Armed Forces

Album Promo For ‘ARMED FORCES’ Album By ELVIS COSTELLO (1979)

Posted on by JL

7 September 2023

Declan Patrick MacManus aka ELVIS COSTELLO (69 now) released
his 3rd LP ARMED FORCES (of a total of 32, so far) on 5 January 1979.

As it happened/happens all the time record labels wanted/want,
no idea why, different album covers for different countries/continents.
In this case, see the US and Europe/UK covers for Armed Forces below.
So the promo for magazines/newspapers, above, was definitely
the advertisement used in America.

UK/Europe

US

ALBUM


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ELVIS: All Albums – Instagram

ELVIS COSTELLO Released Third Longplayer ‘ARMED FORCES’ 40 Years Ago…

Posted on by JL

Going back in sonic history looking for memorable albums…

4 January 2019

Artist: ELVIS COSTELLO

Album: ARMED FORCES (working title: Emotional Fascism) his third LP / 2nd with
The Attractions

Released: 5 January 1979 – 40 years ago

ROLLING STONE wrote: “Elvis Costello serves as a feisty and furiously talented middleman, halfway between rock’s smoothest sellouts and the angriest fringes of its New Wave. He wants to be daring, but he also wants to dance. He’d like to seethe and sell records at the same time. He’s mindful of — indeed, insistent upon — the form and its limitations: it’s only rock & roll, after all. But he takes it to the limit just the same.” – Full review here.

Turn Up The Volume! says: His first poppy sounding album, yet very explicit in content making it an overall success for old and new fans.

Three Top Tracks: Accidents Will Happen / Oliver’s Army / Green Shirt

– ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN –

– OLIVER’S ARMY –

– GREEN SHIRT –

ARMED FORCES in full…

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ELVIS COSTELLO: Website – Facebook – All Albums