https://guitar.com/news/music-news/elvis-costello-steve-albini-pj-harvey-rid-of-me/ https://guitar.com/news/music-news/elvis-costello-steve-albi... My take is

https://guitar.com/news/music-news/elvis-costello-steve-albini-pj-harvey-rid-of-me/ https://guitar.com/news/music-news/elvis-costello-steve-albi... My take is that as a singer songwriter he can't stand the fact that Albini makes the drums and guitars as prominent as the vocals, and gives the vocals so much room ambience. I think it works fantastically on a rock album that's supposed to be dark and brooding anyway.