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My Aim Is True (With Bonus Disc) [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Elvis Costello
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  • Audio CD (August 21, 2001)
  • Original Release Date: August 11, 2001
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Rhino / Wea
  • ASIN: B00005MLU0
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,797 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc: 1
1. Welcome to the Working Week
2. Miracle Man
3. No Dancing
4. Blame It on Cain
5. Alison
6. Sneaky Feelings
7. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
8. Less Than Zero
9. Mystery Dance
10. Pay It Back
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Disc: 2
1. No Action
2. Living in Paradise
3. Radio Sweetheart
4. Stranger in the House
5. I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself
6. Less Than Zero (Dallas Version)
7. Imagination (is a Powerful Deceiver)
8. Mystery Dance (Honky Tonk Demo)
9. Cheap Reward (Honky Tonk Demo)
10. Jump Up (Honky Tonk Demo)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Opened my doors of perception, June 27, 2002
By S. Finefrock (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews
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Scene One; A sixteen year old boy is happily sitting in suburban Detroit. The soundtrack to his life is what would later come to be known as Classic Rock Radio. There are rumors of punk rock and new wave from England, however these are not audible yet in the midwest. One Saturday evening, he sits down to watch SNL with special musical guest Elvis Costello. Snap! That was the sound of a dropping jaw breaking the coffee table as Mr. Costello (looking like an exhumed Buddy Holly) plays Radio Radio. Scene Two; Said boy brings home My Aim is True. His mind is blown. Every song sounds like a hit single. He is amazed. Maybe there are other unheard things out there like this. Epilogue; This album helped open my doors to Punk, New Wave, Reggae, Ska, Jazz, Blues, World Music, Country, well you get the idea. Thank you Mr. McManus. One classic album.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars the first and greatest elvis., May 22, 2006
at the time that this album came out i had just lost my little boy, my husband had left me for a woman 24 years my junior, & i had a serious rash all up & down my left side. i was DEPRESSED. then i heard this music & suddenly i wanted to wear lipstick again. i wanted to wear lipstick & i wanted to dance. what a great album. and to this day in 2006 it still is! the best elvis costello album known to man (and that's saying something).
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Rhythmically admired, August 31, 2001
By wordnat "wordnat" (United States) - See all my reviews
EC's debut must have sounded pretty strange upon release (I was 8 at the time and in love with KISS, so I wouldn't really know), but it sure sounds tame, even quaint, now. But it sure still sounds good -- great songwriting, thankfully, never goes out of style. And although I've always felt this album was a tad overrated (it can't hold a candle to the three spastic masterpieces that followed it), MAIT makes it clear that Elvis was brilliant from the start. Heck, anyone who can write a song as off-kilter and affecting as "Radio Sweetheart" and then put it on the B-SIDE(!) of his first single is obviously someone with talent to burn....
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