Album Info

Armed Forces (Remastered 2020)

Rock - 1979

Elvis Costello’s third album is fueled by wonderfully harnessed emotions like anger (“Chemistry Class”), love (“Two Little Hitlers”), and paranoia... more

Tracklist

1

Accidents Will Happen

3:00 min
2

Senior Service

2:17 min
3

Oliver's Army

3:00 min
4

Big Boys

2:56 min
5

Green Shirt

2:43 min
6

Party Girl

3:21 min
7

Goon Squad

3:14 min
8

Busy Bodies

3:35 min
9

Sunday's Best

3:22 min
10

Moods For Moderns

2:50 min
11

Chemistry Class

2:56 min
12

Two Little Hitlers

3:12 min
13

(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding

3:32 min

About Armed Forces (Remastered 2020)

Elvis Costello’s third album is fueled by wonderfully harnessed emotions like anger (“Chemistry Class”), love (“Two Little Hitlers”), and paranoia (“Goon Squad”). Sing-song hooks, elaborate metaphors (using war for love), and dense musical passages twirl around like carnival rides (check the waltzy “Sunday’s Best”) so it sometimes sounds unusually, and blissfully, claustrophobic. “Oliver’s Army” is the only power-pop smash ever written about militaries stocked with impoverished boys, and the unironic, Nick Lowe-penned powerhouse “What’s So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding” simply soars.