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The Attractions

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Armed Forces

Elvis Costello, The Attractions · 1979

Armed Forces appeared in 1979, with Nick Lowe producing Costello and the Attractions. The working title Emotional Fascism points toward its concern with power inside human relationships. Its more commercial presentation changes the means of attack without removing the argument.

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Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello, The Attractions · 1982

Imperial Bedroom was released in 1982 after sessions at AIR Studios with producer Geoff Emerick. Costello and the Attractions treated recording as a place for continual revision. The album's relationship songs gained a more elaborate setting than the group's earlier, more immediately forceful work.