Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Goodbye Cruel World

This week (June 18th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of Goodbye Cruel World, the ninth studio album from Elvis Costello (the eighth with the Attractions). This 1984 release hit number 53 in Australia, number 52 in Japan, number 32 in New Zealand, number 20 in Sweden and number 10 in the UK. In the US, it spent twenty-one weeks on the Billboard Album chart and peaked at number 35.

the Boomtown Rats - In the Long Grass

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of In the Long Grass, the sixth and final studio album from the Boomtown Rats. It spent four weeks on the US Billboard Album chart, peaking at number 188. It also charted at number 80 in Canada.

Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Armed Forces

Welcome to another edition of Seventies Sunday.

Today (January 5th) marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of Armed Forces, the third studio album from Elvis Costello and the first to officially credit the Attractions on the cover. This 1979 release charted at number 13 in the Netherlands, number 12 in Norway, number 11 in Sweden, number 10 on the US Billboard Album chart, number 9 in Australia and New Zealand, number 8 in Canada, and number 2 in the UK.

Richard Thompson - Hand of Kindness

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of Hand of Kindness, the third solo album from Richard Thompson from June of 1983. It followed after 1982’s release of Shoot Out the Lights (click here for that review), his final effort with his ex-wife Linda.

Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Imperial Bedroom

Thirty years ago today (July 2, 1982), Elvis Costello and the Attraction released their seventh studio album Imperial Bedroom.

The album went to number 29 in Australia, number 45 in the Netherlands, number 37 in New Zealand, number 30 in both Sweden and in the US, number 18 in Norway and number 6 in the UK. It was voted best album of the year in a critics’ poll in New York City‘s The Village Voice. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it number 38 on its list of the 100 Greatest Albums of the 80’s, and number 166 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.