Editing This Year's Model (section)

===Rankings===
''This Year's Model'' often appears on lists of the greatest albums of all time. In 2000 ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' placed it at number 82 on its list of the "100 Greatest British Albums Ever".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever! – Elvis Costello: ''This Year's Model'' |magazine=Q |issue=165 |date=June 2000 |page=62}}</ref> In 1987, ''Rolling Stone'' placed the album at number 11 on its list of the best of the past 20 years, and said that Costello charted "the modern romantic terrain with keen cynicism, caustic wit and furious energy."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Best Albums of The Last 20 Years – 11. ''This Year's Model'' |magazine=Rolling Stone |issue=507 |date=27 August 1987 |page=72}}</ref> The same magazine ranked the album number 98 in its list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] in 2003,<ref>{{cite book |chapter=98 &#124; ''This Year's Model'' – Elvis Costello |chapter-url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/this-years-model-elvis-costello-19691231 |access-date=12 April 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316133449/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6598183/98_this_years_model/ |archive-date=16 March 2006 |url-status=dead |title=Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |title-link=Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |editor-last=Levy |editor-first=Joe |publisher=Turnaround |location=London |edition=3rd |year=2006 |orig-year=2005 |isbn=978-1-932958-61-4 |oclc=70672814}}</ref> maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/elvis-costello-this-years-model-173024/ |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=31 May 2012 |access-date=19 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628015239/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/elvis-costello-this-years-model-173024/ |archive-date=28 June 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> and dropping to number 121 in a 2020 revised list.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=22 September 2020|title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/|access-date=4 October 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-date=22 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922163403/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/|url-status=live}}</ref> In lists compiling the 100 greatest albums of all time, ''Mojo'', ''NME'' and ''Spin'' ranked ''This Year's Model'' at numbers 69, 40 and 8 in 1995, 1985 and 1989, respectively.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made |magazine=Mojo |date=August 1995 |issue=21 |pages=50–88}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Top 100 |magazine=NME |date=30 November 1985 |page=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 25 Greatest Albums of All Time – No. 8: Elvis Costello and the Attractions: ''This Year's Model'' |magazine=Spin |date=April 1989 |page=47}}</ref> ''NME'' listed it at number 256 in their 2013 list of [[NME's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Barker |first=Emily |url=https://www.nme.com/photos/the-500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-300-201-1426482 |title=The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time: 300–201 |magazine=NME |date=24 October 2013 |access-date=10 March 2022 |archive-date=5 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405220011/https://www.nme.com/photos/the-500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-300-201-1426482 |url-status=live }}</ref> In a 2018 issue selecting 70 landmark albums of the past 70 years, ''Record Collector'' chose ''This Year's Model'' as their pick for 1978.<ref name="RCHasted">{{cite magazine |last=Hasted |first=Nick |title=The 70 Landmark Albums of the Last 70 years – Elvis Costello: ''This Year's Model'' |magazine=[[Record Collector]] |issue=487 |date=December 2018 |page=83}}</ref> In 2004, ''Pitchfork''{{'s}} Sam Ubl ranked it the 52nd best album of the 1970s, calling it "one of [Costello's] most deceptive rock records",<ref>{{cite web |last=Ubl |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/5932-top-100-albums-of-the-1970s/?page=5 |title=The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s |website=Pitchfork |date=23 June 2004 |access-date=10 March 2022 |page=5 |archive-date=2 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302092927/https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/5932-top-100-albums-of-the-1970s/?page=5 |url-status=live }}</ref> and in 2012, ''Paste'' placed it at number 35 in a similar list.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/1970s/best-albums-of-the-1970s/ |title=The 70 Best Albums of the 1970s |magazine=Paste |date=7 January 2020 |access-date=23 February 2022  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211130126/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/1970s/best-albums-of-the-1970s/ |archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Ultimate Classic Rock'' also included it in their list of the 100 best rock albums from the decade.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/70s-rock-albums/ |title=Top 100 '70s Rock Albums |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=5 March 2015 |access-date=10 March 2022 |archive-date=16 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116164140/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/70s-rock-albums/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Paste'' magazine also ranked it the 19th greatest new wave album in 2016.<ref name="PasteBestof" /> The album was included in the 2018 edition of Robert Dimery's book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Robert |last1=Dimery |first2=Michael |last2=Lydon |title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die |edition=Revised and Updated |date=2018 |location=London |publisher=[[Cassell (publisher)|Cassell]] |isbn=978-1-78840-080-0}}</ref>