The Boy Named If - Vinyl

Elvis Costello and The Imposters release, ‘The Boy Named If,’ a new album of urgent, immediate songs with bright melodies, guitar solos that sting and a quick step to the rhythm.

‘The Boy Named If’ is preceded today with the release of a new rock & roll song called, “Magnificent Hurt.”

Costello tell us, ”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."

Produced by Sebastian Krys & Elvis Costello - 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," as Costello put it.

Vinyl 1

Side A:

1. Farewell, Ok
2. The Boy Named If
3. Penelope Halfpenny
4. The Difference

Side B:

1. What If I Can't Give You Anything But Love?
2. Paint The Red Rose Blue
3. Mistook Me For A Friend

Vinyl 2

Side C:

1. My Most Beautiful Mistake
2. Magnificent Hurt
3. The Man You Love To Hate

Side D:

1. The Death Of Magic Thinking
2. Trick Out The Truth
3. Mr. Crescent