DU Album of the Day: Elvis Costello and the Attractions - "Get Happy" (as requested by Tikki) [View all]

[LynneSin]

I thought I would share the request that Tikki sent me for this album...)

DU Album of the Day: "Get Happy"- Elvis Costello and the Attractions

For those who first heard the words and music of Elvis Costello in the 1970's it was like attending Graduate School classes in Rock and Pop.

We were being schooled in an expanded rock vocabulary teamed with a tightly wound sound; the new wave of balladeer not the least bit afraid of being as angry as he wanted to be or as heartbroken as the end of first love.

Little by little, or for some with a Big Bang, Elvis and the brilliant Attractions won over reluctant Popsters with their musical probe of the human psyche and consistently clever sounds.

After three dynamic albums released in the late 70's and with a growing recognition and success, Elvis Costello and the Attractions would release in 1980 the 20 track LP "Get Happy".

Now it was confirmed. In this album, as his fans always suspected, much of Elvis' music would come through his devotion to that place in the history of Rock's that is the gospel of Rhythm and Blues.

This is my favorite EC & tA album.

Just some facts about this album

Rolling Stone Magazine listed this as the 11th best album of the 80s.