New Musical Express, December 20, 1980

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Elvis tops Brum superbill


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Elvis Costello & The Attractions top one of the most star-studded Christmas rock bills ever assembled at Birmingham's vast National Exhibition Centre on Saturday, December 27, with Madness, Rockpile, The Selecter, Squeeze and UB40 completing the line-up. And this one-off bonanza shines out like a beacon in the gloom, because there ain't much else happening right after the holiday — specially now that Black Sabbath have postponed their tour. The only exception is Siouxsie at Hammersmith on Tuesday (30).


Tour news


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Elvis Costello & The Attractions will be headlining an extensive UK tour in the late winter, F-Beat Records confirmed this week. This outing is due to start in late February or early March, and the dates and venues are at present being finalised.




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1980 year in review


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Still grumpy: Deeds not words was Elvis Costello's modus operandi. No interviews and no controversial escapades may have projected a low-profile, but Costello continued to tour and record with all the obsession of a workaholic. Whilst others dabbled po-faced with old '60s soul imagery, EC not only rekindled the Spirit Of Stax in his own intense image ("I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down"), but changed record labels twice (from Radar to 2-Tone to F-Beat), demonstrated that it was possible to get 20 tracks on a single album (Get Happy) without losing any sound definition, kept collectors happy with a picture disc single, collated any recorded loose-ends together on a cassette (Ten Bloody Marys And Ten How's Your Fathers) and, above all, still managed to retain his credibility.

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New Musical Express, December 20, 1980


EC in featured in Gig Guide, the Year In Review, an ad for the Dec. 27 Christmas show in Birmingham, and a 1981 UK tour announcement.


Get Happy!! ranks No. 2 in the 1980 Vinyl Finals.  Singles ranked include "New Amsterdam" (15), "I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down" (21) and "High Fidelity" (42).

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Vinyl Finals 1980


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Singles
 1. Joy Division — Love Will Tear Us Apart (Factory)
 2. The Jam — Going Underground (Polydor)
 3. The Beat — Mirror In The Bathroom (Go-Feet)
 4. Joy Division — Atmosphere (Factory)
 5. David Bowie — Ashes To Ashes (RCA)
 6. Bow Wow Wow — Your Cassette Pet (EMI)
 7. Grace Jones — Private Life (Island)
 8. David Bowie — Fashion (RCA)
 9. Bow Wow Wow — C30 C60 C90 Go (EMI)
10. Stevie Wonder — Master Blaster (Motown)
11. The Teardrop Explodes — Treason (Zoo)
12. Dexys Midnight Runners — Geno (Parlophone)
13. The Jam — Start! (Polydor)
14. UB40 — Food For Thought/king (Graduate)
15. Elvis Costello — New Amsterdam (F-Beat)
16. A Certain Ratio — Shack Up (Factory/Benelux)
17. Echo And The Bunnymen — Rescue (Korova)
18. UB40 — My Way Of Thinking/I Think It's Going To Rain...
19. Kurtis Blow — The Breaks (Mercury)
20. The Beat — Best Friend/ Stand Down Margaret (Go-Feet)
21. Elvis Costello — I Can't Stand Up For Failing Down
22. The Cramps — Drug Train (Step Forward)
22. The Fall — Fiery Jack (Step Forward)
24. Dexys Midnight Runners — Dance Stance (Oddball)
25. Robert Palmer — Johnny & Mary (Island)
26. The Beat — Hands Off... She's Mine (Go-Feet)
27. The Subterraneans — My Flamingo (Demon)
28. Magazine — A Song From Under The Floorboards (Virgin)
29. Comsat Angels — Independence Day (Polydor)
29. The Undertones — My Perfect Cousin (Sire)
31. The Stray Cats — Runaway Boys (Arista)
32. Robert Wyatt — At Last I Am Free (Rough Trade)
33. Robert Palmer — Looking For Clues (Island)
34. Dexys Midnight Runners — There, There, My Dear
35. Madness — My Girl (Stiff)
36. Squeeze Another Nail — In My Heart (A&M)
36. A Certain Ratio — Flight (Factory)
38. The Au Pairs — Diet/it's Obvious (Human)
39. Tom Browne — Funkin' For Jamaica (Arista)
39. Cabaret Voltaire — Seconds Too Late (Rough Trade)
41. Diana Ross — I'm Coming Out (Motown)
42. Elvis Costello — High Fidelity (F-Beat)
43. Aswad Warrior — Charge (Island)
44. Richard Hell — Love Comes In Spurts (Shake)
45. Smack — Edward Fox (Asprin)
46. The Police — Don't Stand So Close To Me (A&M)
46. Bette Bright — Hello I'm Your Heart (Korova)
48. Linx — Rise And Shine (Chrysalis)
49. Siouxsie And The Banshees — Happy House (Polydor)
50. Adam And The Ants — Dog Eat Dog (CBS)


Albums
 1. Joy Division — Closer (Factory)
2. Elvis Costello — Get Happy!! (F-Beat)
 3. The Beat — I Just Can't Stop It (Go-Feet)
 4. Black Uhuru — Sinsemilla (Island)
 5. Holger Czukay — Movies (EMI)
 6. Talking Heads — Remain In Light (Sire)
 7. Echo And The Bunnymen — Crocodiles (Korova)
 8. Ry Cooder — Borderline (WEA)
 9. David Bowie — Scary Monsters And Super Creeps (RCA)
10. Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching For The Young Soul...
11. The Jam — Sound Affects (Polydor)
12. Bruce Springsteen — The River (CBS)
13. UB40 — Signing Off (Graduate)
14. Magazine — The Correct Use Of Soap (Virgin)
15. The Cramps — Songs The Lord Taught Us (Illegal)
16. Ian Dury And The Blockheads — Laughter (Stiff)
17. Weather Report — Night Passage (CBS)
18. John Martyn — Grace And Danger (Island)
19. Simple Minds — Empires And Dance (Arista)
20. Suicide — Suicide (Ze)
21. Bob Marley — Uprising (Island)
22. Smokey Robinson — Warm Thoughts (Motown)
23. Young Marble Giants — Colossal Youth (Rough Trade)
24. Public Image Ltd — Printemps Au Paris (Virgin)
25. Cabaret Voltaire — Voice Of America (Rough Trade)
26. Grace Jones Warm — Leatherette (Island)
27. D.A.F. — Die Kleinen Und Die Bosen (Mute)
28. Iggy Pop — Soldier (Arista)
29. Toots And The Maytals — Toots Live (Island)
30. Lou Reed — Growing Up In Public (Arista)
31. Captain Beefheart — Doc At The Radar Station (Virgin)
32. The Specials — More Specials (Two Tone)
33. Blue Öyster Cult — Cultösaurus Erectus (CBS)
34. The Teardrop Explodes — Kilimanjaro (Mercury)
35. Milcho Leviev & Art Pepper — Blues For The Fisherman (Mole)
36. Captain Beefheart — Shiny Beast (Virgin)
37. The Distractions — Nobody's Perfect (Island)
38. Stevie Wonder — Hotter Than July (Motown)
39. John Cooper Clarke — Snap Crackle & Bop (CBS)
39. Linton Kwesi Johnson — Bass Culture (Island)
41. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark — Organisation (Dindisc)
42. The Twinkle Brothers — Countrymen (Virgin/Front Line)
43. Devo — Freedom Of Choice (Virgin)
44. James Blood Ulmer — Are You Glad To Be In America (Rough Trade)
45. Diana Ross — Diana (Motown)
46. Joni Mitchell — Shadows And Light (Asylum)
47. Siouxsie And The Banshees — Kaleidoscope (Polydor)
47. Comsat Angels — Waiting For A Miracle (Polydor)
49. Tom Waits — Heartattack And Vine (Asylum)
50. Etta James — Changes (MCA)


Cover.
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