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Get Happy!! by Elvis Costello (CD, Sep-2003, JVC Compact Discs) 
Get Happy!! by Elvis Costello (CD, Sep-2003, JVC Compact Discs)

 
Get Happy!! by Elvis Costello (CD, Sep-2003, JVC Compact Discs)

Release Date: Sep 2003
Format: CD
Record Label: JVC Compact Discs
Genre: New Wave, Rock & Pop
UPC: 766482953745
Product ID: EPID46447078
Description: This classic 1980 outing by Elvis Costello & the Attractions includes some of the revered Irish singer/songwriter's finest tunes, including "New Amsterdam," "High Fidelity," and "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down." The 2003 Japanese rele...
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Track Listing
1. Love For Tender
2. Opportunity
3. Imposter, The
4. Secondary Modern
5. King Horse
6. Possession
7. Men Called Uncle
8. Clowntime Is Over
9. New Amsterdam
10. High Fidelity
11. I Can't Stand up For Falling Down
12. Black & White World
13. Five Gears in Reverse
14. B Movie
15. Motel Matches
16. Human Touch
17. Beaten to the Punch
18. Temptation
19. I Stand Accused
20. Riot Act

Details
Distributor:Phantom Import Distributi
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:n/a

Album Notes
This classic 1980 outing by Elvis Costello & the Attractions includes some of the revered Irish singer/songwriter's finest tunes, including "New Amsterdam," "High Fidelity," and "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down."
The 2003 Japanese release features a vinyl-inspired design.
Get Happy!! was born as much from sincere love for soul as it was for Elvis Costello's desire to distance himself from an unfortunate verbal faux pas where he insulted Ray Charles in an attempt to get Stephen Stills' goat. Either way, it resulted in a 20-song blue-eyed soul tour de force, where Costello doesn't just want to prove his love, he wants to prove his knowledge. So, he tries everything, starting with Motown and Northern soul, then touching on smooth uptown ballads and gritty Southern soul, even finding common ground between the two by recasting Sam & Dave's "I Can't Stand Up (For Falling Down)" as a careening stomper. What's remarkable is that this approach dovetails with the pop carnival essayed by Armed Forces, standing as a full-fledged Costello record instead of a genre exercise. As it furiously flits through 20 songs, Costello's cynicisms, rage, humor, and misanthropic sensibility gel remarkably well. Some songs may not quite hit their targets, but that's part of the album's charm -- it moves so fast that its lesser songs rush by on the way to such full-fledged masterpieces as "New Amsterdam," "High Fidelity," and "Riot Act." Get Happy!! bursts with energy and invention, standing as a testament to how Costello, the pop encyclopedia, can reinvent the past in his own image. [The Japanese edition includes bonus material.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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