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My Aim Is True (With Bonus Disc)
Elvis Costello
My Aim Is True (With Bonus Disc)
Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock
 
  •  Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (12) - Disc #2

Elvis Costello kicked off his debut album with a formal device that would also serve his next two long-players well: the first thing you hear is his voice. That opening phrase--"Now that your picture's in the paper..."--wa...  more »

     
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All Artists: Elvis Costello
Title: My Aim Is True (With Bonus Disc)
Members Wishing: 7
Total Copies: 0
Label: Rhino / Wea
Original Release Date: 1/1/1977
Re-Release Date: 8/21/2001
Album Type: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock
Styles: Hardcore & Punk, Singer-Songwriters, New Wave & Post-Punk, Singer-Songwriters
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 081227428525, 740155710125

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Elvis Costello kicked off his debut album with a formal device that would also serve his next two long-players well: the first thing you hear is his voice. That opening phrase--"Now that your picture's in the paper..."--was more than sneakily, if not intentionally, appropriate, since Costello was quickly declared the second coming. It's become de rigueur to dis the pub-rock backing of U.S. band Clover, but their work here is satisfactorily edgy; guitarist John McFee makes some of the arrangements with his wailingly articulate fills. The remastered Rhino reissue includes a full second disc of demos and rarities. --Rickey Wright

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Member CD Reviews

Robert C. (racprint) from LONGMEADOW, MA
Reviewed on 11/13/2009...
Costello is the preeminent rock composer of the last 30 years. Get the first 6 CD's in the double CD versions from Rhino. You won't regret it.

CD Reviews

Opened my doors of perception
S. Finefrock | Raleigh, NC | 06/27/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Scene One; A sixteen year old boy is happily sitting in suburban Detroit. The soundtrack to his life is what would later come to be known as Classic Rock Radio. There are rumors of punk rock and new wave from England, however these are not audible yet in the midwest. One Saturday evening, he sits down to watch SNL with special musical guest Elvis Costello. Snap! That was the sound of a dropping jaw breaking the coffee table as Mr. Costello (looking like an exhumed Buddy Holly) plays Radio Radio. Scene Two; Said boy brings home My Aim is True. His mind is blown. Every song sounds like a hit single. He is amazed. Maybe there are other unheard things out there like this. Epilogue; This album helped open my doors to Punk, New Wave, Reggae, Ska, Jazz, Blues, World Music, Country, well you get the idea. Thank you Mr. McManus. One classic album."
The first and greatest elvis.
fluffy, the human being. | forest lake, mn | 05/23/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)

"at the time that this album came out i had just lost my little boy, my husband had left me for a woman 24 years my junior, & i had a serious rash all up & down my left side. i was DEPRESSED. then i heard this music & suddenly i wanted to wear lipstick again. i wanted to wear lipstick & i wanted to dance. what a great album. and to this day in 2006 it still is! the best elvis costello album known to man (and that's saying something)."