Listening to Elvis Costello is like walking down a dark, empty street and hearing another set of heels. His music doesn't make you dance, it makes you jump. It doesn't matter that he's stalking his obsessions and not you, because nobody ought to ...more
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The flagship in the second set of Rhino Costello reissues -- indeed, the one that's supposed to set the pace, since all of these are "harsh," "angry rock" -- This Year's Model, like all of Costello's Columbia recordings, already received a deluxe ...more
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Though this may be his most famous early album, and it does indeed contain some of his finest work--including "No Action," "Radio Radio" and "Pump It Up"--there's an inconsistency to some of the material here that simply hasn't held up as much as ...more
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Where My Aim Is True implied punk rock with its lyrics and stripped-down production, This Year's Model sounds like punk. Not that Costello's songwriting has changed -- This Year's Model is comprised largely of leftovers from My Aim Is True and songs ...more
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