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Albums similar to This Year’s Model

These are the albums most often named alongside Elvis Costello - This Year’s Model by people listing five favorite records. If you are looking for artists similar to Elvis Costello, this is where their listeners went. Nobody wrote these recommendations and no algorithm guessed at them: every album below is one that a real person put on the same list.

  1. John Hiatt - Slow Turning
  2. John Hiatt - Bring the Family
  3. Television - Marquee Moon
  4. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
  5. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
  6. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
  7. Cabaret Voltaire - Arm of the Lord
  8. Nick Lowe - Pure Pop for Now People
  9. Otis Redding - Dictionary of Soul
  10. Pilfers - Pilfers
  11. The Terminals - Cul-De-Sac
  12. The Clash - London Calling
  13. Linton Kwesi Johnson - Forces of Victory
  14. Tish Hinojosa - Homeland
  15. mewithoutYou - Catch for Us the Foxes
  16. Buzzcocks - Love Bites
  17. Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard
  18. Wilco - Summerteeth
  19. John Hiatt - Slug Line
  20. John Hiatt - Riding With the King
  21. Little Feat - Sailin’ Shoes
  22. Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive?
  23. Muddy Waters - Chess Box
  24. The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You
  25. The Clash - Give ’Em Enough Rope
  26. Glassjaw - Worship and Tribute
  27. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
  28. Bryan Ferry - Bête Noire
  29. Cowboy Junkies - Pale Sun, Crescent Moon
  30. David Byrne - Uh‐oh

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