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Armed Forces

The Attractions Elvis Costello Format: Audio CD

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1	Accidents Will Happen
2	Senior Service
3	Oliver's Army
4	Big Boys
5	Green Shirt
6	Party Girl
7	Goon Squad
8	Busy Bodies
9	Sunday's Best
10	Moods For Moderns
11	Chemistry Class
12	Two Little Hitlers
13	(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding

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Under the influence of Krautrock and ABBA, Costello crafted this 1979 new wave masterpiece including such classics as Oliver's Army and Accidents Will Happen.

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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

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.55 x 5 x 0.31 inches; 2.4 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Universal Music Group
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2074552
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2007
SPARS Code ‏ : ‎ DDD
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ March 18, 2007
Label ‏ : ‎ Universal Music Group
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000OHZJKU
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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David Zizza

This was no accident!

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2023

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A great album by Elvis, only surpassed by My Aim is True. But together really bring the whole generation of late 70s music together.

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bluesman69

Excellent set

Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2023

Great Compilation

Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2023

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Clearly love and attention went into this great package. Great remastering as wll

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Andrew Furst

Awesome live show plus very good bonus album

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2007

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The bonus disc alone makes this worth most of the price. The Hollywood High live songs (9 of them) are amazingly well recorded, very energetic great performance, with an enthusiastic crowd that doesn't intrude on the music. If you remember the live "El Mocambo" bonus disc that was part of an EC boxed set several years ago, well this is FAR better than that. The Hollywood High set alone could have been released as a great live CD, possibly the only reason it wasn't was because it would be seen as too short. The "bonus disc" here has other songs (B sides, etc.) not from the original "Armed Forces" which are worthy and interesting as well.

As to the original studio album ("Armed Forces", the supposedly main disc), it's great, though not up to "This Year's Model" which is easily my favorite EC album. The lyrics on the album are especially great. One problem I have though is that the sound quality should be better. I don't know what the problem is, if the source tape is somewhat degraded or if the remastering has been over or under done. It's not terrible, just seems like it should be substantially better fidelity for a recording of a successful (by then) artist at that point in time. That's why I'm knocking off one star, otherwise it would get five stars from me. But the Hollywood High part alone would get five stars, so you might think of this as a great live album plus bonus studio tracks.

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Joe Eastlack

Great Great Album of "Sound" Quality ---- A Part of The First Five

Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2016

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Oh Wow! I really love this album on cd. I have the first rerelease with the 8 bonus tracks on Rykodisc which is truly great! But, what's really even greater is the rereleased version with the bonus disc on Rhino. The bonus disc has 17 bonus tracks which include 10 tracks that were recorded live. I do not know where the live tracks are from but the recodings are of "sound" quality, very well done, great quality audio.Not only are they of "sound" quality, but the performances are remarkable,and quite a rocking concert. The live tracks are listed above as well as the rest of the original album. All tracks are really good tunes such as Big Boys (which there is an alternate version on the bonus disc as well. Also, another nice tune is Goon Squad which is done in the live set and Party Girl which is also done live. One song that has always stood out for me is *What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding. I have never heard a recording of this song performed live. I wonder if this song is even peerformed live at all. But, to be perfectly honest with you, this is one of Costello's crowning achievements, if not thee one. After all, its part of the first five. The first five are the greatest ----- aren't they?

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Harold

Misleading, inaccurate title and description.

Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2021

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This (Super Deluxe Armed Forces Box Set) is an impressive product but the Amazon listing is significantly inaccurate in the title and item details. These indicate that it includes 9 LPs. An LP is a long playing, 12" record. Far from containing 9 LPs, this set includes (3)LPs, (3) 10" records and (3) 7" singles. The product itself indicates such, stating 9 pieces of vinyl, not 9 LPs. Amazon's listing for this product is considerably misleading and should be corrected. I still like the product very much and have awarded it 5 stars but it contains less music than I expected based on the description and potential purchasers should be aware of this.

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shayne

Don't buy it used off amazon

Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2021

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Sound quality is amazing and what a beautiful box set full of fun artwork and notes. Beware buying used copies off Amazon tho mine came missing an lp and the poster.

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Joseph J Dueweke

Hours of entertainment. A great package.

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2021

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Awesome package. Sound quality is excellent. All the extras are informative and entertaining. Lots of material to go through while listening to Elvis at his creative peak. Go buy it already!

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Vinyl box set arrived quickly and in fantastic condition

Reviewed in Australia on August 15, 2021

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Brilliant vinyl box set at a great price

Aillerie

le elvis des années 80

Reviewed in France on December 11, 2012

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très bon album de mr costello , la réédition cd est très réussie avec sa présentation digipack j'adore et le son est excellent .
je ne l'avais pas acheté à l'époque et je le regrette , l'erreur est réparée .
je vais surement en prendre d'autres de la même édition

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frank0508

3rdアルバム、リニューアル版

Reviewed in Japan on June 10, 2003

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3rdアルバムのリニューアル版。
このアメリカ版では、当時の発売状況に合わせてイギリスとは別ジャケットになっています。日本でも当時こちらが表になっていました。
ブックレットを裏返すとイギリス盤と同じになります。
LPや最初のCD化では曲目にも違いがありましたが、今回は共通。お好みで選んでください。

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Andreas Zangerl

MFSL - Klangqualität nicht ganz überzeugend

Reviewed in Germany on October 9, 2014

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Dieses Label wirbt damit, dass lediglich Original Master Tapes verwendet und größte Anstrengungen unternommen werden, um audiophilen Ansprüchen gerecht zu werden. Das schlägt sich auch in einem selbstbewussten Preis nieder. Leider ist diese LP zwar musikalisch toll, aber klanglich etwas weicher oder verwaschen. Die Instrumente und Elvis Costello lassen sich jedoch gut orten.

Das Klappcover ist toll verarbeitet und auch die Vorderansicht ist eigentlich ein Kunstwerk für sich.

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Perfect box set

Reviewed in Canada on June 21, 2021

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This is the way to do a box set! Most deluxe box sets leave a bit to be desired, but not this one. The artwork and packaging are unreal. (The wraparound cover for the album using both the UK and North American covers is especially inspired, as are the liner notes that come in their own little notebooks.) And the added material all seems well chosen and designed to give the album context, as opposed to just padding the price. My only complaint –which isn't about the design or the music at all– is that one of the 7-inch records I got has a small tear on the cover. It's very small, but I kind of feel like I may exchange the set. Normally I wouldn't care, but for $300 I want a perfect copy.

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