Elvis Costello

After the critical success of his debut, Elvis Costello got the Attractions together and recorded what many consider his finest effort. Meaner and harder than his debut -- everything sounds oddly threatening -- This Year's Model still brims over with intelligence, melody, dark humor, quotable lyrics and jittery new wave vibes. The jerky classic "Pump It Up" earned some FM radio airplay in America, and the album's stature would only grow throughout the 1980s. This deluxe edition features a ream of B-sides, rarities, demos and a bonus disc with a complete 1978 concert.

More than a decade ago, Elvis Costello announced plans to stop selling his early albums.
"People must have them by now if they want them," he reasoned. "What I'd really like to do
is delete them and destroy them so they could never come out again. That would be kind
of cool. I'm sure I'll change my mind about it." Guess he changed his mind. In fact, the old git
cranks out expanded editions of his early work as fast as he releases new music... More >