(New Wave, Rock & Roll) [LP] [24/96] Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Armed Forces - 1978, FLAC (image+.cue)

Elvis Costello – guitar, vocals
Steve Nieve – piano, organ
Bruce Thomas – bass
Pete Thomas – drums

All songs written by Elvis Costello, except B6 by Nick Lowe.

Producer: Nick Lowe

Released: 5 January 1979
Recorded: August 1978–September 1978, Eden Studios, London

Note: Sunday's Best was replaced by (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding? on the original
US release.

From the Rykodisk liner notes:

"Armed Forces was recorded at Eden Studios, London. The sessions took what we regarded as a very extravagant
six weeks. Strangely, the first track to be released came out as a B-side. Credited to "Nick Lowe and
his sound", "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, And Understanding" appeared on the back of Nick's Radar
single "American Squirm" for reasons nobody can remember. I do recall that Nick was pictured on the sleeve
wearing a pair of my dark hornrims, clutching my Jazzmaster, with the name "Costello" inlaid on the neck.
I think it was what you might call a clue.

Later it was added to the Columbia edition of Armed Forces in place of "Sunday's Best" which was deemed
to be "Too English". The album was released in February 1979. The single "Oliver's Army" stuck at number
two in the British charts, despite selling over 400, 000 copies.

Having completed an extensive Canadian Itinerary and made our first trips to Japan and Australia since
finishing the recording we now began our most intensive period of touring, playing something like
thirty-eight back-to-back dates in Britain (Our one day off being a trip to Holland for a TV show!),
followed by eight weeks of concerts and misadventures in the USA."

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