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| {{Album infobox |
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| Name = My Aim Is True |
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| Type = [[Album (music)|Album]] |
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| Artist = [[Elvis Costello]] |
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| Cover = MyAim_isTrue.jpg|225px |
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| Background = Orange |
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| Released = [[July]] [[1977]] (UK)/[[November]] [[1977]] (US) |
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| Recorded = late [[1976]]/early [[1977]] |
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| Genre = [[New Wave music]]/[[Singer-songwriter]]/[[Punk rock]]/[[Rock and roll]]/[[Pub rock (UK)]] |
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| Length = 59:02 |
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| Label = [[Stiff Records]] (UK) / [[Columbia Records]] (US) / [[Rykodisc]] (1993 US reissue) / [[Rhino Records]] (2001 reissue)|
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| Producer = [[Nick Lowe]] |
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| Reviews = <ul><li>''[[Allmusic.com]]'' [[Image:5 out of 5.png]] [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:tgde4j170wa4link link]</li><li>Matt LeMay, [[Pitchfork Media]] (9.8/10.0) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/c/costello_elvis/my-aim-is-true.shtml link]</li></ul>|
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| This album = ''My Aim Is True''<br />(1977) |
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| Next album = ''[[This Year's Model]]''<br />(1978)
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| '''''My Aim Is True''''' is the debut album by [[Elvis Costello]].
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| It ushered in new wave, both musically and in the stylish appearance of the man himself. Released in [[1977]] by [[Stiff Records|Stiff]]/[[Columbia Records|Columbia]], the album broke new ground with punk, pop, and reggae influences, but without the overt abrasion or sometimes heavy politics of punk. This definitive new wave album features songs that are short, fast, danceable, and accessible, with very straightforward production by [[Nick Lowe]]. It was mostly recorded during late-night studio sessions.
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| Elvis looks like a [[1950s]] throwback, with his short hair, heavy-rimmed spectacles, suit jacket, and pegged jeans, in a pose taken from [[Chuck Berry]]. The cover art features rows of tiny black and white checks on which the phrase "Elvis Is King" is written.
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| Future Costello albums would feature [[The Attractions]], but that band had not been formed at the time this album was recorded so instead it features (although uncredited on the original release due to contractual difficulties) [[Clover]], an American country-rock band who would later evolve into [[Huey Lewis and the News]]. Guitarist [[John McFee]] would end up with The Doobie Brothers.
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| In [[2003]], the [[TV network]] [[VH1]] named ''My Aim Is True'' the 80th greatest album of all time.
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| ==Track listing== | | ==Track listing== |
| #"Welcome to the Working Week" | | #"Welcome to the Working Week" |
Track listing
- "Welcome to the Working Week"
- "Miracle Man"
- "No Dancing"
- "Blame it on Cain"
- "Alison"
- "Sneaky Feelings"
- "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes"
- "Less Than Zero"
- "Mystery Dance"
- "Pay It Back"
- "I'm Not Angry"
- "Waiting for the End of the World"
- "Watching the Detectives"
(All songs written by Elvis Costello.)
NOTE: "Watching the Detectives" was not on the original UK release of this album, but rather was issued as a single in October 1977. On the US version it was very oddly relegated to the end of side one.
Personnel
- Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar; piano and drumsticks on "Mystery Dance"
- Nick Lowe - producer, backing vocals; piano, drumsticks and bass on "Mystery Dance"
- Bazza (Barry Farmer) - engineer
- John McFee - guitar, pedal steel
- Sean Hopper - piano, organ, backing vocals
- Stan Shaw - organ on "Less Than Zero"
- Johnny Ciambotti - bass, backing vocals
- Mickey Shine - drums
- Andrew Bodinar - bass on "Watching the Detectives"
- Steve Goulding - drums on "Watching the Detectives"
- Steve Nieve - organ and piano overdubs on "Watching the Detectives"
Recorded at Pathway Studio, London, early 1977
