- rock, new wave, alternative rock, pop rock
- 48 min
- 15 tracks
- Radar Records
Armed Forces is the third studio album by the English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, released on 5 January 1979 in the United Kingdom through Radar Records. It was his second album with the Attractions—keyboardist Steve Nieve, bassist Bruce Thomas and drummer Pete Thomas —and the first to officially credit them on the cover.
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Spare, character-led, classical in form and cool.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
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Tracks
- A1Accidents Will Happen2:58
- A2Senior Service2:15
- A3Oliver’s Army2:55
- A4Big Boys2:52
- A5Green Shirt2:39
- A6Party Girl3:16
- B1Goon Squad3:13
- B2Busy Bodies3:31
- B3Sunday’s Best3:17
- B4Moods for Moderns2:47
- B5Chemistry Class2:53
- B6Two Little Hitlers3:09
- C1Accidents Will Happen (live)3:23
- C2Alison (live)3:06
- DWatching the Detectives (live)6:07
15 tracks, 48 minutes.
About the album
- Label
- Radar Records
- Released
- 1979
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl, 7" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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