Spike (Elvis Costello album)

Spike
Studio album by Elvis Costello
Released	February 14 1989
Recorded	1987-1988
Genre	Rock
Length	63:50
Label	Warner Bros. Rhino (August 11 2001 Reissue)
Producer	Elvis Costello, Kevin Killen & T-Bone Burnett
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B) link Rolling Stone link
Elvis Costello chronology
Out of Our Idiot (1987) Spike (1989) Mighty Like a Rose (1991)

Spike is an album by the Irish-English musician Elvis Costello released in 1989 on Warner Brothers records, his first album for the label.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Bonus disc (2001 Rhino) 2 Personnel 2.1 Additional personnel 3 Charts 4 External links

Track listing

All songs written by Declan MacManus, except where noted.

1. "...This Town..." – 4:30
2. "Let Him Dangle" – 4:45
3. "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror" – 4:06
4. "Veronica" (MacManus, Paul McCartney) – 3:09
5. "God's Comic" – 5:31
6. "Chewing Gum" – 3:47
7. "Tramp the Dirt Down" – 5:44
8. "Stalin Malone" – 4:09
9. "Satellite" – 5:44
10. "Pads, Paws and Claws" (MacManus, McCartney) – 2:56
11. "Baby Plays Around" (MacManus, Cait O'Riordan) – 2:48
12. "Miss Macbeth" – 4:25
13. "Any King's Shilling" – 6:06
14. "Coal-Train Robberies" – 3:18
15. "Last Boat Leaving" – 3:30

Bonus disc (2001 Rhino)

1. "Miss Macbeth" (Demo version) – 3:50
2. "...This Town..." (Demo version) – 3:49
3. "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror" (Demo version) – 4:07
4. "Coal Train Robberies" (Demo version) – 2:51
5. "Satellite" (Demo version) – 4:50
6. "Pads, Paws and Claws" (Demo version) (MacManus, McCartney) – 2:07
7. "Let Him Dangle" (Demo version) – 3:39
8. "Veronica" (Demo version) (MacManus, McCartney) – 5:19
9. "Tramp the Dirt Down" (Demo version) – 5:19
10. "Baby Plays Around" (Demo version) (MacManus, O'Riordan) – 2:42
11. "Put Your Big Toe in the Milk of Human Kindness" (Demo version) – 3:16
12. "Last Boat Leaving" (Demo version) – 3:29
13. "The Ugly Things" (Nick Lowe) – 2:55
14. "You're No Good" (Clint Ballard Jr.) – 2;21
15. "Point of No Return" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 2:33
16. "The Room Nobody Lives In" (John Sebastian) – 4:46
17. "Stalin Malone" (Vocal version) – 3:11

Personnel

• Declan MacManus – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, piano, vocals, bells, acoustic bass, organ, melodica
• T-Bone Burnett – acoustic guitar, bass, National Steel guitar
• Ralph Forbes – electric drums, drum programming
• Mitchell Froom – organ, harmonium, electric piano, chamberlin, Indian harmonium

Additional personnel

• Lionel Batiste – drums (bass)
• Derek Bell – Irish harp, hammered dulcimer
• Michael Blair – glockenspiel, marimba, tambourine, xylophone, bells, timpani, vibraphone, Chinese drums, Oldsmobile hubcap, Parade drum, anvil, whiplash, crash-box, temple bells, snare drum, "magic table", metal pipe, "Martian dog bark"
• Gregory Davis – trumpet
• The Dirty Dozen Brass Band – horn arrangements, string arrangements
• John Donnelly – drum programming
• Frankie Gavin – fiddle
• William Green – drums
• Kevin Harris – tenor saxophone
• Chrissie Hynde – harmony vocals
• Charles Joseph – trombone
• Kirk Joseph – sousaphone
• Jim Keltner – tom-toms, snare drum, Chinese cymbals
• Roger Lewis – baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Donal Lunny – acoustic guitar, bouzouki, electric bouzouki
• Jerry Marotta – drums
• Jenell Marshall – snare drum
• Paul McCartney – Hofner bass guitar, Rickenbacker bass guitar
• Roger McGuinn – Guitar 12 string guitar, Rickenbacker bass guitar
• Christy Moore – bodhran
• Buell Neidlinger – cello, double bass
• Cait O'Riordan – maracas, bells
• Marc Ribot – banjo, electric guitar, Spanish guitar, sounds
• Jerry Scheff – electric bass, double bass, fuzz bass
• Davy Spillane – pipe, uilleann pipes, Low whistle
• Benmont Tench – piano, clavinet, spinet, Vox Continental
• Pete Thomas – drums
• Allen Toussaint – grand piano
• Efrem Towns – trumpet
• Steve Wickham – fiddle
• T-Bone Wolk – accordion, bass

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1989	The Billboard 200	32

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1989	"...This Town..."	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	4
1989	"Veronica"	Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	10
1989	"Veronica"	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	1
1989	"Veronica"	The Billboard Hot 100	19

External links

• "The Beloved Entertainer" – essay by Connor Ratliff

•  • e Elvis Costello discography
Albums	My Aim Is True · King of America · Spike · Mighty Like a Rose · Brutal Youth · Kojak Variety · North · Il Sogno
Elvis Costello and The Attractions	This Year's Model · Armed Forces · Get Happy!! · Trust · Almost Blue · Imperial Bedroom · Punch the Clock · Goodbye Cruel World · Blood and Chocolate · All This Useless Beauty
Elvis Costello and The Imposters	When I Was Cruel · Cruel Smile · The Delivery Man
Collaborations	The Juliet Letters with The Brodsky Quartet · Terror & Magnificence with John Harle · Painted from Memory with Burt Bacharach · The Sweetest Punch with Bill Frisell · For the Stars with Anne-Sofie von Otter · My Flame Burns Blue with The Metropole Orkest · Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland · The River in Reverse with Allen Toussaint
Live albums	Live at the El Mocambo · Deep Dead Blue · Costello & Nieve
Soundtracks	G.B.H. · Jake's Progress
Compilations	Taking Liberties · Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers · The Best of Elvis Costello & The Attractions · Out of Our Idiot · Girls Girls Girls · 2 ½ Years · The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977-86 · Extreme Honey · The Very Best of Elvis Costello · Singles, Vol. 1 · Singles, Vol. 2 · Singles, Vol. 3
Categories	Elvis Costello albums · Elvis Costello songs