| The Boy Named If | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Elvis Costello and The Imposters |
| Cover: | Elvis Costello The Boy Named If.jpg |
| Released: | 14 January 2022 |
| Recorded: | 2021 |
| Length: | 51:58 |
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| Prev Title: | Hey Clockface |
| Prev Year: | 2020 |
| Next Title: | The Resurrection of Rust |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
The Boy Named If is the 32nd studio album by English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello and The Imposters. The album was released on 14 January 2022 by EMI Records and Capitol Records.[1] [2]
The Boy Named If received critical acclaim and was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards.[3]
The album's first single, "Magnificent Hurt" was released on October 27, 2021. Stereogum's Tom Breihan described the track as a "a straight-up rocker" and compared it to his late 70s work.[4]
The Boy Named If received positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 83, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on 14 reviews. Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that The Boy Named If was Costello's "purest doses of rock and roll since maybe Blood & Chocolate (1986)".
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