Editing This Year's Model (section)

==Release and promotion==
The band's North American tour before the album's release lasted from January to {{nowrap|early March 1978}}. The setlist consisted of tracks from both ''My Aim Is True'' and ''This Year's Model'', as well as B-sides and covers. The tour was positively received, but contributed to the growing exhaustion of Costello and the Attractions.{{sfn|Thomson|2004|loc=chap. 5}}

Radar released the first single, "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea", backed by "You Belong to Me", on 3{{nbsp}}March 1978 in the UK,{{sfn|Hinton|1999|p=426}} which received acclaim and reached number 16 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].{{sfn|Hinton|1999|loc=chap. 3}} A performance in Toronto on 6{{nbsp}}March was heavily [[Bootleg recording|bootlegged]], and was eventually issued as ''[[Live at the El Mocambo (Elvis Costello album)|Live at the El Mocambo]]'' in 1993 with the ''[[2½ Years]]'' box set, and as a standalone release in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |last=Deming |first=Mark |title=''Live at the El Mocambo'' – Elvis Costello / Elvis Costello & the Attractions |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-el-mocambo-mw0000621594 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207003310/https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-el-mocambo-mw0000621594 |archive-date=7 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13533-live-at-the-el-mocambo/ |first=Stephen M. |last=Deusner |title=Elvis Costello – ''Live at the El Mocambo'' (rec. 1978, rel. 1993) album review |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=13 October 2009 |access-date=5 July 2022 |archive-date=19 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119113247/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13533-live-at-the-el-mocambo/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''This Year's Model'' was released in the UK on 17{{nbsp}}March{{sfn|Thomson|2004|loc=chap. 5}}<ref name="UCR" /> with the catalogue number RAD{{nbsp}}3.<ref name="1978 liner notes">{{cite AV media notes|author=Anon.|title=This Year's Model|others=Elvis Costello|year=1978|location=UK|publisher=[[Radar Records]]|type=LP sleeve notes|id=RAD 3}}</ref> Costello and the Attractions undertook a 28-date UK tour between March and April. The dates were plagued with problems, including Bruce Thomas cutting his hand smashing a glass bottle, requiring Lowe to substitute for him; Thomas wore bandages for the filming of [[Music video|promotional clips]] for "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" and "Pump It Up".{{sfn|Costello|2015|pp=253–254, 321–322}} Costello grew more exhausted from constant touring but continued writing new material.{{sfn|Thomson|2004|loc=chap. 5}} By the tour's end, ''This Year's Model'' had reached number 4 on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="UKchart" />{{sfn|Clayton-Lea|1999|loc=chap. 2}}

[[File:Elvis Costello 1978.jpg|thumb|left|alt=A man with glasses holding a guitar|Costello onstage in April 1978, shortly after the release of ''This Year's Model''.]]
Another US tour commenced just three days after the previous tour's end. With Bruce Thomas still unavailable, Costello brought back Clover guitarist John Ciambotti, who only had one day of rehearsal. Throughout the tour, Costello and the band continued the wild behaviour they had become known for—both on and off stage—and experienced an increase in drug use, lack of sleep and growing exhaustion. Songs that would appear on Costello's next album, 1979's ''[[Armed Forces (album)|Armed Forces]]'', began appearing in the set-lists.{{sfn|Thomson|2004|loc=chap. 5}}{{sfn|Clayton-Lea|1999|loc=chap. 2}} ''This Year's Model'' was issued in the US in May{{nbsp}}1978;{{sfn|Hinton|1999|p=434}} Columbia substituted "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" and "Night Rally" with "Radio Radio" on the notion that the lyrics on both tracks were "too English".<ref name="2002 liner notes" /> It reached to number 30 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'s}} [[Billboard 200|Top LPs & Tape]] chart.<ref name="US chart" /> The Scandinavian release retained the UK track listing and added "Watching the Detectives" as the final track on side one.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|author=Anon.|title=This Year's Model|others=Elvis Costello|year=1978|location=Scandinavia|publisher=[[Smash Records]]|type=LP sleeve notes|id=SLEPT 2}}</ref> It reached number 10 in Sweden.<ref name="sechart" /> Elsewhere, ''This Year's Model'' reached the top 20 in New Zealand (11),<ref name="nzchart" /> the Netherlands (14) and Norway (15),<ref name="nlchart" /><ref name="norcharts" /> and the top 30 in Canada (21) and Australia (26).<ref name="CANchart" /><ref name="auchart" />

The tour lasted until June{{nbsp}}1978, after which the band again toured Europe.{{sfn|Thomson|2004|loc=chap. 5}} "Pump It Up", backed by "Big Tears", was released as the second single in June,{{sfn|Hinton|1999|p=426}}{{sfn|Parkyn|1984|p=22}} which peaked at number 24 in the UK, earning Costello another appearance on [[BBC]]'s ''[[Top of the Pops]]''. In July, Costello recorded "Stranger in the House" with country artist [[George Jones]], which appeared on the latter's ''[[My Very Special Guests]]'' album in 1979, before commencing the recording sessions for ''Armed Forces''.{{sfn|Hinton|1999|loc=chap. 3}}{{sfn|Thomson|2004|loc=chap. 5}}{{sfn|Clayton-Lea|1999|loc=chap. 2}} "This Year's Girl", backed by "Big Tears", was issued as a US single.{{sfn|Parkyn|1984|p=22}} After appearing on the American LP, "Radio Radio" was released as a stand-alone single in the UK on 24{{nbsp}}October 1978, backed by "Tiny Steps".<ref name="2002 liner notes" />{{sfn|Hinton|1999|p=426}}
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