Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Armed Forces
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Artist: Elvis Costello & the AttractionsEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks
Published: 1993
CD Release Date: 1993-10-19
Music Label: Rykodisc
Soundtracks:
- Accidents Will Happen
- Senior Service
- Oliver's Army
- Big Boys
- Green Shirt
- Party Girl
- Goon Squad
- Busy Bodies
- Sunday's Best
- Moods For Moderns
- Chemistry Class
- Two Little Hitlers
- (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?
- My Funny Valentine
- Tiny Steps
- Clean Money
- Talking In The Dark
- Wednesday Week
- Accidents Will Happen (Live)
- Alison (Live)
- Watching The Detectives (Live)
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Free Music Review: The songs are Elvis's but the playing is all about Steve Nieve
Hit: 4 Stars
It's an amazing record for the keyboard work alone--truly stunning from start to finish. Perhaps one of the most unheralded keyboard performances of the era, but then again, it's always the guitar players who grab the glory...but seriously, the songs and the playing are phenomenal here and it goes to show what happens when talented people are successful and encouraged to not repeat themselves. Hats off to Nick Lowe for production above and beyond.
Armed Forces Poster
Less hot under the collar than This Year's Model, Armed Forces was partly inspired by Elvis Costello and the Attractions' 1978 American tour. The songs are set to deceptively poppy arrangements that use plinky Abba keyboards ("Oliver's Army," a hit single about mercenaries), Beatles-ish devices (the fade on "Party Girl"), and whimsical waltz-time signatures ("Sunday's Best") to mask their core cynicism. "Goon Squad," "Busy Bodies," and "Accidents Will Happen" are among Costello's most melodically powerful songs to this point, leading the way to the masterful Get Happy!!. --Barney HoskynsAlternative Rock Music CDs
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