Elvis Costello sounded like a supremely angry young man when My Aim Is True first appeared in 1977. Over four decades later, the bile of his delivery (and the pub rock backing from Clover) doesn't burn the way it once did, but the assurance of his songwriting and ferocious confidence of his delivery is as impressive as ever. Few artists ever sounded as fully formed out of the gate as Costello did here.
With the Mayhem biopic Lords of Chaos now playing in theaters, have a taste of the genuine article with this live album featuring the band's classic lineup tearing through its early, misanthropy-fueled material. The sound quality might be as poor as the film's adherence to facts, but both have their ugly charms.