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albummaster
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Location: Spain
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- #1
- Posted: 06/01/2012 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#563): This Year's Model by Elvis Costello
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Today's album of the day
This Year's Model by Elvis Costello (View album)
Year: 1978.
Overall rank: 247.
Average rating: 83/100 (from 169 votes).
Thumbnail. Click to enlarge.
Tracks:
1. No Action
2. This Year's Girl
3. The Beat
4. Pump It Up
5. Little Triggers
6. You Belong To Me
7. Hand In Hand
8. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
9. Lip Service
10. Living In Paradise
11. Lipstick Vogue
12. Night Rally
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety.
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Applerill
Autistic Princess <3
Gender: Female
Age: 31
Location: Chicago 
- #2
- Posted: 06/01/2012 20:54
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Such a fun record. CJ and I often put this on when waiting for dates 
#100 on my chart.
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hairymarx1
Gender: Male
Location: London 
- #3
- Posted: 06/01/2012 21:33
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Pub rock.
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- #4
- Posted: 06/01/2012 23:50
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| hairymarx1 wrote: | | Pub rock. |
What makes something "Pub rock"? I have heard that term thrown artists who are much different than Elvis Costello yet it is always a bad remark. What bands or artists would qualify as this?
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junodog4
Future Grumpy Old Man
Gender: Male
Location: Calgary 
- #5
- Posted: 06/01/2012 23:56
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Elvis Costello at his most fun... Well done!
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Mr. Shankly
Gender: Male
Age: 53
Location: Auburn, Washington
- #6
- Posted: 06/02/2012 01:22
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| Applerill wrote: | | Such a fun record. CJ and I often put this on when waiting for dates |
That's an interesting thing to say, since most of the lyrical content is not exactly lovey dovey or romantic April in Paris kind of fare. In fact, Elvis was writing a lot of angry, bitter songs about female characters that had either scorned him or he wasn't thinking too highly of at the time. Now, if you get stood up or your significant other cheats on you, I'd say This Year's Model would be the perfect soundtrack then.
As for me, I love this album! It's full of angst, phenomenal, well-crafted tunes that rock hard with the help of the Attractions, and I think it's Elvis's best. I also think he is way underrated and overlooked on BEA, a weird anomaly I've never understood. When it comes to songwriting as an art form, he's in an elite group and more people should recognize that fact. He's one my heroes.
I would challenge anyone who thinks Oasis (who is ranked much higher on BEA) is great, to delve into Elvis Costello's back catalog for a month or two. Unless you have unredeemingly horrible taste, you should see and hear a vast difference between the two.
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ProfessorSquid
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Location: Pittsburgh
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- Posted: 06/02/2012 02:03
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Great point, Shankly. Oasis' Morning Glory, their highest ranked, is the 34th best album of all time and this, Costello's highest ranked record, comes in at 247. I have no problem with Oasis, but that is a gross disparity.
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Facetious
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Location: Somewhere you've never been 
- #8
- Posted: 06/02/2012 03:25
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This album rules.
Not in my top 100, but comes close.
85/100
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- #9
- Posted: 06/02/2012 03:31
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Fairly average pop-rock. I don't mind Elvis Costello, but I'll always listen to My Aim is True over this.
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Facetious
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Location: Somewhere you've never been
- #10
- Posted: 06/02/2012 03:32
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| Yourselfisntsteam wrote: | | Fairly average pop-rock. I don't mind Elvis Costello, but I'll always listen to My Aim is True over this. |
LOL For the first time, I disagree with you COMPLETELY.
My Aim is True is fairly average, and I'll always listen to This Year's Model over it.
No, wait, both are brilliant. 
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