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Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Armed Forces, 1979 on Columbia
Costello's third LP and second with The Attractions (but the first to credit them on the cover). My favorites here are "Oliver's Army" and of course "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding" (forgiving the lack of an Oxford comma). Produced by Nick Lowe, who famously wrote the latter. My copy—via Vinyl Vault in Littleton MA—is a Pitman pressing from 1979 with (as expected) the US cover. In the UK, the initial release (on Radar Records) has the painting of the elephants on […]https://goatless.org/2026/05/14/elvis-costello-and-the-attractions-armed-forces-1979-on-columbia
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix
Elvis Costello & The Attractions:
🎵 Radio, Radio#ElvisCostello #TheAttractions
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"Armed Forces" by Elvis Costello and the Attractions debuted on the Billboard charts in February 1979.
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Our final piece is the animated music video for Elvis Costello & The Attractions 1977 single “Accident Will Happen” (https://youtu.be/aU_zMvaX05Q?si=lBeiSfPu3ro3oiAp) from their third album “Armed Forces” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kxxDgxFiXzXSgPMvfZMprwkVb-WOTpgo4&si=bzbwOta9PKMg5ts_). This is considered to be the first entirely animated music video.
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"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" is a 1974 song written by English singer/songwriter #NickLowe. Initially released by Lowe with his band Brinsley Schwarz on their 1974 album #TheNewFavouritesOfBrinsleySchwarz, the song was released as a single and did not chart. The song was most famously covered by #ElvisCostello and #theAttractions, who recorded a version of the song that was released as a B-side to Lowe's 1978 solo single "American Squirm".
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #LaurenLaverne
Elvis Costello & The Attractions:
🎵 Pump It Up#ElvisCostello #TheAttractions
https://schoolofrocksanramon.bandcamp.com/track/pump-it-up-by-elvis-costello-the-attractions
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MiddayShow
Elvis Costello & The Attractions:
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🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #SteveLamacq
Elvis Costello & The Attractions:
🎵 (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea#ElvisCostello #TheAttractions
https://deltaartmusic.bandcamp.com/track/i-dont-wanna-go-to-chelsea
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🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Elvis Costello & The Attractions:
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🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #DriveTime
Elvis Costello & The Attractions:
🎵 Accidents Will Happen -
"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" is a 1974 song written by English singer/songwriter #NickLowe. Initially released by Lowe with his band Brinsley Schwarz on their 1974 album #TheNewFavouritesOfBrinsleySchwarz, the song was released as a single and did not chart. The song was most famously covered by #ElvisCostello and #theAttractions, who recorded a version of the song that was released as a B-side to Lowe's 1978 solo single "American Squirm".
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🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MiddayShow
Elvis Costello & The Attractions:
🎵 Beyond Belief#ElvisCostello #TheAttractions
https://open.spotify.com/track/5qIWEtVAzylkR5zzMEk5uA
https://dahling.bandcamp.com/track/beyond-belief-elvis-costello-the-attractions
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40 years ago this week, "Everyday I Write The Book" by #ElvisCostello And #TheAttractions entered the #Top40 at 38. It peaked at 36 on 22 Oct 1983. I remember him typing with boxing gloves, but not Charles & Diana. https://youtube.com/watch?v=V1d4r9awjKE #1980s #musichistory #musicvideo
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"Punch The Clock" by Elvis Costello released this day in 1983.
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Happy 40th to a solid entry in the long history of Costello albums. Not one I put on all the time compared to others of his albums but only because there's just so much to choose from. And look at that smulder on the cover.
#onthisday #music #elviscostello #theattractions #elviscostelloandtheattractions #punchtheclock