13 Songs, 39 Minutes
EDITORS’ NOTES
Elvis Costello’s third album is fueled by wonderfully harnessed emotions like anger (“Chemistry Class”), love (“Two Little Hitlers”), and paranoia (“Goon Squad”). Sing-song hooks, elaborate metaphors (using war for love), and dense musical passages twirl around like carnival rides (check the waltzy “Sunday’s Best”) so it sometimes sounds unusually, and blissfully, claustrophobic. “Oliver’s Army” is the only power-pop smash ever written about militaries stocked with impoverished boys, and the unironic, Nick Lowe-penned powerhouse “What’s So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding” simply soars.
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
EDITORS’ NOTES
Elvis Costello’s third album is fueled by wonderfully harnessed emotions like anger (“Chemistry Class”), love (“Two Little Hitlers”), and paranoia (“Goon Squad”). Sing-song hooks, elaborate metaphors (using war for love), and dense musical passages twirl around like carnival rides (check the waltzy “Sunday’s Best”) so it sometimes sounds unusually, and blissfully, claustrophobic. “Oliver’s Army” is the only power-pop smash ever written about militaries stocked with impoverished boys, and the unironic, Nick Lowe-penned powerhouse “What’s So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding” simply soars.
| TITLE | TIME | ||
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Accidents Will Happen
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3:00 | ||
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Senior Service
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2:17 | ||
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Oliver's Army
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3:00 | ||
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Big Boys
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2:56 | ||
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Green Shirt
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2:43 | ||
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Party Girl
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3:21 | ||
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Goon Squad
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3:14 | ||
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Busy Bodies
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3:35 | ||
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Sunday's Best
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3:22 | ||
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Moods For Moderns
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2:50 | ||
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Chemistry Class
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2:56 | ||
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Two Little Hitlers
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3:12 | ||
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(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
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3:33 |
Songs
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Pump It UpThe Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years
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Every Day I Write the Book
The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years
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(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years
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Pump It UpThis Year's Model (Deluxe Edition)
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Oliver's Army
The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years
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Radio, Radio
The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years
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Accidents Will Happen
The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years
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I Want You
The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years
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(I Don't Want to Go To) Chelsea
The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years
