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Elvis Costello
A portrait of the artist as a vengeful enigma
Tom Carson
Whatever Elvis Costello's talent as an artist, his real cultural importance right now is that he's the only New Waver to achieve broad and lasting popular success outside the punk subculture. My Aim Is True has been hanging on the charts for months, and if it hasn't been certified gold yet it will be soon. This Year's Model will probably do as well or better. Has recent American tour has been an unqualified success. Yet for all that, his actual impact on the mass audience is unclear, and
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New Wave Rock, November 1978
Tom Carson profiles Elvis Costello.
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