The Boy Named If | ||||
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Studio album by Elvis Costello and The Imposters | ||||
Released | 14 January 2022 | |||
Recorded | 2021 | |||
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Length | 51:58 | |||
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Elvis Costello and The Imposters chronology | ||||
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Singles from The Boy Named If | ||||
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The Boy Named If is the 32nd studio album by English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello and The Imposters. The album was released on 14 January 2022 by EMI Records and Capitol Records. [2] [3]
The Boy Named If received critical acclaim and was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards. [4]
The album's first single, "Magnificent Hurt" was released on October 27, 2021. Stereogum's Tom Breihan described the track as a "a straight-up rocker" and compared it to his late 70s work. [5]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 83/100 [6] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
American Songwriter | [7] |
Classic Rock | [8] |
Paste | 7.8/10 [9] |
Pitchfork | 7.5/10 [10] |
Slant Magazine | [11] |
The Boy Named If received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 83, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on 14 reviews. [6] Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that The Boy Named If was Costello's "purest doses of rock and roll since maybe Blood & Chocolate (1986)". [1]
All tracks are written by Elvis Costello
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Farewell, OK" | 2:54 |
2. | "The Boy Named If" | 4:24 |
3. | "Penelope Halfpenny" | 2:57 |
4. | "The Difference" | 3:45 |
5. | "What If I Can't Give You Anything But Love?" | 4:03 |
6. | "Paint the Red Rose Blue" | 4:46 |
7. | "Mistook Me for a Friend" | 4:13 |
8. | "My Most Beautiful Mistake" | 4:47 |
9. | "Magnificent Hurt" | 3:13 |
10. | "The Man You Love to Hate" | 4:53 |
11. | "The Death of Magic Thinking" | 3:31 |
12. | "Trick Out the Truth" | 4:53 |
13. | "Mr. Crescent" | 3:39 |
Total length: | 51:58 |
No. | Title | Length |
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14. | "Truth Drug" | 1:41 |
Total length: | 53:45 |
Musicians
Technical
Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [13] | 47 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [14] | 20 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [15] | 149 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [16] | 41 |
Irish Albums (IRMA) [17] | 55 |
Scottish Albums (OCC) [18] | 1 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [19] | 15 |
UK Albums (OCC) [20] | 6 |
US Billboard 200 [21] | 200 |
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [22] | 34 |
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