This Year's Model

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This Year's Model
Studio album by Elvis Costello and The Attractions
Released	March 17, 1978 (UK) May 1978 (US)
Recorded	Eden Studios, London, Late 1977 - Early 1978
Genre	Punk Rock
Length	35:44
Label	Radar Records (UK) Columbia Records (US) Demon/Rykodisc (October 19, 1993 Reissue) Rhino (February 19, 2002 Reissue)
Producer(s)	Nick Lowe
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork link Robert Christgau (A) link Rolling Stone (not rated) link Stylus Magazine (very favorable) link
Elvis Costello and The Attractions chronology
My Aim Is True (1977)	This Year's Model (1978)	Armed Forces (1979)
US 1978 Cover
"Elvis Hides"

This Year's Model (1978) was Elvis Costello's second album, and his first with The Attractions. It was recorded mainly at Eden Studios in West London.

It was voted the best album of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll. In 2000, Q magazine placed This Year's Model at number 82 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 1987, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it number 11 on its list of the best albums of the period 1967-1987. In 2003, the album was ranked number 98 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Early issues of the album have an apparently misprinted cover, which cuts the 'E' from 'Elvis' off the front cover. This was a deliberate mistake (a favourite technique of cover designer Barney Bubbles), as was pressing "Special pressing No. 003. Ring 434 32 32. Ask for Moira for your prize" between the holding spirals on Side A.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Bonus Tracks (1993 Rykodisc) 1.2 Bonus Disc (2002 Rhino) 2 Personnel 3 Charts 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

Note: The Rykodisc version has the original tracks and bonus tracks on one CD. The Rhino version has two CDs with the original tracks on the first CD.

All songs written by Elvis Costello unless otherwise indicated.

1. "No Action" – 1:58
2. "This Year's Girl" – 3:17
3. "The Beat" – 3:45
4. "Pump It Up" – 3:14
5. "Little Triggers" – 2:40
6. "You Belong to Me" – 2:22
7. "Hand in Hand" – 2:33
8. "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" – 3:07
9. "Lip Service" – 2:36
10. "Living in Paradise" – 3:52
11. "Lipstick Vogue" – 3:29
12. "Night Rally" – 2:41
13. "Radio Radio" – 3:05

• Tracklisting notes: The UK issue did not have "Radio Radio," which was released there as a single backed with "Tiny Steps" in October 1978. The original US issue, which shipped two months later, dropped "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" and "Night Rally" (reportedly as being "too English') and added the single "Radio Radio" at the end of side 2.

[edit] Bonus Tracks (1993 Rykodisc)

1. "Radio Radio" – 3:05
2. "Big Tears" – 3:09
3. "Crawling to the USA" – 2:53
4. "Running Out of Angels" – 2:02
5. "Green Shirt" – 2:20
6. "Big Boys" – 3:00

• Tracklisting notes: The Rykodisc reissue placed "Radio Radio" after a 10-second silence following "Night Rally."

[edit] Bonus Disc (2002 Rhino)

1. "Big Tears" – 3:12
2. "Crawling to the USA" – 2:55
3. "Running Out of Angels" (Demo version) – 2:05
4. "Greenshirt" (Demo version) – 2:22
5. "Big Boys" (Demo version) – 3:00
6. "You Belong to Me" (Capital Radio version) – 1:55
7. "Radio Radio" (Capital Radio version) – 3:01
8. "Neat Neat Neat" {Brian James) (Live) – 3:16
9. "Roadette Song" (Ian Dury, Russell Hardy) (Live) – 5:40
10. "This Year's Girl" (Alternate Eden Studios version) – 2:09
11. "(I Don't Want to Go To) Chelsea" (Basing Street Studios version) – 3:00
12. "Stranger in the House" (BBC version) – 4:15

[edit] Personnel

• Elvis Costello – guitar, vocals
• Steve Nieve – keyboards
• Bruce Thomas – bass
• Pete Thomas – drums

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Billboard Pop Albums	30

[edit] External links

• "Sometimes I Almost Feel Just Like a Human Being" - essay by Connor Ratliff

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