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.2/100, a mean average of 69.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.4.
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The Delivery Man forum mentions
pedro1976 06/29/2024 13:12 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
dihansse 12/22/2023 20:15 in My discoveries per year neilgee 10/24/2021 21:05 in What album are you listening to right now?The Delivery Man comments
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Elvis Costello's country rock album. The delivery man, released on the lost highway label, home of some of Ryan Adams albums, sees Costello going for that alt.country sound. Guest appearances from Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams here on a record that contains highlights such as, country darkness, either side of the same town, and, bedlam. Very enjoyable album.
indieshins 05/27/2018 10:50 | #215656 | TOP COMMENT
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I'll have to give this another listen to fully solidify my rating, but as of right now, it didn't really click with me. I do like a few songs though, and the production is very nice, particularly on the more rocking numbers.
lightmyway TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/13/2012 22:14 | #42258 | TOP COMMENT
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It has an enthusiastic country and blues sound... it's no King of America though.
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