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Elvis Costello and the Attractions’ ‘Get Happy!!’: Stack of Tracks
The album is packed with “20 original hits by the original artist,” some of the most intense, gut-wrenching, clever and joyfully sad songs he ever wrote
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Don’t You Forget About Me: 13 More Timeless Early ’80s British Earworms
Those huge hits by The Clash, Joy Division, Pet Shop Boys and others still grab us nearly four decades after we first heard them.
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July 22, 1977: Elvis Costello Issues Debut Album, ‘My Aim Is True’
The English singer-songwriter was not backed by his longtime band, The Attractions, on his first LP and did a clever stunt to get noticed by his future label
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Costello to Issue Soundtrack to Book on 10/9
The 36-track “soundtrack” album to Elvis Costello’s memoir features songs chosen by the artist/author that connect with the stories & themes in the book
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