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Get Happy is a studio album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. The fourth album by Elvis Costello, his third with the Attractions, it is notable for being a dramatic break in tone from Costello's three previous albums, and for being heavily influenced by R&B, ska and soul music. The cover art was intentionally designed to have a retro feel, to look like the cover of an old LP with ring wear on both front and back. Like its predecessor Armed Forces, it was commercially successful, charting at number 11 in the US and number 2 in the UK, where it went gold. It was plac. Get Happy Elvis Costello & The Attractions. Rock 1980. He covers Sam & Dave's heart-melter I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down with enough intensity to make it his own. Even when Costello tackles ska on The Imposter, he sounds less like a genre tourist than a man amped up on passion and love for the traditions and histories o. Get Happy was born as much from sincere love for soul as it was for Elvis Costello's desire to distance himself from an unfortunate verbal faux pas where he insulted Ray Charles in an attempt to get Stephen Stills' goat. Either way, it resulted in a 20-song blue-eyed soul tour de force, where Costello doesn't just want to prove his love, he wants to prove his knowledge. So, he tries everything, starting with Motown and Northern soul, then touching on smooth uptown ballads and gritty Southern soul, even finding common ground between the two by recasting Sam & Dave's &q. Get Happy This 1980 release by Elvis Costello & The Attractions is a wonderful new wave album with lots of great songs. Elvis distinctive vocals carry throughout the recordings with the precise enunciation, distinctive phrasing and impassioned emotion that he is known for and which have made his music so very popular. Play jigsaw puzzles for free Home. Elvis Costello & The Attractions. Get Happy, 1980. Love For Tender, 01:57. King Horse, 03:01. Get Happy is a music album by Elvis Costello And The Attractions released in 1980. Get Happy is ranked 779th in the overall chart, 118th in the 1980s, and 15th in the year 1980. This album is rated in the top 4 of all albums on . But every song is strong, from the frenetic opener Love for Tender, to the heartbreaking Motel Matches and the strange but lovely New Amsterdam. On Get Happy, he loses the race. And when he tries to dig his way out, he merely manages to dig himself in deeper. In 1979, Elvis Costello achieved the authority hed always wanted, only to have it threaten to fall apart in his hands. This is an album that springs straight from the tensions and interruptions of life on the roadall of its scenes seem to take place in motel rooms or between planes or over long-distance telephone lines. Albums by Elvis Costello & The Attractions. Albums G. Elvis Costello & The Attractions:Get Happy. Get Happy Released in. Length: 48:08. Genre: Punk Rock. Album by Elvis Costello & The Attractions. Elvis Costello - vocals and guitar, organ on Possession and all instruments on New Amsterdam. Steve Nieve - piano and organ. Bruce Thomas - bass, and harmonica on I Stand Accused. Pete Thomas - drums. Nick Lowe - producer, except New Amsterdam, produced by Elvis Costello. Home Page discography page , A01 , A02 , A03 , A05 ,. S01 , S02 , S03 , S04 , S05 , S06 , S07 , S08 , S09 , S10 , S11 , S12 , S13 , S14