Armed Forces Music Cd

Elvis Costello - Armed Forces

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Armed Forces      Artist : Elvis Costello & the Attraction      List Price : $13.98 USD        Your Price : $9.97 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2007-05-01      Studio : Hip-O Records      Label : Hip-O Records      Avg. Customer Rating : (6 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Armed Forces      Witty and Fun Costello      Rating:      At the time of its release I liked a few songs but didn`t appreciate this album as a whole. Bought it recently because of the few good tunes I remember liking only to be surprised at how good the other tunes are. This relates especially to what used to be B-side material when records were the music media; notable tracks being Sunday`s Best and Two Little Hitlers. I recently read that Costello listened a great deal to ABBA shortly before recording this album. This is evident in the fluency of the songs, many very catchy tunes that is maybe disguised by the more organic production style. The style of singing by Costello is marvelous, a very descriptive way of expressing the words as in "...add to your collection" in the brilliant Accidents Will Happen. The texts are, by the way, well worth going through with a booklet in hand while listening. A highly recommendable album that has aged well, a must have for anyone liking Elvis Costello.     Customer Reviews for Armed Forces Cd      At The Top Of His Game      Rating:      This is one great collection of songs by Elvis Costello. This disc stands out as one of the best coming from an artist who cosistantly hits the ball out of the park. Costello has a huge catalog with some of the finest music there is.This one is one of the must haves. Editorial Reviews for Armed Forces Audio Cd      Amazon.com essential recording      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 Hoskyns