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Elvis Costello
Armed Forces [Reissue]
Gavin Edwards
With this flawless series of reissues, Rhino continues to treat Elvis Costello like a king. Each album has thorough, funny liner notes by Costello and a whole bonus disc of B sides and outtakes. The records aren't bad, either. Armed Forces, provisionally titled Emotional Fascism before its 1979 release, is filled with great rock songs that explore the boundaries between the political and the personal. It features Costello's trademark wordplay ("I could be a corporal into corporal punishment"), wondrous keyboard playing by Steve Nieve and the bitter Nick Lowe anthem "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?"
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