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<center><h3> Listenable pop-wave anger </h3></center> | <center><h3> Listenable pop-wave anger </h3></center> | ||
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<center> David Pearlman </center> | <center> David Pearlman </center> | ||
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'''Elvis Costello and the Attractions <br> | |||
Armed Forces | |||
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Whether they know it or riot, this album is the record all the so-called "punks" Have been trying to make but don't have the talent to: an album which successfully combines the anger and rebelliousness of the "new wave" movement with the extremely appealing musical values of the middle to late '60s pop-rock era (musical denseness, clever and strong hooks, etc.). Costello, and his producer Nick Lowe (musically talented in his own right), have the sense to realize that all the complaining in the world is futile if people won't listen to your music. In accordance, they have delivered this album, ''Armed Forces'', one of the best, most listenable albums to appear in quite some time, and a step above Costello's last two albums, both excellent. This is the kind of album you like on first listening. | Whether they know it or riot, this album is the record all the so-called "punks" Have been trying to make but don't have the talent to: an album which successfully combines the anger and rebelliousness of the "new wave" movement with the extremely appealing musical values of the middle to late '60s pop-rock era (musical denseness, clever and strong hooks, etc.). Costello, and his producer Nick Lowe (musically talented in his own right), have the sense to realize that all the complaining in the world is futile if people won't listen to your music. In accordance, they have delivered this album, ''Armed Forces'', one of the best, most listenable albums to appear in quite some time, and a step above Costello's last two albums, both excellent. This is the kind of album you like on first listening. | ||
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And this probably explains this album's success. Costello's anger has mixed with Lowe's ear for well-produced pop to create the album at hand. You might call it a favorable mutation, more lyrically meaningful than pop is generally supposed to be, and better musically than most anger-filled "new wave" music. To say the least, it is a favorable mutation. Let's hope this "pop wave" mutant continues to breed. | And this probably explains this album's success. Costello's anger has mixed with Lowe's ear for well-produced pop to create the album at hand. You might call it a favorable mutation, more lyrically meaningful than pop is generally supposed to be, and better musically than most anger-filled "new wave" music. To say the least, it is a favorable mutation. Let's hope this "pop wave" mutant continues to breed. | ||
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