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''{{n}}And the corporation logo is flashing on and off in the sky <br> | ''{{n}}And the corporation logo is flashing on and off in the sky <br> | ||
''{{n}}They're putting all your names in the forbidden book <br> | ''{{n}}They're putting all your names in the forbidden book <br> | ||
''{{n}}I know what they're doing but I don't want to look | ''{{n}}I know what they're doing but I don't want to look | ||
But games and wordplay aside, ''This Year's Model'' is a solid album. It is excessively difficult to pinpoint any one of Costello's earlier albums as being any better (and certainly none of them are worse) than any of the others. ''This Year's Model'' holds the distinction of carry his most recognised songs, to be sure, in the form of "Pump it Up," "Radio, Radio" and "Chelsea." But even among these hits stand a set of unique songs, each one more catchy, witty and stimulating than the last. I reluctantly give it a 4.5, only with the knowledge that it, by and of itself, does not constitute a classic. But it comes awfully close. | But games and wordplay aside, ''This Year's Model'' is a solid album. It is excessively difficult to pinpoint any one of Costello's earlier albums as being any better (and certainly none of them are worse) than any of the others. ''This Year's Model'' holds the distinction of carry his most recognised songs, to be sure, in the form of "Pump it Up," "Radio, Radio" and "Chelsea." But even among these hits stand a set of unique songs, each one more catchy, witty and stimulating than the last. I reluctantly give it a 4.5, only with the knowledge that it, by and of itself, does not constitute a classic. But it comes awfully close. | ||
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Perhaps trying to sum up Costello in one word or another is too divisive. No use in de-emphasising his best aspects just to be concise. Though, if given one more shot, I might have a universally-accepted word to sum up both Costello and the bitingly conscious ''This Year's Model'' — brilliant. | Perhaps trying to sum up Costello in one word or another is too divisive. No use in de-emphasising his best aspects just to be concise. Though, if given one more shot, I might have a universally-accepted word to sum up both Costello and the bitingly conscious ''This Year's Model'' — brilliant. | ||
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