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Music : My Aim Is True (With Bonus Disc)
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My Aim Is True (With Bonus Disc) by: Elvis Costello List Price: $18.98 Price: $15.94 You Save: $3.04 (16%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0081227428525 Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered Label: Rhino / Wea Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Rhino / Wea Release Date: August 21, 2001 Studio: Rhino / Wea Sales Rank: 27184 MPN: 74285 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com: 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 Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - The big debutThe debut album of my so nerdy he's cool man. Not surprisingly, this is the place to start with when going back to the early genius that was Mr. Costello. "Allison", "Watching The Detectives", "Red Shoes", "Welcome To The Work Week" - all the cool tunes are here in their two minute punky new wave glory. Plus it's the remastered version complete with a ton of liner notes and a whole separate disc of rarities. Now if they would only stop re-issuing it every two years I'd be happy. Rating:  - On TargetCostello made a classic debut with "My Aim Is True", and I didn't expect much improvement with this reissue. But the bonus disc is fabulous, with alternatives takes on 'No Action' and live takes of Bacharach's 'I just don't know what to do with myself' and Costello's own 'less than zero.' Then you get 'Imagination', 'Radio Sweetheart', 'Poison Moon' and original demos for many of the songs that have become classics - 'Blaim it on Cain, 'Mystery Dance'... I could keep going. Just buy it. This is a classic. Rating: - Rock's angry young man makes his entranceIf Elvis Costello's debut doesn't live up to the standards of some of his later works, that probably has more to do with the ridiculously high quality of albums like This Year's Model and Armed Forces than any weaknesses on this record's part. To put it simply, My Aim Is True is one of the greatest albums of the 70s, a collection of impeccably written songs performed with an impressive amount of vitriol and bite. Almost everything that made Costello's early works such a treat is right here: Costello's compositions are tight, aggressive, and paranoid, with bitingly cynical lyrics and deliciously broken poetry unfolding over music that combines punk's raw aggression with the relentless swing of 50s rock `n' roll and the smug attitude of early ... Read More: Rating: - An Absolute Classic!Not a weak link in the chain. Every song is great. Call it pop, call it punk, call it new wave - call it what you will, but this is one great album. Rating: - The World Was Waiting!I was lucky enough to have been there to witness the arrival of one of rocks' greatest artists.To fully understand the impact EC had you would have had to be.Still grieving the loss of The Beatles I thought that nothing was ever coming to jump start music again.My Aim Is True was the best thing to come along in a very long time.The melodies and lyrics set him apart from the rest.No one hit wonder here.Elvis stayed on fire from start and there seems to be no finish. I hope there never is. |
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