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This Year’s Model
Rock · 1978 · 9 tracks

This Year’s Model

Elvis Costello

Tightly coiled new wave. Sharp, cynical, and driven by a rhythm section that sounds like a ticking time bomb.

March 17, 1978 · F-Beat

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A tightly wound spring of intellectualized anger and melodic brilliance.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
01
No Action
2:01
03
The Beat
3:47
05
Little Triggers
2:42
06
Hand in Hand
2:37
07
Watching the Detectives
3:35
08
You Belong to Me
2:24
10
Lip Service
2:38
11
Living in Paradise
3:46
13
Night Rally
2:45
Moments Worth Listening For
The frantic, tumbling drum fill that opens No Action and sets the pace for the entire record.
The eerie, dub-influenced bassline of Watching the Detectives that creates a cinematic tension.
The way the organ stabs punctuate the chorus of Lip Service with almost violent precision.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does This Year’s Model sound next to the rest of Elvis Costello's catalogue?

Organ+2.6σ

The instrumentation foregrounds organ far more than the catalogue usually does.

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