My Aim Is True

The 2001 edition of MY AIM IS TRUE comes with a bonus disc of rare material including demos and alternative versions of songs.
Personnel: Elvis Costello (vocals, guitar, piano); John McFee (guitar, pedal steel); Alex Call (guitar); Sean Hopper (piano, organ, background vocals); Steve Nieve (piano, organ); Nick Lowe (piano, bass, background vocals); Stan Shaw (organ); John Ciambotti (bass, background vocals); Bruce Thomas, Andrew Bodnar (bass); Michael Shine, Steve Goulding, Malcolm Dennis, Ian Powling (drums); Dickie Faulkner (percussion).
Recorded at Pathway Studios, Islington, United Kingdom from 1976 to 1977. Originally released on Stiff (UK SEEZ 3)/Columbia (US 35037). Includes liner notes by Elvis Costello.
Singer/songwriter Declan MacManus' debut album sported the stage name his manager gave him: Elvis Costello.
Recorded in London with an expatriate American band called Clover, MY AIM IS TRUE demonstrated Costello's gift for bitter wordplay. The first single was "Less Than Zero" (an attack on the fascist leader Oswald Mosley and his popularity in England), and subsequent singles ("[The Angels Want To Wear My] Red Shoes" and "Alison") became hits in the U.K. Upon the album's release in America, critics praised Costello as the finest songwriter in the New Wave/punk movement.