Editing This Year's Model (section)

===Critical reception===
{{Album ratings
|MC = 75/100<ref name="MC SM">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/spanish-model/elvis-costello-the-attractions |title=Reviews for ''Spanish Model'' by Elvis Costello & the Attractions |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=10 March 2022 |archive-date=10 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310214353/https://www.metacritic.com/music/spanish-model/elvis-costello-the-attractions |url-status=live }}</ref>
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic SM">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/spanish-model-mw0003565369 |title=''Spanish Model'' – Elvis Costello |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=4 March 2022 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |archive-date=18 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118164812/https://www.allmusic.com/album/spanish-model-mw0003565369 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="MojoSpanishModelreview">{{cite magazine |last=Aizlewood |first=John |title=Elvis Costello: 'Spanish Model' Review |magazine=Mojo |date=November 2021 |issue=336 |page=87}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
|rev3score = 7/10<ref name="PM SM">{{cite web |last=Lipp |first=Marty |title=Elvis Costello Remakes His Classic 'This Year's Model' in Spanish |url=https://www.popmatters.com/elvis-costello-spanish-model-review |website=PopMatters |access-date=10 March 2022 |date=14 September 2021 |archive-date=16 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916025223/https://www.popmatters.com/elvis-costello-spanish-model-review |url-status=live }}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]]''
|rev4score = 7.5/10<ref name="UtR SM">{{cite web |last=Berlyant |first=Matthew |title=Elvis Costello & the Attractions: Spanish Model (UMe) – review |url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/spanish_model_elvis_costello |website=[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]] |access-date=10 March 2022 |date=12 October 2021 |archive-date=19 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119152841/https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/spanish_model_elvis_costello |url-status=live }}</ref>
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''Spanish Model'' has been favourably reviewed by music critics.<ref name="MC SM" /> Erlewine commended the new vocals, stating that the Latin singers retain the "barbed humour" and "spiky politics" of the original album.<ref name="AllMusic SM" /> He believes the new songs improved the project overall and expand the "musical and emotional palette", creating an album that was "not as a curiosity but rather a small wonder, revealing new dimensions of the original recording while opening up these songs for new audiences".<ref name="AllMusic SM" /> ''Mojo''{{'s}} John Aizlewood found the project unnecessary but refreshing.<ref name="MojoSpanishModelreview" />

In ''PopMatters'', Marty Lipp cited the project as a complete display of the Attractions' strength as a band and recognised how many of the Latin singers on the project were female, which represented a "striking reversal" of the "she done me wrong" mentality that pervaded a majority of Costello's early work.<ref name="PM SM" /> He felt that the absence of Costello's "brilliantly cynical wordplay" did the album more harm than good, particularly on "Pump It Up", but considered the project "still as exciting and fun as ever" and commended Costello for continuing to surprise his fans.<ref name="PM SM" /> Matthew Berlyant in ''[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]]'' magazine called the project unique and praised Costello for taking a major left turn almost 45 years into his career.<ref name="UtR SM" /> He highlighted the rearranged track listing and additions to the original record as making the project stand on its own, concluding that Costello succeeded in both bringing attention to the original album and the Spanish-speaking artists that enveloped ''Spanish Model''.<ref name="UtR SM" />