Elvis Costello – This Year's Model (VG/VG) – LP, CA 1978

This Year's Model is an LP by Elvis Costello from 1978 released on the Columbia label.

About this album

This Year's Model is Elvis Costello's breakthrough statement, where new wave bite meets finely tuned pop craft. Issued in 1978, the album sharpened the direct, caustic style that made him one of the era's most distinctive songwriters, with songs such as Pump It Up, (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea and This Year's Girl turning irritation, wit and damage into memorably concise hooks. Backed by the Attractions, Costello matched nervous energy with melodic precision, helping define British rock's late-1970s transition from pub-rock grit to post-punk urgency. Its influence has endured as one of his most admired and best-known records.

Genre: Pop & Rock

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