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  • Posted: 12/26/2014 21:00
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Today's album of the day

Armed Forces by Elvis Costello & The Attractions (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1979.
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Overall rank: 706
Average rating: 78/100 (from 165 votes).



Tracks:
1. Accidents Will Happen
2. Senior Service
3. Oliver's Army
4. Big Boys
5. Green Shirt
6. Party Girl
7. Goon Squad
8. Busy Bodies
9. Sunday's Best
10. Moods For Moderns
11. Chemistry Class
12. Two Little Hitlers

About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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  • Posted: 12/26/2014 22:41
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Used to listen to Oliver's Army in the car as a toddler, today I don't get much out of the album.
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"Oliver's Army" is probably my favorite Costello song. "Accidents Will Happen" is also up there. The rest of the album is lackluster.
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I've actually been meaning to get this album for quite a while. Saw Elvis back in 2011 - great concert!
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This is easily my favorite Costello record.
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meccalecca wrote:
This is easily my favorite Costello record.


Personally, I don't understand how any one album can be "easily" somebody's favourite Costello album. Like, my favourite is Imperial Bedroom (I think), but on any given day it could be pretty much any of the albums he released from 1977 through 1982. That run is just fucking ridiculous.
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Skinny wrote:
Personally, I don't understand how any one album can be "easily" somebody's favourite Costello album. Like, my favourite is Imperial Bedroom (I think), but on any given day it could be pretty much any of the albums he released from 1977 through 1982. That run is just fucking ridiculous.


It's not to say I don't love his other records from that period, but something about Armed Forces hooked me a long time ago to the point where it's been one of my favorite albums of all time for a couple decades. It's basically just such a huge part of my music journey.

I'd definitely not go and say it's easily his best, because I can recognize that his other albums from that period are just as good. Just less part of my DNA.
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