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522:, the band was consistently intoxicated. BĂ©chirian recalled: "By that point, I think everybody was just fed up with seeing each other. There was a real sense of animosity, a cloud over the project. It was just a real struggle, because nobody seemed to care about it." The atmosphere at DJM was similarly problematic, as the studio was constructed for the "tight, dry and muted" sound of the early 1970s and was ill-suited to the expansive sound Costello wanted, although the group "took advantage" of the dry sound for "New Lace Sleeves" and "Watch Your Step". According to Costello, the "working method" at DJM entailed being disenchanted upon playback of the previous day's efforts, followed by getting intoxicated at the local pub, before coming back to record, after which the cycle would continue, although this method produced "coherent" performances in "Shot With His Own Gun". In the liner notes for the 2003 reissue, Costello stated:
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Step", "Strict Time") and the slow disintegration of personal relationships ("Lovers Walk", "Different Finger", "You'll Never Be a Man"). Costello later recalled that his failing marriage was reflected in "Different Finger", "Lovers Walk", "Shot With His Own Gun", the brutal portrait of "White
Knuckles" and its companion song, "You'll Never Be a Man", while "Clubland", "Pretty Words" and "White Knuckles" were influenced by the violence encountered on the Get Happy!! tour. "Watch Your Step" and "Fish 'n' Chip Paper" both reference boxing fans, while the latter features a great dictate for the media. The biographer Brian Hinton later commented that the album concerned "sour and rotten doings in different areas". Using his signature wordplay, Costello filled the songs with puns and
844:, "a destination that less desirable than London". In a change of tempo and mood from previous track, wherein the former increases throughout, Perone considers "Watch Your Step" a showcase for the "sophisticated interplay" of Costello and the Attractions. Gouldstone comments that "its broodingly soulful intensity is like a requiem for all vain wishes". The more upbeat music stands in contrast with the more disheartening lyrics, which takes place in a club and is filled with a variety of images, including surveillance. The lyrics get progressively darker and by the end, describes a scenario where a group of young male customers conduct brutal acts that end with violent consequences such as death, which Gouldstone argues proves that their actions are insignificant.
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by the listener and less "glossed over". Like "Pretty Words", it sets a personal relationship in a social context. Initially chronicling the morning after a late-night hook-up, the song later juxtaposes a young woman's bad choices with society's expectations of her. Perone writes that it acts as a critique of personal inconsistency, contrasting "the clean, pretty look of a young woman's new outfit with the sometimes tawdry and messy reality of sexual desire and fulfillment". Perone ties the band's performance to the mid-1960s rather than the 1980s, stating it presents a mix of pop, jazz and
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551:, the band decided a different location would be better-suited and moved recording back to Eden, where they were more productive. Nieve exerted more control on the arrangements, so his piano and organ dominate the songs, particularly on "Shot With His Own Gun", "You'll Never Be a Man" and "Black Sails in the Sunset", as well as "New Lace Sleeves" and "Watch Your Step". Costello also experimented with a soft croon, having done so on
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478:". Many of these songs were debuted during live performances in July and August. In his 2015 memoir, Costello states he had begun writing "New Lace Sleeves" and "Watch Your Step" when he was 20. Other songs that dated back to the mid-1970s included "Different Finger", "Luxembourg" and a short instrumental titled "Weeper's Dream". Around this time he also struck a working relationship with fellow new wave band
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imitated the 1940s and 1950s. The cover artwork is an out-of-focus headshot of
Costello wearing a suit and red-tinted glasses. His eyebrows are arched, his glasses are tilted and he is looking up. The cover itself lacks the artist's name and the title is underlined. Costello later said that the cover
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Sleeves" is "mostly concerned with the tension between passion and the emotionally suppressing influence of 'being civilized'." Perone notes that the song contains a lower concentration of puns that allows the lyrics to be more easily analysable
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January 1981, Costello and the
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Costello describes the album's lyrics as depicting a world with a lack of trust. Partly taking influences from events in his own life at the time, including the effects of being a touring musician, the songs delve into politics ("Clubland", "Big Sister's
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on their more radio-friendly tracks. The narrator of "Pretty Words" struggles to communicate with his partner, which is put into a social context and used as an attack on tabloid media. With the realisation that "pretty words don't mean much anymore", the songs acts as a metaphor for society's lack
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lacked the "standout successes" of the artist's prior albums, yet all of the LP's songs contained a "sophistication" that those works lacked, including the absence of an opening track that began with
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November 1980. According to BĂ©chirian, the atmosphere remained fraught throughout: "I remember when we were mixing there were fights. Bruce Thomas walking out of the control room, leaving the band and Jake chasing after him. The whole thing was mental." Costello
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returning from prior albums. These sessions were riddled with issues, with
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It was the low point physically. It was the most dissolute record that I personally made, so I wasn't in great humour at the end of it. I did a lot of things which made my first marriage untenable, and therefore it was a very fraught time for everybody. When I got over my association with the bad
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in a dark coat, glasses and fedora, lighting a cigarette. The back cover is, in Hinton's words, "deliberately skew-wiff", depicting the band playing at what appears to be a cocktail bar, although it was actually shot on a stage set. The inside of the sleeve boasts an image of the
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First-person narrators are introduced in "You'll Never Be a Man", which describes an encounter between a man and a visibly shaken woman. The man craves for honesty and tenderness but is unable to act on the matter, leading Costello to proclaim the title line. Gouldstone likens it to the tracks on
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In early 1980, Costello purchased a small grand piano, which would greatly influence his songwriting over the next year; it was on this instrument that he primarily wrote "Shot With His Own Gun". Throughout the year, he began stockpiling a large number of songs he would record for his next album,
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The album's first two songs, "Clubland" and "Lovers Walk", lack first-person narrators and instead observe different individuals. In "Clubland", Costello targets the people who frequent nightclubs, such as gangsters and drug addicts. The biographer David Gouldstone interprets the nightclubs as a
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charted in the UK top ten and at number 28 in the US, while its singles performed poorly. It received positive reviews on release; critics highlighted the artist's change in tone from his earlier records, a growing maturity in the lyrics and praised Costello as a musician; it appeared on several
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F-Beat issued "Clubland" as the lead single from the album, backed by the outtakes "Clean Money" and "Hoover Factory", in December 1980 for the pre-Christmas market. It charted at number 60 in the UK, breaking a string of nine consecutive top 40 singles for the artist. Thomson commented that it
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other individuals dressed as a brass big band, with the caption "The Soundtrack of Life". Alongside Lowe dressed in a tuxedo mime-playing a saxophone, the photograph included the band's road crew, F-Beat staff and the owners of Eden Studios. The original packaging did not include a lyric sheet.
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summarised: "Costello's vision is as fierce as ever, but the malice has gone; he can still rage but he no longer scolds." Some found the album a poor retread from his earlier works, while others thought the lyrics were too inaccessible for casual listeners. More positively, Mike Gardner in
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received massive acclaim in the US. American critics emphasised the diverse and accessible musical styles, a growing maturity in the lyrics and continued to praise Costello as one of the best musicians in modern music. Some believed it was Costello's best work up to that point. In
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made Costello question where he was at in his career. He was unable to express his current thoughts into his own music and proclaimed that he "just wanted to sing other people's songs". Having recorded acoustic demos of several standards during the previous months, including
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offered to sing a guide vocal on "From a Whisper to a Scream". Costello liked the performance so much he made it a duet. Belmont was also invited and added guitar to the same track. The band recorded for several days without Lowe while he was struck with
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posturing: "Big Sister". The sense of general dread and paranoia of "Strict Time" was probably not unconnected with the influence of controlled substances, but this was also to be found in the words of "New Lace Sleeves" and "Watch Your Step".
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Despite having previously expressed a desire to distance himself from the pop music mainstream, Costello revealed that a number of songs on the album were influenced by other contemporary artists. "Clubland" incorporated the guitar style of
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that uses tourism as an assault on modern life. Perone describes it as "a put-down of mainland European (or Asian) tourists that take advantage of and put down the British". As a result, these tourists are subjected to a holiday in
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creative strength – variety – was its commercial weakness". In February, "From a Whisper to a Scream" was issued as the second single, backed by "Luxembourg", which failed to chart, becoming the artist's first flop since
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558:"Secondary Modern", but by this time, had developed into, in the biographer Graeme Thomson's words, "a silky, lascivious moan, at once amused and disgusted." At one point, Costello's voice was shot so Squeeze vocalist
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was a form of irony, as "the person on the cover looks completely untrustworthy". Perone considers it "one of the most memorable images" in early 1980s pop music. The original intended artwork depicted Costello in a
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in 1983, he stated: "I feel it's under-realised. There were some very good songs on it and some very bad songs, but overall we didn't follow it through to anything definite enough." By 2002, Costello described
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in 2003, Jon Wilde found the album contained "a binge of great songwriting", summarising: "Showcasing some of most violently acerbic writing, with the Attractions at their most pathologically inventive,
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that involve domestic violence, particularly "Human Touch". A new wave track with a prominent drum mix, Mason deduced the track as sounding like "Costello's take on mainstream late-'70s/early-'80s
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initially received mixed-to-positive reviews from music critics in the UK. Reviewers highlighted the artist's change in tone from his earlier records and a growing maturity in the lyrics.
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and several covers. Costello's behaviour on stage was also enthusiastic and earned him positive reviews from attendees, although alcohol and drugs frequented throughout the tour.
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of common decency; the use of "pretty words" to ease evil acts such as genocide does nothing to diminish the evil of the act itself. Musically, the song is reminiscent of 1960s
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agreed, arguing that it is Costello and the Attractions' "most impressive album". In a piece commemorating the 30th anniversary of its release, Sheffield named
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was composed entirely of country covers and was derided by the music press, particularly in the United States. Costello teamed up with former Beatles engineer
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as "a record that falls between the cracks a little bit", but stated that he felt "New Lace Sleeves" stood as one of the Attractions' greatest performances.
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has received critical acclaim as one of Costello's best, and most underrated, works that warrants reappraisal. Commentators have viewed
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Costello's best album, one that remains "his funniest, his wisest and his most rocking". Writers for
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3751:"Elvis Costello's Best (and Most Curiously Underrated) Album Turns 30"
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was the last of five consecutive Costello albums produced by musician
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in the US on CD came in May 1994, which came with nine bonus tracks.
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contained some of the artist's "very best" and "very worst" work in
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According to Thomson, the weaker commercial performances of both
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Collis, Clark (June 1994). "Elvis Costello and the Attractions:
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King, Wayne (April 1981). "Elvis Costello: Puts It in Writing".
2815:"'You'll Never Be a Man' – Elvis Costello & the Attractions"
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was Costello's final album with the team of Lowe and BĂ©chirian.
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McCollum, Charles (19 August 1982). "Acidic Elvis going soft".
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January 1981, while its US release through Columbia came on 29
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mimicked the 1960s, Gouldstone argues that the packaging for
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The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977–86
2896:"'New Lace Sleeves' – Elvis Costello & the Attractions"
2636:(24 January 1981). "Elvis Costello in Trust Never Sleeps".
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is the fifth studio album by the English singer-songwriter
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1981 studio album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions
3560:"The Pop Life; Rock Star Who Dissects Human Relationships"
2842:"'Watch Your Step' – Elvis Costello & the Attractions"
2755:"40 Years Ago: Elvis Costello Gives Listeners His 'Trust'"
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Complicated Shadows: The Life and Music of Elvis Costello
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Costello and the Attractions demoed material at London's
4270:– Elvis Costello & the Attractions / Elvis Costello"
2717:– Elvis Costello & the Attractions / Elvis Costello"
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Miller, Jim (23 February 1981). "Riding the new wave".
2877:(24 January 1981). "The physical art of conversation".
2340:(liner notes). Elvis Costello and the Attractions. UK:
2251:(liner notes). Elvis Costello and the Attractions. US:
434:. Throughout March 1980, Costello and his backing band
5225:(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding
4129:"Elvis Costello's Trust is soulful, sophisticated pop"
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displays a wide variety of musical styles. An overall
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album that exhibits several musical styles, including
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magazine ranked it the 25th best album of the 1980s.
3842:"The Sounds Of Elvis, From San Francisco And Beyond"
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was voted number 708 in the third edition of writer
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4635:. London: Flame Tree Publishing. pp. 228–229.
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4161:Nelson, Elizabeth; Bracy, Timothy (24 March 2021).
2788:"'Clubland' – Elvis Costello & the Attractions"
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including "You'll Never Be a Man", "Lovers Walk", "
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5655:Bespoke Songs, Lost Dogs, Detours & Rendezvous
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3595:"Elvis to Elvis: The Name is Still in Good Hands"
2437:(Inset). Elvis Costello and the Attractions. US:
2173:Costello had already agreed to produce Squeeze's
426:sound of the 1960s and reached number two on the
344:Envisioned by Costello as crossing the melody of
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5143:The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years
5072:The Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions
4525:Let Them All Talk: The Music of Elvis Costello
3943:Doyle, Tom (November 2018). "Band Substance".
2028: – guitar on "From a Whisper to a Scream"
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791:(1982) and Costello's other explorations into
5065:Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers
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3091:Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
2022: – vocal on "From a Whisper to a Scream"
1348:was ranked the seventh best album of 1981 by
178:Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers
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4196:"Elvis Costello Albums Ranked Worst to Best"
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3157:"Elvis Costello and the Attractions –
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4163:"Elvis Costello Albums from Worst to Best"
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5584:Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes
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3674:. No. 70. February 1982. p. 13.
3639:"1981 Best Albums and Tracks of the Year"
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3293:(22 January – 4 February 1981). "Trust".
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1397:time, the record itself was surprisingly
1367:critics' poll of the year's best albums,
988:January. It peaked at number nine on the
879:(left, in 1987) and the Rumour guitarist
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4577:Elvis Costello: An Illustrated Biography
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5634:Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink
4475:Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink
4350:– Elvis Costello & the Attractions"
4295:– Elvis Costello and the Attractions".
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2053:Greg Allen – art direction, design
2050:Neill King – production assistance
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1029:for "Clubland" and "New Lace Sleeves".
777:". With a jazz-inspired piano line and
404:in February 1980. A departure from the
4228:Stiernberg, Bonnie (13 January 2020).
4194:Gallucci, Michael (15 February 2022).
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3761:from the original on 21 September 2020
3686:"The 1981 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll"
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5150:The Songs of Bacharach & Costello
4547:The Words and Music of Elvis Costello
4206:from the original on 25 February 2022
4103:from the original on 19 February 2022
4003:from the original on 13 December 2020
3718:"Elvis Costello – The Face Interview"
3696:from the original on 12 November 2020
3320:"Elvis Costello and the Attractions:
3097:from the original on 12 February 2022
2939:"Elvis Costello and the Attractions:
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5182:(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
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4529:. London: Sanctuary Publishing Ltd.
4386:from the original on 1 November 2021
4242:from the original on 4 February 2012
4175:from the original on 22 January 2022
4127:Simpson, Ernest (5 September 2006).
4091:"Every Elvis Costello Album, Ranked"
3924:from the original on 21 October 2015
3854:from the original on 28 October 2020
3806:"Elvis Costello: (various reissues)"
3651:from the original on 4 November 2016
3514:"Album Reviews: Hits Out of the Box"
3491:from the original on 8 February 2022
3412:from the original on 5 November 2011
3317:Robertson, Sandy (24 January 1981).
3178:from the original on 5 November 2021
3053:from the original on 3 November 2021
1013:(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
301:(no relation). It was released on 23
3592:Hilburn, Robert (1 February 1981).
3226:from the original on 6 October 2021
2956:from the original on 23 August 2021
1966:"Shot With His Own Gun" – 3:30
1920:"You'll Never Be a Man" – 2:56
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992:but stalled at number 28 on the US
720:, "White Knuckles" was modelled on
309:in the United Kingdom. Produced by
5722:Universal Music Enterprises albums
5687:Albums produced by Roger Bechirian
4418:from the original on 23 March 2022
4299:. 4 February 1989. pp. 28–29.
3749:Sheffield, Rob (25 January 2011).
3540:– via worldradiohistory.com.
3532:from the original on 14 March 2022
3499:– via worldradiohistory.com.
3364:"Put your faith in Elvis' 'Trust'"
3337:from the original on 22 April 2021
3271:from the original on 21 April 2008
3234:– via worldradiohistory.com.
2902:from the original on 28 April 2016
2821:from the original on 30 April 2013
2794:from the original on 11 April 2021
2767:from the original on 10 March 2022
2210:Attributed to multiple references:
2201:Attributed to multiple references:
2192:Attributed to multiple references:
1972:"Big Sister's Clothes" – 2:11
664:(1978) and the "commerciality" of
313:, with assistance by the engineer
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5648:Now Ain't the Time for Your Tears
5247:I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down
4230:"The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s"
4070:from the original on 12 June 2021
4066:. No. 77. pp. 132–133.
3978:The New Rolling Stone Album Guide
3879:The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
3573:from the original on 12 July 2022
3202:Gardner, Mike (24 January 1981).
3132:, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book.
2848:from the original on 15 July 2013
2727:from the original on 3 April 2022
1969:"Fish 'n' Chip Paper" – 2:55
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4268:Trust [Rhino Bonus Disc]
4139:from the original on 12 May 2021
3882:(5th concise ed.). London:
3000:"Costello: Storm Center of Rock"
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5129:The Very Best of Elvis Costello
4959:Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
4633:A Brief History of Album Covers
4089:Shipley, Al (30 January 2022).
3484:. 2 February 1981. p. 72.
3431:Deane, Geoffrey (March 1981). "
3125:Australian Chart Book 1970–1992
941:While the sleeve packaging for
636:Costello's original intent for
5626:Other works / related articles
5394:The Other End of the Telescope
4406:"Elvis Costello Chart History"
3627:. No. 61. pp. 17–20.
3525:. 7 February 1981. p. 9.
3361:Sowa, Tom (20 February 1981).
2753:Smith, Rob (23 January 1981).
1960:"Different Finger" – 1:58
912:both musically and lyrically.
1:
5338:Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
4078:– via Rock's Backpages.
3733:– via Rock's Backpages.
3725:. No. 40. pp. 40–41
3715:Rambali, Paul (August 1983).
3345:– via Rock's Backpages.
2964:– via Rock's Backpages.
2069:Weekly chart performance for
2059:, Paul Cox – photography
1686:The Rolling Stone Album Guide
1598:Encyclopedia of Popular Music
1334:drew positive comparisons to
5682:Albums produced by Nick Lowe
3400:"Christgau's Consumer Guide"
2936:Riegel, Richard (May 1981).
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1963:"White Knuckles" – 3:47
1390:Subsequent events and legacy
5447:Welcome to the Working Week
4500:Elvis Costello: God's Comic
4445:Elvis Costello: A Biography
4054:Wilde, Jon (October 2003).
3949:. No. 300. p. 59.
3876:(2011). "Costello, Elvis".
3610:– via Newspapers.com.
3381:– via Newspapers.com.
3017:– via Newspapers.com.
676:album, genres exhibited on
640:was to cross the melody of
337:made guest appearances on "
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5712:Rhino Entertainment albums
5275:From a Whisper to a Scream
4573:St. Michael, Mick (1986).
4498:Gouldstone, David (1989).
4441:Clayton-Lea, Tony (1999).
4344:Erlewine, Stephen Thomas.
4264:Erlewine, Stephen Thomas.
4036:. No. 49. p. 92.
3441:. No. 11. p. 49.
1955:From a Whisper to a Scream
1923:"Pretty Words" – 3:11
1806:Ernest Simpson noted that
476:From a Whisper to a Scream
391:Background and development
350:(1979) with the rhythm of
339:From a Whisper to a Scream
244:From a Whisper to a Scream
5563:Terror & Magnificence
5387:London's Brilliant Parade
5317:Everyday I Write the Book
5289:A Good Year for the Roses
4714:
4552:Santa Barbara, California
4544:Perone, James E. (2015).
3912:"Elvis Costello's albums"
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1926:"Strict Time" – 2:40
1917:"Lovers Walk" – 2:17
1897:All songs are written by
1889:on 4 December 2015.
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5591:The Resurrection of Rust
5366:The Other Side of Summer
4600:Thomson, Graeme (2004).
4319:(3rd ed.). London:
4316:All Time Top 1000 Albums
3981:(4th ed.). London:
2709:Erlewine, Stephen Thomas
2433:Costello, Elvis (2003).
2336:Costello, Elvis (1994).
2247:Costello, Elvis (2003).
1929:"Luxembourg" – 2:26
1849:All Time Top 1000 Albums
658:(1977), the "energy" of
652:: the "lyrical zest" of
579:, as well as "backwards
5692:Columbia Records albums
5538:I Hope You're Happy Now
5189:Watching the Detectives
4903:All This Useless Beauty
4380:Official Charts Company
1817:Stephen Thomas Erlewine
1461:Retrospective appraisal
1371:finished third, behind
783:Watching the Detectives
706:Stephen Thomas Erlewine
249:Released: February 1981
236:Released: December 1980
5324:The Only Flame in Town
5040:Live at Hollywood High
5012:Live at the El Mocambo
4631:Draper, Jason (2008).
4521:Hinton, Brian (1999).
1869:was first released on
1852:. Twenty years later,
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700:("Different Finger").
627:—Elvis Costello, 2003
624:
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285:, and his fourth with
5702:F-Beat Records albums
5697:Elvis Costello albums
5468:Stranger in the House
5240:Accidents Will Happen
4861:Blood & Chocolate
4200:Ultimate Classic Rock
3670:"1981: The 10 Best".
2760:Ultimate Classic Rock
2249:Get Happy!! (reissue)
1873:through Columbia and
1832:Ultimate Classic Rock
1471:Retrospective reviews
1439:" and Cole Porter's "
937:Packaging and artwork
744:, and his own father
688:("Watch Your Step"),
493:
305:January 1981 through
73:October–November 1980
5707:Hip-O Records albums
5026:Costello & Nieve
4945:The River in Reverse
4348:Trust [2015]
3917:Entertainment Weekly
3370:The Spokesman-Review
2681:The Washington Times
2099:New Zealand Albums (
2014:Additional personnel
1636:Entertainment Weekly
1466:Professional ratings
1212:The Spokesman-Review
1061:Professional ratings
5524:Jack of All Parades
5429:Complicated Shadows
5033:My Flame Burns Blue
4910:Painted from Memory
4847:Goodbye Cruel World
4293:Trust / Almost Blue
3692:. 1 February 1982.
3647:. 10 October 2016.
3557:(28 January 1981).
3435:: Elvis Costello".
3168:norwegiancharts.com
2997:(10 January 1981).
2984:, pp. 220–221.
2439:Rhino Entertainment
2253:Rhino Entertainment
2087:Australian Albums (
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1062:
1049:Saturday Night Live
954:scene dressed like
644:with the rhythm of
571:, skin tambourine,
501:(pictured in 2017).
5570:The Sweetest Punch
5380:13 Steps Lead Down
4882:The Juliet Letters
4875:Mighty Like a Rose
4673:(list of releases)
4504:St. Martin's Press
3818:on 24 October 2004
3804:Harrison, Andrew.
3566:The New York Times
2179:after he recorded
2150:Top LPs & Tape
2111:Norwegian Albums (
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1289:The New York Times
1060:
1056:Critical reception
999:chart. Elsewhere,
997:Top LPs & Tape
617:'s enthusiasm for
615:new prime Minister
503:
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5422:Brilliant Mistake
5093:Girls Girls Girls
4798:This Year's Model
4615:978-1-84195-796-8
4592:978-0-7119-0772-0
4565:978-1-44083-216-1
4536:978-1-86074-196-8
4513:978-0-312-04309-4
4502:. New York City:
4490:978-0-241-00346-6
4460:978-0-233-99339-3
4451:Andre Deutsch Ltd
3893:978-0-85712-595-8
3690:The Village Voice
3600:Los Angeles Times
3473:"Top Album Picks"
3405:The Village Voice
3396:Christgau, Robert
3204:"Elvis Costello:
3047:Sverigetopplistan
3043:swedishcharts.com
3006:Los Angeles Times
2668:, pp. 64–73.
2642:. pp. 26–27.
2559:, pp. 43–52.
2459:, pp. 63–69.
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2125:Sverigetopplistan
2089:Kent Music Report
1773:Retrospectively,
1771:
1770:
1358:The Village Voice
1342:and go country."
1336:This Year's Model
1327:The Village Voice
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1245:The Village Voice
875:Squeeze vocalist
833:This Year's Model
771:This Year's Model
661:This Year's Model
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5641:Live Stiffs Live
5517:Indoor Fireworks
5489:New Lace Sleeves
5227:
5210:This Year's Girl
5086:Out of Our Idiot
5058:Taking Liberties
4994:The Boy Named If
4938:The Delivery Man
4917:When I Was Cruel
4833:Imperial Bedroom
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3969:Brackett, Nathan
3965:"Elvis Costello"
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3398:(2 March 1981).
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3267:. No. 340.
3253:(2 April 1981).
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3208:(F-Beat XXLP11)"
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2982:Clayton-Lea 1999
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2894:Mason, Stewart.
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2840:Anderson, Rick.
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2813:Mason, Stewart.
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2786:Mason, Stewart.
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2666:St. Michael 1986
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2123:Swedish Albums (
2074:
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1948:New Lace Sleeves
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1455:Imperial Bedroom
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1381:and the Clash's
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788:Imperial Bedroom
773:, particularly "
758:double entendres
738:Rodgers and Hart
692:("Luxembourg"),
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468:New Lace Sleeves
408:sound of 1979's
378:double entendres
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5717:Rykodisc albums
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5616:Jake's Progress
5596:
5550:
5545:Next Time Round
5434:
5310:Man Out of Time
5303:You Little Fool
5282:Watch Your Step
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4966:National Ransom
4854:King of America
4840:Punch the Clock
4778:
4753:The Attractions
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4643:
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4627:
4625:Further reading
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4606:Canongate Books
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4469:Costello, Elvis
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3910:(10 May 1991).
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3840:(2 June 1991).
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2616:Gouldstone 1989
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2455:
2446:
2435:Trust (reissue)
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2176:East Side Story
2172:
2168:
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2136:UK Albums Chart
2081:
2066:
2045:Roger BĂ©chirian
1994: – piano,
1979:
1934:Watch Your Step
1895:
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1565:Chicago Tribune
1554:
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1405:—Elvis Costello
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1066:Initial reviews
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990:UK Albums Chart
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980:in the UK on 23
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593:Looking Italian
555:
515:Roger BĂ©chirian
488:
472:Watch Your Step
436:the Attractions
428:UK Albums Chart
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315:Roger BĂ©chirian
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257:Watch Your Step
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152:Roger BĂ©chirian
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5555:Collaborations
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5531:Suit of Lights
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5461:Senior Service
5457:
5454:Lipstick Vogue
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5168:Less Than Zero
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5121:Costello Album
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4744:Davey Faragher
4740:
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4726:The Imposters:
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4708:Elvis Costello
4706:
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4659:External links
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2020:Glenn Tilbrook
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540:Johnnie Walker
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4583:Omnibus Press
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4330:0-7535-0493-6
4326:
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4311:Larkin, Colin
4306:
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3884:Omnibus Press
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3874:Larkin, Colin
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2922:
2921:Costello 2015
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2097:
2090:
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2077:Chart (1981)
2075:
2072:
2063:
2058:
2055:
2052:
2049:
2046:
2043:
2040:
2037:
2036:
2035:
2034:
2027:
2024:
2021:
2018:
2017:
2016:
2015:
2009: – drums
2008:
2005:
2002:
1999:
1997:
1993:
1990:
1987:
1984:
1983:
1982:
1976:
1971:
1968:
1965:
1962:
1959:
1957:" – 2:54
1956:
1952:
1950:" – 3:45
1949:
1945:
1944:
1943:
1942:
1936:" – 2:57
1935:
1931:
1928:
1925:
1922:
1919:
1916:
1914:" – 3:42
1913:
1909:
1908:
1907:
1906:
1902:
1900:
1893:Track listing
1892:
1890:
1888:
1884:
1883:Rhino Records
1880:
1876:
1875:Demon Records
1872:
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1488:
1487:
1479:
1476:Review scores
1474:
1469:
1460:
1458:
1456:
1452:
1451:Geoff Emerick
1448:
1447:
1442:
1441:Love for Sale
1438:
1437:Gloomy Sunday
1433:
1429:
1424:
1422:
1418:
1413:
1407:
1401:
1389:
1387:
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1354:Trouser Press
1351:
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1333:
1329:
1328:
1323:
1322:
1321:Rolling Stone
1317:
1313:
1309:
1305:
1304:
1299:
1295:
1294:Robert Palmer
1291:
1290:
1284:
1281:In contrast,
1279:
1277:
1276:
1275:Record Mirror
1270:
1264:
1263:
1258:
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1128:
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1125:
1124:Rolling Stone
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1120:
1090:
1088:
1087:
1086:Record Mirror
1083:
1082:
1074:
1071:Review scores
1069:
1064:
1055:
1053:
1051:
1050:
1045:
1044:
1039:
1035:
1030:
1028:
1024:
1023:
1022:Jim'll Fix It
1019:'s programme
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742:Frank Sinatra
739:
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731:
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723:
719:
715:
709:
707:
703:
699:
695:
694:Tin Pan Alley
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675:
671:
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623:
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612:
602:
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597:Cats and Dogs
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584:
582:
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570:
566:
561:
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544:
541:
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454:'s guitarist
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438:—keyboardist
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336:
333:'s guitarist
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328:
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289:—keyboardist
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16:
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5646:
5639:
5632:
5614:
5607:
5589:
5582:
5575:
5568:
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5510:Shipbuilding
5296:Sweet Dreams
5148:
5141:
5134:
5127:
5119:
5112:
5098:
5091:
5084:
5077:
5070:
5063:
5056:
5050:Compilations
5038:
5031:
5024:
5017:
5010:
4992:
4985:
4978:
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4964:
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4950:
4943:
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4889:Brutal Youth
4887:
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4859:
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4845:
4838:
4831:
4824:
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4817:
4810:
4805:Armed Forces
4803:
4796:
4789:
4773:Bruce Thomas
4771:
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4751:
4742:
4735:
4728:
4725:
4664:
4632:
4601:
4576:
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4524:
4499:
4481:Viking Books
4474:
4444:
4420:. Retrieved
4409:
4400:
4388:. Retrieved
4373:
4366:
4354:. Retrieved
4347:
4339:
4321:Virgin Books
4315:
4305:
4297:Melody Maker
4296:
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4286:
4274:. Retrieved
4267:
4244:. Retrieved
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3928:20 September
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3856:. Retrieved
3845:
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3820:. Retrieved
3816:the original
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3799:
3792:Thomson 2004
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3373:. p. 39
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3009:. p. 66
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2898:. AllMusic.
2889:
2880:Melody Maker
2878:
2875:Jones, Allan
2850:. Retrieved
2844:. AllMusic.
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2823:. Retrieved
2817:. AllMusic.
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2796:. Retrieved
2790:. AllMusic.
2781:
2769:. Retrieved
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2434:
2402:Thomson 2004
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2235:Thomson 2004
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2188:
2180:
2174:
2169:
2147:
2070:
2057:Keith Morris
2032:
2031:
2013:
2012:
2003: – bass
2001:Bruce Thomas
1980:
1940:
1939:
1904:
1903:
1896:
1866:
1865:
1853:
1847:
1844:Colin Larkin
1839:
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5503:Almost Blue
5439:Other songs
5331:Green Shirt
5217:Radio Radio
5136:Cruel Smile
5004:Live albums
4826:Almost Blue
4812:Get Happy!!
4766:Pete Thomas
4759:Steve Nieve
4737:Pete Thomas
4730:Steve Nieve
4719:Discography
4007:30 November
3985:. pp.
3780:Hinton 1999
3700:12 November
3416:29 November
3251:Tucker, Ken
3120:Kent, David
2943:(Columbia)"
2634:Penman, Ian
2557:Perone 2015
2441:. R2 73909.
2309:Hinton 1999
2255:. R2 73908.
2007:Pete Thomas
1992:Steve Nieve
1446:Almost Blue
1428:Get Happy!!
1384:Sandinista!
1308:Get Happy!!
1298:Get Happy!!
1269:Allan Jones
943:Get Happy!!
931:Thatcherism
903:Get Happy!!
809:Get Happy!!
734:Cole Porter
680:range from
668:. As such,
646:Get Happy!!
631:liner notes
553:Get Happy!!
549:Get Happy!!
520:Get Happy!!
448:Pete Thomas
440:Steve Nieve
416:Get Happy!!
401:Get Happy!!
353:Get Happy!!
299:Pete Thomas
291:Steve Nieve
196:Almost Blue
5671:Categories
5475:Girls Talk
5373:Sulky Girl
5352:Blue Chair
5345:I Want You
5203:Pump It Up
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4352:. AllMusic
4272:. AllMusic
4133:Treblezine
3858:6 December
3794:, chap. 8.
3782:, chap. 7.
3765:6 December
3655:2 November
3296:Smash Hits
3275:6 December
2618:, chap. 6.
2482:, chap. 4.
2404:, chap. 7.
2311:, chap. 6.
2237:, chap. 6.
2218:References
1801:Treblezine
1312:Ken Tucker
1162:Smash Hits
1034:Tom Snyder
956:Guy Fawkes
926:Pet Sounds
917:torch song
842:Luxembourg
797:Girls Talk
779:James Bond
775:Pump It Up
726:Bo Diddley
714:the Police
690:rockabilly
573:vibraphone
452:the Rumour
442:, bassist
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331:the Rumour
293:, bassist
167:chronology
62:1981-01-23
5124:(bootleg)
4651:227198538
4411:Billboard
4168:Stereogum
4024:Get Happy
3838:Kot, Greg
3822:9 January
3729:23 August
3481:Billboard
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2148:Billboard
2082:Position
2039:Nick Lowe
2033:Technical
1977:Personnel
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1826:Stereogum
1399:coherent.
1378:Wild Gift
1363:s annual
995:Billboard
952:film noir
730:the Clash
581:accordion
530:' cider,
511:Nick Lowe
499:Nick Lowe
486:Recording
311:Nick Lowe
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5482:Riot Act
5359:Veronica
5268:Clubland
5100:2½ Years
4980:Look Now
4952:Momofuku
4931:Il Sogno
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4471:(2015).
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4416:Archived
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3963:(2004).
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2765:Archived
2725:Archived
2721:AllMusic
2113:VG-lista
1941:Side two
1912:Clubland
1905:Side one
1879:Rykodisc
1862:Reissues
1846:'s book
1813:AllMusic
1490:AllMusic
1412:The Face
1303:Cash Box
1043:Tomorrow
848:Side two
826:pop-rock
764:Side one
702:AllMusic
686:soul pop
674:pop rock
619:Cold War
569:melodica
464:Clubland
406:new wave
362:pop rock
356:(1980),
231:Clubland
140:Producer
131:Columbia
96:Pop rock
85:(London)
81:DJM and
70:Recorded
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5160:Singles
5079:The Man
4671:Discogs
4434:Sources
4356:16 July
4276:16 July
3811:Blender
3606:16 July
3577:12 July
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1815:editor
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543:career.
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