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Costello Music is the debut album by Scottish indie rock band the Fratellis. It was released on 11 September 2006 on Fallout Records and Drop the Gun Recordings and on 13 March 2007 on Cherrytree Records in the US[1] and was a success, peaking at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and spent 83 weeks in the Top 100. It debuted behind FutureSex/LoveSounds by Justin Timberlake and stayed in the No. 2 position for two more weeks, this time behind Ta-Dah by Scissor Sisters. The album had five single releases, as well as the download-only EP Flathead. `Chelsea Dagger` was the most successful single, peaking at No. 5 in the UK and No. 4 in the Netherlands, but the other singles failed to chart in most countries.

The band toured the record internationally, playing shows in Europe, the United States and Japan, and won the 2007 BRIT Award for Best British Breakthrough Act. As of March 2018, the album had sold 1,145,000 copies in the UK

Background
The band`s first gig was in a basement in Glasgow in February 2005. The band were spotted by a record company talent scout shortly thereafter. Music Week`s Stuart Clarke said, `A month after the scout discovered them, labels were flying up to Scotland to see them. Most, if not all, the major labels and a handful of indies showed a lot of interest in the band.`[3] The band was eventually signed to Island Records and the album was released under its UK subsidiary, Fallout Records. The band were flown to LA to record the album in the Sunset Sound recording studio, which was previously used by Bob Dylan and the Beach Boys.[3] They were in Studio 3, which contains vintage equipment. Jon said, `It makes you feel a bit more like you’re part of something you were interested in`.[4] Producer Tony Hoffer was flown in to help complete the album.[5] The album was named `Costello Music` after a studio they used to rent in Budhill, Glasgow.[6]

Lyrics and composition
Critics likened the album to the works of The Libertines, Babyshambles and Arctic Monkeys, all bands known for their British rock roots.[7][8][9] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine said that `they sound like songs by about 15 other Britpop acts` but went on to say `it`s one thing to copy a look, a sound, or a formula, it`s another to do it so utterly convincingly and with such infectious raucousness`.[10]

Paul McNamee of NME noted that most tracks on the album told a story; `Henrietta`, tells the story of an older woman who stalks the song`s narrators; `Vince the Lovable Stoner` is about a man with a drug addiction, and `Chelsea Dagger` is said by Jon Fratelli to be about a showgirl.[3][5]
Personnel
Jon Fratelli – lead vocals, guitar
Barry Fratelli – bass guitar, shouting
Mince Fratelli – drums, backup vocals, banjo
Tony Hoffer – production, mixing
Todd Burke and Tony Hoffer – engineering
Shane Watson – horn