This Year S Model Music Cd

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This Year's Model      Artist : Elvis Costello      List Price : $29.98 USD        Your Price : $19.97 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2008-03-04      Studio : Hip-O Records      Label : Hip-O Records      Avg. Customer Rating : (8 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for This Year S Model      The best Elvis Costello.      Rating:      This Year's Model is arguably Costellos' best album. Compared to his debut, lets say that what was good in My Aim Is True is now even better and what didn't work is simply left out. So Elvis changed his American studio-backup band for the British Attractions and the band sound got more distinctive and doubled its fierceness and aggressiveness. And completely fat-free - things like the slide guitar that appeared on Waiting For The End Of The World have no place in this new framework. And most importantly, his song writing skills have refined resulting in 13 extraordinary songs. Of these only Little Triggers (a ballad) would fit better among the rootsy sound of My Aim Is True. In fact the albums are not that different - it's almost as Elvis gave himself a second start, this time doing it 100% right (notice that both albums kick off using the same gimmick). This is still furious rock and roll with punk attitude but written in British English. The bonus material in this Deluxe Edition is all excellent. Big Tears and Tinny Steps would fit perfectly on My Aim Is True - in fact they are better than most of it. The 3 acoustic demos are priceless. Green Shirt and Big Boys are among the best songs on his next album Armed Forces and these solo-acoustic renditions show what a tremendous artist Elvis is. And last but not the least the concert featured on cd2 is a burst of raw energy that rivals the E-Street Band but with half the guys on stage. To think that this man would latter record for Deutsche Grammophon... The packaging is fantastic but it's a shame that the booklet only has the lyrics and technical data. A few historic notes by Elvis or anyone who cares would be great. This stuff surely deserves it.     Customer Reviews for This Year S Model Cd      Oh yes!      Rating:      It's Elvis Costello; I am a fan of Elvis Costello; I gave it 5 stars; it's very good - enough said. Editorial Reviews for This Year S Model Audio Cd      Album Description      THIS YEAR'S MODEL is packaged with a 28-page booklet that includes rare photos and printed song lyrics. For his second album, Costello fine-tuned his aesthetic by abandoned the California studio cat accompanists of his debut for the more aggressive, quirky and very British Attractions, who would virtually define EC's sound over the next several years. Where MY AIM IS TRUE highlighted Costello's rootsy influences (the Band, etc.), THIS YEAR'S MODEL wholeheartedly embraces the "new wave" out-with-the-old mindset, favoring tightly-wound ferocity over back-porch-isms. Irresistibly catchy, in a twitchy, neurotic, white-knuckled way, THIS YEAR'S MODEL is Costello at his edgiest. The classic "Pump It Up" pummels the listener with garage-band organ, pounding drums, and HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED-style ranting. "Radio, Radio" turned into something of an anti-authoritarian anthem for Costello. The snaky guitar and reggae-tinged drums of "I Don't Want to Go to Chelsea" complement Costello's verge-of-a-nervous-breakdown vocal performance nicely. Come to think of it, so does nearly everything else here.