[My Aim Is True is] this year's most auspicious debut album…. [There's] an intangible quality about Elvis that … makes me think he's destined for great things in the near future. (pp. 42-3)

Perhaps it's the way he combines anger and vulnerability on "I'm Not Angry," "Miracle Man," or "Alison" to become every little guy who ever wanted to be something he wasn't; or maybe it's the way he just rocks away so hard, so loose and unselfconsciously that you're won over by the sheer guts of his performance. In a year that is beginning to look more and more like a landmark in rock 'n' roll history, Elvis Costello has produced a classic in his first try. Where he'll go from here should be exciting to watch. (p. 43)

Dave Schulps, "Records: 'My Aim Is True'," in Trouser Press (copyright © 1977 by Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press, Inc.), Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1977, pp...