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'''Elvis Costello and the Attractions <br> | |||
Armed Forces | |||
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''Armed Forces'' is the third album from that miniscule peddler of tortured emotion, Elvis Costello. In many ways an important album, in view of the success of our bespectacled hero's first two discs. Will he take the downhill path, well trodden by so many other budding "stars," on attaining that elusive aura of mass appeal? Will ''Guardian'' give this the customary "Third album" slagging off? | ''Armed Forces'' is the third album from that miniscule peddler of tortured emotion, Elvis Costello. In many ways an important album, in view of the success of our bespectacled hero's first two discs. Will he take the downhill path, well trodden by so many other budding "stars," on attaining that elusive aura of mass appeal? Will ''Guardian'' give this the customary "Third album" slagging off? | ||
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Back on side 1 "Big Boys" is descriptive of the exploits of the proverbial seven-stone weakling. It accurately tells of the need he has to be a Charles Atlas. Most understanding, and I should know, not being far from the seven-stone weakling myself. Side 1 finishes with the affected, romantic pose of "Party Girls," easily the worst song on the album. | Back on side 1 "Big Boys" is descriptive of the exploits of the proverbial seven-stone weakling. It accurately tells of the need he has to be a Charles Atlas. Most understanding, and I should know, not being far from the seven-stone weakling myself. Side 1 finishes with the affected, romantic pose of "Party Girls," easily the worst song on the album. | ||
Only "Chemistry Class" and "Two Little Hitlers" sink low on side{{nb}}2, all the others are fine tracks. Particularly outstanding is "Busy Bodies," dealing with a relationship where appearances have become more important than feelings, ''"You want to kiss her / But she's busy with her make-up,"'' and where sex takes the place of love, ''"You think that you've seen her / when you're lying in between her."'' Also fine is the anti- | Only "Chemistry Class" and "Two Little Hitlers" sink low on side{{nb}}2, all the others are fine tracks. Particularly outstanding is "Busy Bodies," dealing with a relationship where appearances have become more important than feelings, ''"You want to kiss her / But she's busy with her make-up,"'' and where sex takes the place of love, ''"You think that you've seen her / when you're lying in between her."'' Also fine is the anti-racialist/bigot "Sunday's Best" and, of course, "Goon Squad." | ||
Many artists would gladly record the worst songs on this album, and nobody but Costello can produce songs like "Goon Squad," "Busy Bodies" and most brilliantly of all, "Green Shirt" (about the girl in your dreams that is beautifully untouchable and so "tortures" you). | Many artists would gladly record the worst songs on this album, and nobody but Costello can produce songs like "Goon Squad," "Busy Bodies" and most brilliantly of all, "Green Shirt" (about the girl in your dreams that is beautifully untouchable and so "tortures" you). | ||
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