The Boy Named If

 
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Elvis Costello & the Imposters
The Boy Named If

[ EMI / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 14 January 2022

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The record is described as having "urgent, immediate songs with bright melodies, guitar solos that sting and a quick step to the rhythm". Costello himself says that the album is a collection of thirteen snapshots "That take us from the last days of a bewildered boyhood to that mortifying moment when you are told to stop acting like a child - which for most men (and perhaps a few gals too) can be any time in the next fifty years".

Costello goes on to explain the album's title. "The full title of this record is 'The Boy Named If (And Other Children's Stories).' 'IF,' is a nickname for your imaginary friend; your secret self, the one who knows everything you deny, the one you blame for the shattered crockery and the hearts you break, even your own".

Tracks:

1 Farewell OK
2 The Boy Named If
3 Penelope Halfpenny
4 The Difference
5 What If I Can't Give You Anything But Love?
6 Paint The Red Rose Blue
7 Mistook Me For A Friend
8 My Most Beautiful Mistake
9 Magnificent Hurt
10 The Man You Love To Hate
11 The Death Of Magic Thinking
12 Trick Out The Truth
13 Mr. Crescent