Get Happy! is still my all time favorite Elvis Costello record. Over the years I've played it thousands of times and I'm still not sick of it. My most beloved cuts on the album are Opportunity, Secondary Modern, New Amsterdam, & Riot Act...which are the songs that don't fit into the soul music theme of the album. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy the Stax/Motown themed songs on Get Happy!. There isn't a single throwaway song on the entire album.
I really like the rougher sound of Nick Lowe's production on Get Happy!, which makes the Attractions sound more like a bar band than a "new wave" band. Lowe's production on the Attraction's previous album Armed Forces was almost too slick.
I own the Rhino issued edition of Get Happy! which includes Girls Talk as the 21st song on the album. The UK edition of Get Happy! always had Girls Talk as the 21st song, if I'm not mistaken.
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There are two types of music: the first type is the blues and the second type is all the other stuff.
Townes Van Zandt
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