Elvis Costello Reissues This Year's Model And Tours With The Police

02/25/08 6:00pm

Elvis Costello And The Attractions' classic This Year's Model, which was first released in 1978 and reissued with bonus tracks by Rykodisc 15 years later, will receive another reissue via Hip-O/Universal on March 4.

The Nick Lowe-produced album will now come as a two-disc set. The first one adds 11 B-sides and alternate takes, including a live cover of The Damned's "Neat Neat Neat," demo recordings of three songs and unreleased studio versions of two others to the original LP. The second CD contains a concert recorded on Feb. 28, 1978 at the Warner Theater in Washington, D.C. that featured material from Costello's My Aim Is True debut as well as This Year's Model.

You'll probably hear some of those songs when Costello and his latest band, The Imposters, open for The Police on their North American tour this spring and summer. The only Canadian show will be held at Ottawa's Scotiabank Place on May 1.

Here are the songs on the new and improved This Year's Model:

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)
"Greenshirt" (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:

"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"