Artist – Album: Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Get
Happy!!
Released: 15th
February 1980
Sounds Like: Driving soul and R&B through a New
Wave filter
So, for 46 days now I’ve been listening to a different album
and blogging about it, and it has, for the most part, been pretty cool. To be
perfectly honest though, it ain’t always easy to find the time to sit down and
give the music your full attention and then bother to write a couple of semi-interesting
(ha!) paragraphs about it. This is especially true on Fridays, cos I just wanna
get druuuunk! With that in mind, I thought I’d give you a little insight into
how I give each record a whirl (which should be quicker than a regular review!):
· Ages ago - Gave both this and The Ruby Sun’s
Fight Softly one evaluative hearing to decide which I’d rather try again. The latter fought a little too softly. Get
Happy!! won hands down.
· 7.45 this morning – Banged the album on while I
got ready for work. Found myself dancing to ‘The Imposter’ in the shower. Enjoyed ‘New Amsterdam’ whilst cleaning my teeth. These are good signs.
· 6pm this evening – Got home from work. Decided
to drink ginger beer and play Mario Kart 64 with my friend, and try the album
once more. ‘Human Touch’ had her foot
tapping. She didn’t seem interested by my story about how Costello wrote this
collection of Motown, soul and R&B type songs to make up for insulting
icons like Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles though. I won at Mario Kart.
· 45 minutes later – We just played it through
right again. She sang along to ‘Opportunity’.
I noted that ‘Secondary Modern’ and
‘Men Called Uncle’ are incredible
songs. I’m so much better than her at Mario Kart.
· An hour later – Ate some pizza. Although the
album is a hit with me, I found it hard to write about. She told me to say it’s
good to play Mario Kart to.
· 20 minutes after that – I’m done... nnnnnnoooow.
Albumaday... rating:
8/10
1. Love
for Tender – 1:57
2. Opportunity
– 3:13
3. The
Imposter – 1:58
4. Secondary
Modern – 1:58
5. King
Horse – 3:01
6. Possession
– 2:03
7. Men
Called Uncle – 2:17
8. Clowntime
Is Over – 2:59
9. New
Amsterdam – 2:12
10. High
Fidelity – 2:28
11. I
Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down – 2:06
12. Black
& White World – 1:56
13. 5ive
Gears in Reverse – 2:38
14. B
Movie – 2:04
15. Motel
Matches – 2:30
16. Human
Touch – 2:30
17. Beaten
to the Punch – 1:49
18. Temptation
– 2:33
19. I
Stand Accused – 2:21
20. Riot
Act – 3:35
Listen to ‘New Amsterdam’:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZFcHF-wjBA
Also released on the 15th February:
2010: The Ruby Suns – Fight Softly
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