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But the cool thing about big reissue packages like this is the idea that some lucky bloke out there is about to buy ''My Aim Is True'' and ''This Year's Model'' for the first time. There's not a single wasted track on EC's debut, and most of the songs are classics. From the first ("No Action") on, his follow-up ''Model'' completed the one-two punch, smoothing over the sonic production of ''True'' without diluting its fire one bit. | But the cool thing about big reissue packages like this is the idea that some lucky bloke out there is about to buy ''My Aim Is True'' and ''This Year's Model'' for the first time. There's not a single wasted track on EC's debut, and most of the songs are classics. From the first ("No Action") on, his follow-up ''Model'' completed the one-two punch, smoothing over the sonic production of ''True'' without diluting its fire one bit. | ||
Around this time, the songwriter [[New Musical Express, August 27, 1977|told]] an interviewer: "The only two things that matter to me ... are revenge and guilt. Love? I dunno what it means, really, and it doesn't exist in my songs." He was lying through his teeth, of course — but he was cruel back then. Fortunately, though he's dispensed with most of the venom, Costello hasn't lost his bite. | Around this time, the songwriter [[New Musical Express, August 27, 1977|told]] an interviewer: "The only two things that matter to me ... are revenge and guilt. Love? I dunno what it means, really, and it doesn't exist in my songs." He was lying through his teeth, of course — but he was cruel back then. Fortunately, though he's dispensed with most of the venom, Costello hasn't lost his bite. | ||
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{{tags}}[[When I Was Cruel]] {{-}} [[All This Useless Beauty]] {{-}} [[The Brodsky Quartet|Brodsky Quartet]] {{-}} [[Burt Bacharach]] {{-}} [[Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?]] {{-}} [[When I Was Cruel]] {{-}} [[Alibi]] {{-}} [[45]] {{-}} [[When I Was Cruel No. 2]] {{-}} [[All This Useless Beauty]] {{-}} [[Brian Eno]] {{-}} [[My Dark Life]] {{-}} [[The Bridge I Burned]] {{-}} [[Spike]] {{-}} [[Veronica]] {{-}} [[Dirty Dozen Brass Band]] {{-}} [[Stalin Malone]] {{-}} [[Blood & Chocolate]] {{-}} [[Brutal Youth]] {{-}} [[My Aim Is True]] {{-}} [[This Year's Model]] {{-}} [[No Action]] {{-}} [[New Musical Express, August 27, 1977|New Musical Express]] {{-}} [[Revenge and guilt]] | |||
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