Elvis Costello – Girls +£÷ Girls =$& Girls (The Songs Of Elvis Costello / The Sounds Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions) (VG+/VG+) – 2xLP, UK 1989

Girls +£÷ Girls =$& Girls (The Songs Of Elvis Costello / The Sounds Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions) is an LP by Elvis Costello from 1989 released on the Demon Records label.

About this album

Girls +£÷ Girls =$& Girls gathers some of Elvis Costello’s most incisive songs alongside essential work with The Attractions, making a compact portrait of his late-1970s and 1980s peak. Issued in 1989, the compilation brings together the cranky intelligence, melodic drive and emotional volatility that made Costello one of rock’s most distinctive songwriters. From the nervous energy of Watching the Detectives and Pump It Up to the bite of I Hope You’re Happy Now and (I Don’t Want To Go To) Chelsea, it highlights both his lyrical toughness and the band’s sharp, attack-minded playing. It is a strong entry point and a fine summary of his early canon.