Spike - Elvis Costello

Spike

Album by Elvis Costello

Released 6 February 1989

rock folk alternative rock

Tracklist

1
…This Town…
4:30
4.0 ★
2
Let Him Dangle
4:45
3.5 ★
3
Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
4:06
4.0 ★
4
Veronica
3:09
4.6 ★
5
God’s Comic
5:32
3.0 ★
6
Chewing Gum
3:47
3.0 ★
7
Tramp the Dirt Down
5:44
3.0 ★
8
Stalin Malone
4:09
3.0 ★
9
Satellite
5:44
3.5 ★
10
Pads, Paws and Claws
2:56
4.0 ★
11
Baby Plays Around
2:48
3.0 ★
12
Miss Macbeth
4:25
3.0 ★
13
Any King’s Shilling
6:06
2.5 ★
14
Coal‐Train Robberies
3:18
3.0 ★
15
Last Boat Leaving
3:31
3.5 ★

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Release credits

Allen Toussaint
grand piano [3]
Benmont Tench
clavinet [6], organ [14], piano [2, 4, 9], piano spinet [4, 9, 14]
Bob Ludwig
mastering
Brian Griffin
photography
Buell Neidlinger
cello [5], double bass [5, 13]
Cait O’Riordan
bell [15], maracas [1]
Charles Joseph
trombone [8, 12]
Chrissie Hynde
vocal [9]
Christy Moore
bodhrán [13]
David Farrell
assistant
Davy Spillane
low whistle [7, 13], uilleann pipes [7, 12-13]
Declan Patrick MacManus
arranger, acoustic guitar [1], electric guitar [1], horn [3, 6, 8, 12], lead vocals [1], melodica [1], organ [1], piano [1], tambourine [1]
Derek Bell
Irish harp / clàrsach [13], hammered dulcimer [13]
Dónal Lunny
acoustic guitar [7], bodhrán [12], bouzouki [7, 12-13]
Efrem Towns
trumpet [3, 6, 8, 12]
Elvis Costello
graphic design, producer, acoustic guitar [10-15], bass guitar [5, 10], bass pedals [11], bell [11, 15], electric guitar [4, 9, 12, 14], guitar [6, 10], lead vocals [2-7, 9-15], mandolin [12, 15], organ [15], piano [9-10, 14-15], producer [1]
Frankie Gavin
fiddle [13]
Gregory Davis
trumpet [3, 6, 8, 12]
Jenell Marshall
snare drum [8]
Jeri Heiden
graphic design
Jerry Marotta
drums (drum set) [2, 4, 10, 14], snare drum [12]
Jerry Scheff
bass guitar [2, 10, 14], double bass [7]
Jim Keltner
cymbal [3], drums (drum set) [15], snare drum [1, 3, 5, 9], tom-tom [9]
John Donnelly
drum machine
John Grimes
assistant
John Heiden
design/illustration
Kevin Harris
tenor saxophone [3, 6, 8, 12]
Kevin Killen
producer, engineer, mix, producer [1]
Kirk Joseph
sousaphone [3, 6, 8, 12]
Lance Phillips
assistant
Lionel Batiste
bass drum [8]
Marc Ribot
banjo [5], classical guitar [5], electric guitar [2, 10], guitar [6, 10], performer [7]
Michael Blair
additional, additional, bass drum [3], bell [1, 9, 12], glockenspiel [1, 4, 7, 9, 12], marimba [5, 9-10], percussion [2, 5-6, 12, 14], slapstick [14], snare drum [5, 12], tambourine [3, 7, 12, 14], timpani [4, 9, 14], vibraphone [9], xylophone [5]
Mike Ross‐Trevor
additional
Mitchell Froom
chamberlin [4-5, 9, 12], electric piano [4, 12], harmonium [5, 7], organ [9, 11-12]
Paul McCartney
bass guitar [1, 4]
Pete Thomas
drums (drum set) [7, 12]
Ralph Forbes
drum machine, electronic drum set [1, 9]
Roger Lewis
baritone saxophone [3, 6, 8, 12], soprano saxophone [6, 8]
Roger McGuinn
12 string guitar [1]
Stacy Baird
assistant
Steve Wickham
fiddle [7, 12-13]
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
horn [3, 6, 8, 12]
T‐Bone Burnett
additional, additional, producer, acoustic guitar [1, 4], bass guitar [10], producer [1], resonator guitar [14]
T‐Bone Wolk
accordion [15], bass guitar [9, 15]
Willie Green III
drums (drum set) [6]

Issues

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Spike
CD (made by PDO, USA)
6 February 1989
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Spike
CD (manufactured by Discovery Systems)
February 1989
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Spike
12" Vinyl
1989
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Spike
Cassette
1989
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Spike
CD (club edition)
1989
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Spike
12" Vinyl
1989
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Spike
CD (Columbia House club edition, PDO pressing)
1989
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Spike
12" Vinyl
1989
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Spike
CD
1989
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Spike
CD
1990
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Spike
2x CD
21 August 2001
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Spike
2x CD
2001
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Spike
Digital Media
11 November 2008
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Spike
CD
2009
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Spike
CD