“It was impossible to choose just one title by Miles Davis, the Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Dylan, Mingus, etc,” he explained.
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Instead, he prolifically listened to the music that was being created around him.īeing a pioneer in the style of music he triumphed for years, a bonafide hero of the new wave, Costello has rubbed shoulders with some of the most iconic in the industry, so it comes as little surprise that his list is compiled by artists that have influenced him-not only on a professional level but on a personal one too. While the record only achieved moderate commercial success, Costello’s style and approach to music had earned him a committed fanbase. However, Costello’s rise in popularity didn’t lift his feet – or his ear, for that matter – from the ground. As we struggle to agree on most things, being the consummate debaters that we are, we have instead turned to a higher power, a mind much greater than ours, the mind of Elvis Costello.īorn Declan Patrick MacManus, Costello began his music career as part of London’s pub rock scene in the early 1970s before paving the way as part of the first batch of the British punk and new wave movement that emerged in the mid-to-late 1970s. A few years of building a cult following resulted in Costello releasing his debut album, My Aim Is True, to critical acclaim. It’s quite an imposing task, having to round up the best and brightest of the entire music world and present it as the definitive tome of rock greatness. Far Out readers often ask us to provide different lists with ‘the greatest albums of all time’ in the headline.
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