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Revision as of 19:43, 29 June 2010

This Year's Model, 1978
Swedish Cover, 1978
US Cover, 1978

From the Rykodisk liner notes:

"This Year's Model was begun at Eden Studios, London at the end of 1977, just after the single release of "Watching the Detectives", and completed at the beginning of 1978. The Sessions, which had to be scheduled at either end of our first American tour, took about eleven days. Most of the songs had been played "live" since our first appearances in July '77. Others, such as "Pump it Up", were written in the last days of the infamous "Live Stiffs" package tour which ended shortly before the recording."

Around this time Jake Riviera parted company with Stiff Records taking Nick Lowe and Elvis with him. "This Year's Model" was therefore the first release on the new Radar label. Elvis and The attractions continued what would become an unbroken run of eight top thirty singles in Britain with "Chelsea" and "Pump it Up". These were issued in March and June '78.

"By this point I had lost track of time as we completed our first headlining tour of Britain and Europe and two further tours of America, plus a visit to Toronto, where our date at "El Mocambo" was broadcast live on the radio and later issued as a Canada-Only promotional album. By the time "Radio Radio" was released in October '78 we had already recorded our next album Armed Forces" In America, Columbia Records had released "My Aim is True" with the addition of "Watching the Detectives", but when it came time to issue "This Year's Model" they requested bizarre changes in the running order. These included the omission of "Night Rally" and "(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea" (Despite it's success as a British single) and the inclusion of "Radio Radio".

UK tracklist, 1977

Side 1
01. No Action [1:58]
02. This Year's Girl [3:17]
03. The Beat [3:45]
04. Pump It Up [3:14]
05. Little Triggers [2:40]
06. You Belong To Me [2:22]

Side 2
01. Hand In Hand [2:33]
02. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea [3:07]
03. Lip Service [2:36]
04. Living In Paradise [3:52]
05. Lipstick Vogue [3:29]
06. Night Rally [2:51]

US tracklist, 1977

Side 1
01. No Action [1:58]
02. This Year's Girl [3:17]
03. The Beat [3:45]
04. Pump It Up [3:14]
05. Little Triggers [2:40]
06. You Belong To Me [2:22]

Side 2
01. Hand In Hand [2:33]
02. Lip Service [2:36]
03. Living In Paradise [3:52]
04. Lipstick Vogue [3:29]
05. Radio Radio(US Mix) [2:51]

(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea and Night Rally were replaced by Radio Radio, by Columbia from the original U.S. release.

Personnel

2002 Rhino Bonus Disc Tracks

  1. Big Tears
  2. Crawling To The USA
  3. Running Out Of Angels (demo)
  4. Green Shirt (demo)
  5. Big Boys (demo)
  6. You Belong To Me (Capital Radio version)
  7. Radio Radio (Capital Radio version)
  8. Neat Neat Neat (live)(version2)
  9. Roadette Song (live)
  10. This Year's Girl (alternate Eden Studios version)
  11. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (Basing Street Studios version)
  12. Stranger In The House (BBC version)

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