Album artwork for This Year's Model (2021 Remaster) by Elvis Costello

For his second album, Elvis Costello fine-tuned his aesthetic by abandoning the California studio cat accompanists of his debut for the more aggressive, quirky and very British Attractions, who would define Costello's sound over the next several years. Where My Aim is True highlighted Costello's rootsy influences (the Band, etc.), This Years Model wholeheartedly embraces the 'new wave' out-with-the-old mindset, favouring tightly wound ferocity over back-porch-isms. Irresistibly catchy, in a twitchy, neurotic, white-knuckled way, This Years Model is Costello at his edgiest.

Elvis Costello

This Year's Model (2021 Remaster)

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Album artwork for This Year's Model (2021 Remaster) by Elvis Costello
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$34.99

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Released 09/24/2021Catalog Number

B003394201

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Album artwork for This Year's Model (2021 Remaster) by Elvis Costello
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Released 09/10/2021Catalog Number

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Elvis Costello

This Year's Model (2021 Remaster)

UMe
Album artwork for This Year's Model (2021 Remaster) by Elvis Costello
LP

$34.99

Black
Released 09/24/2021Catalog Number

B003394201

Learn more
Album artwork for This Year's Model (2021 Remaster) by Elvis Costello
CD

$15.99

Released 09/10/2021Catalog Number

B003394102

Learn more

For his second album, Elvis Costello fine-tuned his aesthetic by abandoning the California studio cat accompanists of his debut for the more aggressive, quirky and very British Attractions, who would define Costello's sound over the next several years. Where My Aim is True highlighted Costello's rootsy influences (the Band, etc.), This Years Model wholeheartedly embraces the 'new wave' out-with-the-old mindset, favouring tightly wound ferocity over back-porch-isms. Irresistibly catchy, in a twitchy, neurotic, white-knuckled way, This Years Model is Costello at his edgiest.