Elivs Costello : This Year's Model

RADIO IS A 

SOUND SALVATION

RADIO IS

CLEANING UP THE NATION

 This Year's Model 

is the second

 studio album 

by the 

English

 singer-songwriter

 Elvis Costello

 released on

  March, 17th 1978

 through 

Radar Records.

 After being backed by 

Clover 

for his debut album

 My Aim Is True 

(1977), 

Costello formed

 the Attractions

 keyboardist 

Steve Nieve, 

bassist 

Bruce Thomas 

and 

drummer 

Pete Thomas

 (no relation) 

as his permanent 

backing band. 

Recording sessions

 took place at

 London's Eden Studios 

in eleven days

 between late

 1977

 and 

early 1978. 

Nick Lowe

 returned as producer, 

and 

Roger Béchirian

 acted as engineer. 

Most of the songs 

were written

 prior to the sessions, 

and debuted

 live during 

the latter half of

 1977.

Embracing new wave,

power pop

and punk rock,

the songs draw

from bands such as

the Rolling Stones 

and

The Beatles. 

The lyrics explore subjects

such as technologies 

of mass control 

and failing relationships, 

but in a manner that

some reviewers Found It

 misogynistic

Echoing the lyrics 

of some of the tracks,

the cover artwork, 

designed by 

the English 

graphic artist 

Barney Bubbles, 

shows Costello

behind a camera

on a tripod, 

emphasising 

his role

as an

observer.

TRACKLIST

No Action

This Year's Girl

The Beat

Pump It Up

Little Triggers

You Belong To Me

Hand In Hand

(I Don't Want To Go To)

Chelsea

Lip Service

Living In Paradise

Lipstick Vogue

Night Rally

Radio, Radio

Big Tears

Crawling To The USA

Running Out Of Angels

Greenshirt

Big Boys

Alison

Veronica

Watching The Detectives

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