Costello’s debut album, coming roaring out of the gate with a new mix of punk, rockabilly, new wave, and British pub rock. Produced by Nick Lowe and recorded in Islington, London. Out on Stiff Records originally in the UK, then Columbia in the US.

The original US version added “Watching the Detectives” but this version follows the original UK tracklist and cover (well, with the yellow background front cover, not the early black & white).

My copy—direct from the merch table at an Elvis Costello / Steve Nieve show—is a 2015 reissue on 180g vinyl by UMe on Columbia-style labels with “Costello” where Columbia would have been.