My Greatest 100 (or so) Albums...

Armed Forces (1979, Columbia) Elvis Costello. In which Elvis meets Abba and makes great pop. Now Abba didn't literally record with Elvis but all those Steve Naive piano runs were very Abba circa Waterloo. Originally to be titled Emotional Facism, this is one of those perfectly seemless pop records and still sounds great every time I listen to it. Here's the play list.

"Accidents Will Happen" – 3:00
"Senior Service" – 2:17
"Oliver's Army" – 2:58
"Big Boys" – 2:54
"Green Shirt" – 2:42
"Party Girl" – 3:20
"Goon Squad" – 3:14
"Busy Bodies" – 3:33
"Sunday's Best" – 3:22
"Moods for Moderns" – 2:48
"Chemistry Class" – 2:55
"Two Little Hitlers" – 3:18
"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" (Nick Lowe) – 3:31

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