November 8, 2009 at 5:07 pm (,, ) Chas de Whalley review of EC’s debut album, from Sounds magazine circa 1977 Elvis Costello is a cagey sort of fellow. You can talk to him for hours and still not discover quite what makes him tick. The same thing is true about his songs. There are eleven of them here on My Aim Is True and although I’ve listened to them at least seven times now, I still don’t feel I’ve worked out what’s going on. I normally expect to get to grips with even difficult albums after about three spins, but every time I put My Aim Is True onto the turntable I hear something else that wasn’t there before.

Like a flower Elvis’ debut album is opening up into something of metallic beauty. With Nick Lowe at the mixing desk, Elvis sings a set of semi-autobiographical riddles and rhymes that refuse to be tied down. Behind his harsh whining voice, there crashes a bright beat group guitar and a hissing cymbal. His tunes and arrangements plunder the jukeboxes of Pirate radio youth. Download Lagu Nagasari Nur Ain Mp3.

It would not be unreasonable to suggest that he bears some resemblance to the likes of Graham Parker and Bruce Springsteen. He’s not without pretensions though.

Just look at the front cover of My Aim Is True and that Duane Eddie pose of a ’50s guitar here! But look at the back and you’ll find another image completely our boy as a mutant midget with a guitar bigger than his body looking pensive and distraught. So which is the real Elvis Costello, the super-hero or the man crippled inside?