Elvis Costello - Mighty Like a Rose

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Album Details

Title: Mighty Like a Rose
Artist: Elvis Costello
Release Date: 5/14/1991
Re-Released On: 9/22/2009
Label: Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Records
Duration: 54:19
Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto
UPCs: 075992657525, 081227984977, 075592657543, 0759926575436
Genre: Rock
Styles: Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, College Rock
Moods: Angry, Literate, Sophisticated, Witty, Bittersweet, Brittle, Cynical/Sarcastic, Freewheeling, Intense, Intimate, Sardonic, Acerbic, Brash, Energetic, Quirky, Raucous, Refined/Mannered, Reflective, Snide, Tense/Anxious, Aggressive, Angst-Ridden, Bitter, Cathartic, Cerebral, Complex, Confident, Elegant, Exuberant, Fun, Hostile, Ironic, Manic, Melancholy, Passionate, Plaintive, Playful, Poignant, Rambunctious, Rebellious, Reckless, Rollicking, Romantic, Rousing, Rowdy, Stylish, Swaggering, Urgent, Visceral, Volatile, Wistful, Wry, Ambitious, Confrontational, Detached, Earnest, Elaborate, Fiery, Gloomy, Humorous, Messy, Paranoid, Sad, Searching, Autumnal, Exciting, Lively, Sprawling, Weary, Yearning
Total Copies: 17
Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

Additional Releases

Year	Type	Label	Catalog #
2009	CD	Warner Bros. Records	26575
1991	CD	Warner Bros.	2-26575

Other Editions

Mighty Like a Rose [Expanded]

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Track Listings

The Other Side of Summer
Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)
How to Be Dumb
All Grown Up
Invasion Hit Parade
Harpies Bizarre
After the Fall
Georgie and Her Rival
So Like Candy
Interlude: Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 2
Playboy to a Man
Sweet Pear
Broken
Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4

Credits

Name	Credits
Andrew Findon	Flute
Benmont Tench	Harmonium, Calliope, Tack Piano, Piano, Spinet
Bruce Thomas	Guitar (Electric)
Charles Joseph	Trombone
Declan MacManus	Producer
Efrem Towns	Trumpet
Elvis Costello	Piano, Producer, Organ, Vocal Group, Toy Piano, Guitar (Rhythm), Guitar (Rickenbacker), Percussion, Guitar, Chamberlin, Celeste, Bass, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Maracas, Vocal Arrangement, Guitar (12 String Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitar (12 String), Keyboards
Fiachra Trench	String Arrangements, Woodwind Arrangement, Conductor, Chart, Arranger, Wind Arrangements
Gavyn Wright	String Conductor
Gregory Davis	Trumpet
James Burton	Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Acoustic), Soloist, Guitar
Jenell Marshall	Percussion, Drums (Snare), Drums
Jerry Scheff	Bass, Guitar (Electric), Bass (Electric), Tuba, Fuzz Bass
Jim Keltner	Percussion, Drum Loop, Drums
Kevin Harris	Sax (Tenor)
Kevin Killen	Producer, Engineer, Mixing
Kirk Joseph	Tuba, Sousaphone
Larry Knechtel	Piano, Organ, Keyboards, Clavinet, Harmonium, Piano (Upright), Harpsichord, Piano (Grand), Organ (Hammond), Optigan, Toy Piano, Calliope, Tack Piano, Vox Continental
Lionel Batiste	Drums (Snare), Percussion, Drums
Marc Ribot	Special Effects, E Flat Horn, Performer, Cornet, Guitar (Electric Baritone), Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Spanish Guitar, Banjo, Horn, Guitar (Electric)
Max Garcia	Assistant Engineer
Mitchell Froom	Arranger, Portative Organ, Vox Continental, Mellotron, Calliope, Keyboards, Celeste, Tack Piano, Optigan, Chamberlin, Organ (Hammond), Vocal Arrangement, Organ, Toy Piano, Performer, Producer
Neil Levesley	Bassoon
Nicholas Bucknail	Clarinet
Nick Lowe	Bass
Pete Thomas	Tambourine, Drums, Finger Cymbals, Percussion, Sleigh Bells, Castanets, Bells
Richard Morgan	Oboe
Richard Page	Vocals (Background), Vocal Group, Vocals
Richard Sullivan	Assistant Engineer
Rob Wasserman	Bass, Bass (Electric), 6-String Electric Bass
Roger Lewis	Sax (Baritone)
Ross MacManus	Trumpet
Simon Rayner	French Horn, Horn
Steve George	Vocals (Background), Vocals
Steve Nieve	Keyboards
Steven Soles	Vocal Group, Vocal Harmony, Vocals (Background), Vocals
T-Bone Wolk	Bass

Member Reviews

Michael L. (Popmeister) wrote on 3/15/2007...

0 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.

there are some great sophisticated pop songs on this cd, including three that were co-written with Paul McCartney.

Joe M. wrote on 2/26/2007...

Track Listings
1. Other Side of Summer
2. Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)
3. How to Be Dumb
4. All Grown Up
5. Invasion Hit Parade
6. Harpies Bizarre
7. After the Fall
8. Georgie and Her Rival
9. So Like Candy
10. Interlude: Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 2
11. Playboy to a Man
12. Sweet Pear
13. Broken
14. Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4