Back in time

21 February 2025

This week 45 years ago ELVIS COSTELLO and his ATTRACTIONS released their superb album GET HAPPY!!. Definitely one of his best in my book and still sounding lively, vital and highly entertaining today. It was the fourth Costello LP, the third with the Attractions and a bestseller, reaching #11 in the US and #2 in the UK.

AllMusic wrote: “Get Happy!! bursts with energy and invention, standing
as a testament to how Costello can reinvent the pop encyclopedia from the
past in his own image.”

Turn Up The Volume: This was Costello’s soul and R&B inspired album,
his genial sonic view of Motown‘s canon. Maybe it should be re-released
now so everybody gets happy again in these troubled times.

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