Elvis Costello - Heatwave Festival 1980 (2023)

Elvis Costello arrived as a sneering spitfire, the smartest and meanest singer/songwriter in the first wave of 1970s British punk backed by the Attractions, a band who could match his ferocity. Soon, Costello galloped away from the loud, fast rules of punk, demonstrating his musical and verbal facility with Armed Forces, a 1979 album that contained "Oliver's Army," "Accidents Will Happen," and his cover of Nick Lowe's "(What's So Funny About) Peace, Love and Understanding," a trio of singles that turned into new wave standards. Such rapid musical evolution and switches in style became the rule in Costello's career, as he amassed a catalog that seemed to touch upon every conceivable genre of popular music.
Tracklist
[04:07] 01. Elvis Costello - Shot With His Own Gun
[02:38] 02. Elvis Costello - Accidents Happen
[03:42] 03. Elvis Costello - The Beat
[05:29] 04. Elvis Costello - Temptation/Green Shirt
[06:15] 05. Elvis Costello - You'll Never Be A Man/(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
[02:32] 06. Elvis Costello - Secondary Modern
[02:44] 07. Elvis Costello - Lover's Walk
[03:20] 08. Elvis Costello - Less Than Zero
[04:14] 09. Elvis Costello - Big Tears
[02:55] 10. Elvis Costello - High Fidelity
[02:26] 11. Elvis Costello - Alison
[03:59] 12. Elvis Costello - Lipstick Vogue
[03:47] 13. Elvis Costello - Clubland
[02:57] 14. Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army
[08:22] 15. Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives/You Belong To Me
[02:32] 16. Elvis Costello - Radio, Radio
[04:49] 17. Elvis Costello - Pump It Up
[05:52] 18. Elvis Costello - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?
[02:37] 19. Elvis Costello - I Can't Stand Up (For Falling Down)