The four hundred and forty-third album: #443 Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Armed Forces
As we've seen the rise of new wave lead to poppy tracks with less deep tracks, it's been nice to get the more political messages Elvis Costello brings - wrapped in more personal songs, the intention of a bunch of these tracks are more clear in their meaning, with a pacifist and anti-capitalist message that carries the album well. The venom of the message is mostly wrapped in pleasant, accessible pop music, with it taking until Goon Squad on the second side for the rock to come back in and underline the message, its aggression not jarring as much as it's reminding you of what has come before. It even ties the personal and political threads together to some extent at the end, for an album that keeps really good to listen to for the entire runtime.