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"Alison" is a song written by and first recorded by Elvis Costello in 1977 for his debut album My Aim Is True on Stiff Records. Costello claimed the song was written as an ode to a woman he saw working at a supermarket, though he has remained vague on the meaning.
My Aim Is True was the first of five consecutive Costello albums produced by Nick Lowe (pictured in 2017). [6]Stiff financed recording sessions for an album at Pathway Studios, an eight-track studio located in Islington, with members of the American country rock act Clover as the backing band.
Elvis Costello was born Declan Patrick MacManus, [b] on 25 August 1954, at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, West London, the only child of a record shop worker and a jazz musician. [22]
Ahead of Green Day‘s belated 25th anniversary edition of its fifth album, Nimrod, the long-running rock trio has unveiled a previously unreleased demo version of Elvis Costello and the ...
Costello performed the song live at solo shows before My Aim Is True was released. [7] Costello performed the song with his new band the Attractions on Top of the Pops, miming to a specifically recorded performance that was "much faster" than the original. Costello notably wore his Musicians' Union card in his breast pocket during the segment. [6]
According to Costello, "Welcome to the Working Week" was one of several songs for My Aim Is True that was written during a span of "two or three weeks" in the summer of 1977. [1] Like the rest of the songs on the album, it was recorded by Costello with the American country rock band Clover. Costello reflected on the members of Clover, "Perhaps ...
Brutal Youth was the third, and most recent of Costello's albums, to peak at number two in the UK Albums Chart, following on from Armed Forces (1979) and Get Happy!! (1980). [15] About half the album features a band consisting of Costello (guitar), Steve Nieve (keyboards) and Pete Thomas (drums) with Nick Lowe (not a member of the Attractions ...
Armed Forces was the third of five consecutively produced Costello albums by Nick Lowe (pictured in 2017).. Elvis Costello's second studio album This Year's Model (1978) was his first with the backing band the Attractions–bassist Bruce Thomas, drummer Pete Thomas (no relation) and keyboardist Steve Nieve, [1] [2] after using the American band Clover for his debut album My Aim Is True (1977). [3]