| Product Summary | | Label: Revolver Usa | | UPC: 00602517606319 | | Release Date: 3/4/2008 | | Buy.com Sku: 206870793 | | Item#: M3YQ7H | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. No Action - (with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello |  | | 2. This Year's Girl - (with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 3. Beat, The - (with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 4. Pump It Up - (with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 5. Little Triggers -, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 6. You Belong to Me - (with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 7. Hand in Hand - (with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 8. (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea -, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 9. Lip Service - (with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 10. Living in Paradise - (with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 11. Lipstick Vogue - (with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 12. Night Rally - (with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 13. Radio, Radio - (with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 14. Big Tears - (with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 15. Crawling to the U.S.A. - (with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 16. Tiny Steps -, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 17. Running Out of Angels - (demo, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 18. Greenshirt - (demo, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 19. Big Boys - (demo, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 20. Neat Neat Neat - (live, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 21. Roadette Song - (live, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 22. This Year's Girl - (alternate take, Alternate Basing Street Studios Version, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 23. (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea - (alternate take, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | Disc 2
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Pump It Up - (previously unreleased, live, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 2. Waiting For the End of the World - (previously unreleased, live, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 3. No Action - (previously unreleased, live, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 4. Less Than Zero - (previously unreleased, live, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 5. Beat, The - (previously unreleased, live, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 6. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes - (previously unreleased, live, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 7. (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea - (previously unreleased, live, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 8. Hand in Hand - (previously unreleased, live, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 9. Little Triggers - (previously unreleased, live, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 10. Radio, Radio - (previously unreleased, live, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 11. You Belong to Me - (previously unreleased, live, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 12. Lipstick Vogue - (previously unreleased, live, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 13. Watching the Detectives - (previously unreleased, live, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 14. Mystery Dance - (previously unreleased, live, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 15. Miracle Man - (previously unreleased, live, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 16. Blame It on Cain - (previously unreleased, live, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | | | 17. Chemistry Class - (live, with Elvis Costello & The Attractions) ~ Elvis Costello | |
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | THIS YEAR'S MODEL is packaged with a 28-page booklet that includes rare photos and printed song lyrics. | | Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Elvis Costello (vocals, guitar); Steve Nieve (keyboards); Bruce Thomas (bass); Pete Thomas (drums). | | Additional personnel: Mick Jones (guitar); Davey Payne (saxophone). | | Producer: Nick Lowe. | | Reissue producers: Gary Stewart, Val Jennings. | | Recorded between August 1977 and October 1978. Originally released on Columbia (35331). Includes liner notes by Elvis Costello. | | All tracks have been digitally remastered. | | Elvis Costello: Elvis Costello; Steve Nieve (keyboard); Bruce Thomas (bass guitar); Pete Thomas (drum). | | Personnel: Elvis Costello (guitar). | | Recording information: 1978. | | For his second album, Costello fine-tuned his aesthetic by abandoned the California studio cat accompanists of his debut for the more aggressive, quirky and very British Attractions, who would virtually define EC's sound over the next several years. Where MY AIM IS TRUE highlighted Costello's rootsy influences (the Band, etc.), THIS YEAR'S MODEL wholeheartedly embraces the "new wave" out-with-the-old mindset, favoring tightly-wound ferocity over back-porch-isms. | | Irresistibly catchy, in a twitchy, neurotic, white-knuckled way, THIS YEAR'S MODEL is Costello at his edgiest. The classic "Pump It Up" pummels the listener with garage-band organ, pounding drums, and HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED-style ranting. "Radio, Radio" turned into something of an anti-authoritarian anthem for Costello. The snaky guitar and reggae-tinged drums of "I Don't Want to Go to Chelsea" complement Costello's verge-of-a-nervous-breakdown vocal performance nicely. Come to think of it, so does nearly everything else here. |
Engineer: Roger Bechirian |
Musical Guests | | Mick Jones |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 03/04/2008 | | Original Release Date : 1978 | | Catalog ID : B001D681-02 | | Label : Hip-O Records | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00602517606319 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (p.60)
- 5 stars out of 5 -- "The music is surprisingly lush and pretty....Yet it's all punk rage, thanks to Pete Thomas' drums and Steve Nieve's cranky organ."Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.118)
- Ranked #98 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...The most 'punk' of Costello's records....Costello vs. the world. And Costello wins..." Rolling Stone (2/28/02, p.61)
- 5 stars out of 5- "...Loosed punk's bilious hyperactivity upon the soul-based virtuosity of pub rock....uncoiling with an intensity Costello rarely equaled afterward..." Spin (12/03, p.122)
- "...Some of the most stinging songs ever committed to record...' Spin (p.102)
- "His nastiest and most awesome record..." Entertainment Weekly (2/22/02, p.149)
- "...Redefined the quirky troubadour as bilious rocker...For those alienated by his C&W a |
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