This Year's Model

THis Year's ModelSummary

Hughesy's assessment:

Essential.

Original LP track listing: No Action; This Year's Girl; The Beat; Pump It Up; Little Triggers; You Belong to Me; Hand in Hand; (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea; Lip Service; Living in Paradise; Lipstick Vogue; Night Rally

1993 Rykodisc CD bonus tracks:Radio, Radio; Big Tears; Crawling to the USA; Running Out of Angels (demo); Green Shirt; Big Boys (demo)

2002 Rhino CD bonus disc (Disc one contains the original album plus Radio, Radio):Big Tears; Crawling to the USA; Running Out of Angels; Green Shirt (demo); Big Boys (demo);  You Belong to Me (Capital Radio version); Radio Radio (Capital Radio version); Neat Neat Neat (Live); Roadette Song (Live); This Year's Girl (Alternate Eden Studios version); (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea (Basing Street Studios version); Stranger in the House (BBC version)

2008 Hip-O/Universal CD Deluxe Edition Disc one: No Action; This Year's Girl; The Beat; Pump It Up; Little Triggers; You Belong to Me; Hand In Hand; (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea; Lip Service; Living In Paradise; Lipstick Vogue; Night Rally; Radio, Radio; Big Tears; Crawling To The USA; Tiny Steps; Running Out of Angels (demo); Green Shirt (demo); Big Boys (Demo); Neat Neat Neat (Live); Roadette Song (Live); This Year's Girl (Alternate Eden Studios version); (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea (Alternate Basing Street Studios version)

Disc two (Live at the Warner Theatre, Washington, DC, 28 February 1978): Pump It Up; Waiting for the End of the World; No Action; Less Than Zero; The Beat; (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes; "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea; Hand in Hand; Little Triggers; Radio, Radio; You Belong to Me; Lipstick Vogue; Watching the Detectives; Mystery Dance; Miracle Man; Blame It on Cain; Chemistry Class (solo acoustic recording previously released on the 2002 Rhino re-issue of Armed Forces)

Classics: This Year's GirlYou Belong to Me(I Don't Want to Go to) ChelseaLip ServiceLipstick VogueNight Rally

Outstanding: No ActionThe BeatPump It UpLittle TriggersHand in HandLiving in Paradise

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