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- Armed Forces is the third studio album by 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 (no relation)—and the first to officially credit them on the cover. The album was recorded in six weeks from August to September 1978 at Eden Studios in London under the working title Emotional Fascism. Produced by Nick Lowe and engineered by Roger Béchirian, the sessions saw Costello exert more control over production compared to This Year's Model (1978), while Nieve contributed more to song arrangements. Most of the material for Armed Forces was written on the road throughout 1978. For the album, Costello sought a more commercial sound than the punk rock style employed on his two previous records, resulting in a more pop-oriented production reflecting the new wave era. Musical influences included David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Kraftwerk, the Beatles and ABBA. The overtly political lyrics concern the effect of politics on human relationships. The UK release featured an elaborate fold-out LP packaging, with a cover depicting a herd of elephants; it was simplified for the US release through Columbia Records, which featured an alternate drip-cover. Initial pressings of also included a promotional three-song EP titled Live at Hollywood High. Supported by the successful UK singles "Oliver's Army" and "Accidents Will Happen", Armed Forces reached number two in the UK, becoming Costello's biggest commercial success up to that point. The American version, released in February 1979, omitted "Sunday's Best" and replaced it with Costello's version of Lowe's "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding". The album received positive reviews from music critics and appeared on several lists of the year's best albums. Costello and the Attractions supported the album on the Armed Funk tour in America, which was plagued with issues, including an incident with Stephen Stills that nearly destroyed Costello's reputation in the country. In later decades, Armed Forces has continued to receive positive reviews, with many highlighting the production. Others noted that it contained musical styles Costello would utilise for later records. It is considered one of Costello's best works and has appeared on various best-of lists. The album has been reissued multiple times, including in 2020 as a super deluxe edition, which was positively received. (en)
- Armed Forces (1979) est le troisième album studio d'Elvis Costello, son second avec The Attractions, et le premier à officiellement créditer le groupe sur la couverture de l'album à sa sortie. L'album portait le titre Emotional Fascism pendant sa création. C'est le troisième album produit par Nick Lowe, et il a été enregistré à Eden Studios à Londres. Les premiers pressages de l'album au Royaume-Uni et aux États-Unis incluaient un EP promotionnel intitulé Live at , enregistré le 4 juin 1978. Les pistes live, également produites par Nick Lowe, sont "Accidents Will Happen", "Alison" et "Watching the Detectives", et sont inclus dans la réédition Rykodisc et sur le disque bonus de la réédition Rhino, avec six chansons supplémentaires provenant du même concert. L'édition anglaise incluait également quatre cartes postales montrant des photos du groupe. La couverture de l'édition anglaise montrait un troupeau d'éléphants en train de charger, tandis que la couverture américaine présentait un tableau peint, donnant l'impression que la peinture avait bavé. (fr)
- Armed Forces è il terzo album di Elvis Costello, il suo secondo con il gruppo di supporto The Attractions (ma il primo in cui tale gruppo viene accreditato). L'album è stato pubblicato nel Regno Unito dalla e negli Stati Uniti dalla Columbia Records nel 1979. La versione originale comprendeva anche un singolo promozionale con tre tracce live intitolato Live at Hollywood High, registrato il 4 giugno 1978. (it)
- 《Armed Forces》는 영국의 음악가 엘비스 코스텔로가 1979년 영국의 와 미국의 컬럼비아 레코드에 의해 발매된 세 번째 스튜디오 음반이다. 이 음반은 그의 두 번째 음반으로, 공식적으로 를 커버에 올린 첫 번째 음반이다. 그 음반에는 《Emotional Fascism》이라는 작업 제목이 붙어 있었다. 북미 버전은 〈Sunday's Best〉 트랙을 생략하고 코스텔로의 의 〈〉 버전으로 대체했고, 로우의 〈American Squirm〉 싱글의 B-사이드로 지난 11월에 발매되었다. 영국과 미국에서 이 음반의 최초 출판물에는 홍보용 3곡 EP인 《》도 포함되어 있다. 《Armed Forces》는 《Q》 잡지와 《롤링 스톤》의 다양한 "가장 위대한 음반" 목록에 올랐다. (ko)
- 『アームド・フォーセス』 (Armed Forces) は、1979年発表のエルヴィス・コステロ&のアルバム。 (ja)
- Armed Forces är ett musikalbum av Elvis Costello & the Attractions lanserat i januari 1979. Det var Costellos tredje studioalbum och det första där the Attractions krediterades på skivomslagets framsida. Albumet hade först arbetsnamnet Emotional Fascism. På albumet distanserade sig Costello från den punk-influerade stilen på det föregående albumet This Year's Model till ett mer pop-orienterat sound. Textmässigt innehåller albumet ett genomgående tema av militarism och fascism och i flera av texterna använder Costello politiska metaforer för att beskriva personliga erfarenheter. På albumet återfinns Costellos framgångsrikaste singel i hemlandet Storbritannien; "Oliver's Army". Skivan rankades i listan The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time av Rolling Stone som #482.[källa behövs] 2002 släpptes skivan i en nyutgåva med ett flertal bonusspår. Albumet finns med i boken 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. (sv)
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- A herd of elephants over a patch of fog. Elvis Costello and the Attractions reads at the top, while Armed Forces reads at the bottom. (en)
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- Elvis Costello (en)
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- The Armed Forces sleeve was very involved. [...] We wanted to make it as impractical and ghastly as possible. There were kitsch elements of pop art in it, of trash art that you can buy from Woolworth's, of postcards that are disposable and you lose them. It was never supposed to live forever, so it's ironic that we've ended up reissuing the thing. (en)
- We either make it all the way with Armed Forces or we don't. If this album doesn't break in America, then Columbia will still keep us but we'll be considered pretty much a spent force. (en)
- Armed Forces is a very modern record of its time – self-consciously modernist. We borrowed sounds from some records that we listened to constantly, almost obsessively, at the time. We were into strange behavior! [...] We'd be driving through the Appalachians listened to some ghastly synthesiser music made in Berlin. It was bound to mess you up. The reference points were bound to get unglued. In the end, we got terribly arrogant and confident, and that's why the record sounds like that. (en)
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- —Costello on the artwork, Record Collector, 1995 (en)
- —Elvis Costello, Record Collector, 1995 (en)
- —Jake Riviera, Creem, 1979 (en)
- —Nick Kent, NME, 1979 (en)
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- Armed Forces è il terzo album di Elvis Costello, il suo secondo con il gruppo di supporto The Attractions (ma il primo in cui tale gruppo viene accreditato). L'album è stato pubblicato nel Regno Unito dalla e negli Stati Uniti dalla Columbia Records nel 1979. La versione originale comprendeva anche un singolo promozionale con tre tracce live intitolato Live at Hollywood High, registrato il 4 giugno 1978. (it)
- 《Armed Forces》는 영국의 음악가 엘비스 코스텔로가 1979년 영국의 와 미국의 컬럼비아 레코드에 의해 발매된 세 번째 스튜디오 음반이다. 이 음반은 그의 두 번째 음반으로, 공식적으로 를 커버에 올린 첫 번째 음반이다. 그 음반에는 《Emotional Fascism》이라는 작업 제목이 붙어 있었다. 북미 버전은 〈Sunday's Best〉 트랙을 생략하고 코스텔로의 의 〈〉 버전으로 대체했고, 로우의 〈American Squirm〉 싱글의 B-사이드로 지난 11월에 발매되었다. 영국과 미국에서 이 음반의 최초 출판물에는 홍보용 3곡 EP인 《》도 포함되어 있다. 《Armed Forces》는 《Q》 잡지와 《롤링 스톤》의 다양한 "가장 위대한 음반" 목록에 올랐다. (ko)
- 『アームド・フォーセス』 (Armed Forces) は、1979年発表のエルヴィス・コステロ&のアルバム。 (ja)
- Armed Forces is the third studio album by 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 (no relation)—and the first to officially credit them on the cover. The album was recorded in six weeks from August to September 1978 at Eden Studios in London under the working title Emotional Fascism. Produced by Nick Lowe and engineered by Roger Béchirian, the sessions saw Costello exert more control over production compared to This Year's Model (1978), while Nieve contributed more to song arrangements. (en)
- Armed Forces (1979) est le troisième album studio d'Elvis Costello, son second avec The Attractions, et le premier à officiellement créditer le groupe sur la couverture de l'album à sa sortie. L'album portait le titre Emotional Fascism pendant sa création. C'est le troisième album produit par Nick Lowe, et il a été enregistré à Eden Studios à Londres. La couverture de l'édition anglaise montrait un troupeau d'éléphants en train de charger, tandis que la couverture américaine présentait un tableau peint, donnant l'impression que la peinture avait bavé. (fr)
- Armed Forces är ett musikalbum av Elvis Costello & the Attractions lanserat i januari 1979. Det var Costellos tredje studioalbum och det första där the Attractions krediterades på skivomslagets framsida. Albumet hade först arbetsnamnet Emotional Fascism. På albumet distanserade sig Costello från den punk-influerade stilen på det föregående albumet This Year's Model till ett mer pop-orienterat sound. Textmässigt innehåller albumet ett genomgående tema av militarism och fascism och i flera av texterna använder Costello politiska metaforer för att beskriva personliga erfarenheter. På albumet återfinns Costellos framgångsrikaste singel i hemlandet Storbritannien; "Oliver's Army". Skivan rankades i listan The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time av Rolling Stone som #482.[källa behövs] 2002 släpptes (sv)
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