09.10.2021
‘THE BEATLES DIDN’T DO TOO BADLY IN GERMAN’: WHY ELVIS COSTELLO HAS RE-RECORDED ‘THIS YEAR’S MODEL’ IN SPANISH
The I Paper: Adam Sherwin: 10th September 2021
“It took us 43 years to work out the thing that was holding this record
back creatively, musically and commercially,” reflects Elvis Costello
about This Year’s Model, his debut album with the Attractions. “My
voice, and my face.”
Costello, famed for his biting lyrics and mordant wit, is joking… sort
of. Fans expect the occasional left turn from the veteran songwriter,
who has turned his hand to country, classical, jazz and hip-hop during a
fêted career. But nothing quite like his latest project.
For Spanish Model, the musically curious Costello has taken the
unprecedented step of recruiting an international cast of Latin pop and
rock stars to re-record his seminal 1978 New Wave album entirely in
Spanish.