This Year's Model
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| This Year's Model | ||
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| Missing image This_Years_Model.jpg Album cover | ||
| Album by Elvis Costello | ||
| Released | March 17, 1978 | |
| Recorded | late 1977/early 1978 | |
| Genre | New Wave/Pub rock (UK)/Rock and roll/Punk rock/Singer-songwriter/Pop rock | |
| Length | 35 min 44 sec | |
| Record label | Radar Records (UK) / Columbia Records (US) | |
| Producer | Nick Lowe | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Q | 4 stars out of 5 | September 1993 (http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.review.redirect&fixture_review=122917&resource=122917&fixture_artist=145586) |
| Robert Christgau | Grade: A | link (http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Elvis+Costello) |
| Allmusic.com | 5 stars out of 5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47B16DB4EAC7420CA97284EC0AD53EB08D64CF5C01D2F4749D4BC2540881F73FD0DA5C6CCB7E577B479ABB32AAE5B09D9C8EB469CA1&uid=CADMR0410161600&sql=10:ly09kept7q70~T1) |
| Rolling Stone | Favorable | link (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/198216/elviscostello?pageid=rs.ArtistDiscography&pageregion=triple1)) |
| Elvis Costello Chronology | ||
| My Aim Is True (1977) | This Year's Model (1978) | Armed Forces (1979) |
This Year's Model (1978) was Elvis Costello's second album, and his first with The Attractions. It was voted as the best album of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll.
Early issues of the album have an apparently misprinted cover, which cuts the first 'E' from 'Elvis' off the front cover. This was a deliberate mistake, as was pressing "Special pressing No. 003. Ring 434 32 32. Ask for Moira for your prize" between the holding spirals on Side A.
Track listing
Original UK Issue:
- "No Action" - 1:58
- "This Year's Girl" - 3:17
- "The Beat" - 3:45
- "Pump It Up" - 3:14
- "Little Triggers" - 2:40
- "You Belong to Me" - 2:22
- "Hand in Hand" - 2:33
- "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" - 3:07
- "Lip Service" - 2:36
- "Living in Paradise" - 3:52
- "Lipstick Vogue" - 3:29
- "Night Rally" - 2:51
Note: The original US issue, which shipped two months later, dropped "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" and "Night Rally" and added the single "Radio, Radio" at the end of side 2. Costello had recently conducted a memorable performance of "Radio, Radio" on popular American variety show Saturday Night Live December 17, 1977; he and The Attractions played the opening strains of "Less Than Zero" before Elvis stopped the live broadcast, apologized to the audience, and instructed the group to perform the more controversial "Radio, Radio".
2002 Rhino Bonus Disc Tracks
- "Big Tears"
- "Crawling to the USA"
- "Running Out of Angels" (demo)
- "Greenshirt" (demo)
- "Big Boys" (demo)
- "You Belong to Me" (Capital Radio version)
- "Radio, Radio" (Capital Radio version)
- "Neat Neat Neat" (live)
- "Roadette Song" (live)
- "This Year's Girl" (alternate Eden Studios version)
- "(I Don't Want to Go To) Chelsea" (Basing Street Studios version)
- "Stranger in the House" (BBC version)
External Links
- "Sometimes I Almost Feel Just Like a Human Being" - essay by Connor Ratliff (http://www.astheygo.com/ecessay13.html)