Album artwork for The Boy Named If by Elvis Costello
Album artwork for The Boy Named If by Elvis Costello

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.

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 and 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.

Elvis Costello

The Boy Named If

EMI
Album artwork for The Boy Named If by Elvis Costello
LPx2

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Double Heavyweight Vinyl housed in Gatefold Sleeve with Printed Inners.

Black
Released 14/01/2022Catalogue Number

EMIV2047

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Album artwork for The Boy Named If by Elvis Costello
CD

£14.99

Mintpack with 20 Page Booklet.

Released 14/01/2022Catalogue Number

EMICD2047

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Elvis Costello

The Boy Named If

EMI
Album artwork for The Boy Named If by Elvis Costello
LPx2

£22.99£19.99

sale

Double Heavyweight Vinyl housed in Gatefold Sleeve with Printed Inners.

Black
Released 14/01/2022Catalogue Number

EMIV2047

Learn more
Album artwork for The Boy Named If by Elvis Costello
CD

£14.99

Mintpack with 20 Page Booklet.

Released 14/01/2022Catalogue Number

EMICD2047

Learn more

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.

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 and 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.