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<center><h3> Another year, another 'model' </h3></center> | <center><h3> Another year, another 'model' </h3></center> | ||
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''' | ''' Reissued another time, Elvis Costello's masterpiece remains brutally funny | ||
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More than a decade ago, Elvis Costello announced plans to stop selling his early albums. "People must have them by now if they want them," he reasoned. "What I'd really like to do is delete them and destroy them so they could never come out again. That would be kind of cool. I'm sure I'll change my mind about it." | More than a decade ago, Elvis Costello announced plans to stop selling his early albums. "People must have them by now if they want them," he reasoned. "What I'd really like to do is delete them and destroy them so they could never come out again. That would be kind of cool. I'm sure I'll change my mind about it." | ||
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The pain in these songs is as clearly visible as the wedding ring Costello wears on the album cover. He might play the jaded rake in "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea," but these are the plaints of a kid who fell too hard too fast, who took romantic promises way too seriously and believed more fiercely as he kept getting burned. The music is surprisingly lush and pretty — the watery acoustic guitar of "Lip Service," the high harmonies in the chorus of "No Action." Yet it's all punk rage, thanks to Pete Thomas' drums and Steve Nieve's cranky organ.(Funny how the most popular song, "Pump It Up," is the one where the vocal is a blur and the drum hook takes the spotlight.) | The pain in these songs is as clearly visible as the wedding ring Costello wears on the album cover. He might play the jaded rake in "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea," but these are the plaints of a kid who fell too hard too fast, who took romantic promises way too seriously and believed more fiercely as he kept getting burned. The music is surprisingly lush and pretty — the watery acoustic guitar of "Lip Service," the high harmonies in the chorus of "No Action." Yet it's all punk rage, thanks to Pete Thomas' drums and Steve Nieve's cranky organ.(Funny how the most popular song, "Pump It Up," is the one where the vocal is a blur and the drum hook takes the spotlight.) | ||
This year's model of ''This Year's Model'' has basically the same bonus tracks as the last reissue. The only new bait is on Disc Two, a rowdy [[Concert 1978-02-28 Washington| | This year's model of ''This Year's Model'' has basically the same bonus tracks as the last reissue. The only new bait is on Disc Two, a rowdy February 1978 live [[Concert 1978-02-28 Washington|show]] from Washington, D.C. With rants against the media ("Radio, Radio"), the church ("The Beat") and the right wing ("Night Rally"), ''This Year's Model'' is the angriest album Costello ever made, yet the songs remain brutally funny, sung with moments of unexpected tenderness (''"I told you that we were just good frieeeends,"'' he sings on "No Action") that taught a host of tortured-Irish-guy vocal tropes to the Hold Steady and LCD Soundsystem — and those moments make the album unforgettable. | ||
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<br><small>Photo by [[Richard E. Aaron photos|Richard E. Aaron]].</small> | |||
<small>Photo by [[Richard E. Aaron]].</small> | |||
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