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Get Happy!! (Elvis Costello album)
1980 studio album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Get Happy!! is the fourth studio album by the English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, and his third with the Attractions — keyboardist Steve Nieve, bassist Bruce Thomas and drummer Pete Thomas (no relation).
It was released on 15 February 1980 through F-Beat Records in the United Kingdom and Columbia Records in the United States. Produced by Nick Lowe and engineered by Roger Béchirian, the sessions began in London but moved to the Netherlands after Costello found the material derivative of his previous album, Armed Forces (1979).
The sessions were problematic but resulted in a large number of songs; the final album contains 20 tracks across a single LP.
A departure from Costello's prior works, Get Happy!! was influenced by R&B, ska and soul music of the 1960s.
Two cover songs are included: Sam & Dave's "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" and the Merseybeats' "I
