Q, April 1995

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Mighty Like A Rose

Elvis Costello

Tom Doyle

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Exhibit A when it comes to the self-proclaimed Beard Years, time has to some extent been kind to 1991's Mighty Like A Rose. Owing to the fact that most of the best tracks are programmed to the front of the album, it starts out positively — "The Other Side Of Summer"'s jaunty cynicism, the rattling paranoia of "Hurry Down Downsday," the alternative rock stars pilloried in "How To Be Dumb" (which, particularly through the presence of Pete Thomas and Larry Knechtel's Nieve-modelled piano frills, wouldn't have seemed out of place on Brutal Youth). For every "Sweet Pear" or "Invasion Hit Parade" however, there's the ill-advised Costello Sings Bono of "Broken" and or the Weill-like barroom dank of "Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4." Of the two McCartney/MacManus compositions, "Playboy To A Man" is still an ungainly rocker, while "So Like Candy" remains almost certainly the best thing to come out of their collaboration.


Tags: Mighty Like A RoseThe Other Side Of SummerHurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)How To Be DumbPete ThomasLarry KnechtelSteve NieveBrutal YouthSweet PearInvasion Hit ParadeBonoBrokenKurt WeillCouldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4Paul McCartneyPlayboy To A ManSo Like Candy

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Q, No. 103, April 1995


Tom Doyle reviews the re-release of Mighty Like A Rose.


Also includes an ad for the Demon reissues of Punch The Clock and Goodbye Cruel World.

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Clipping and advertisement.


Cover and page scans.
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Magazine scans thanks to Fulvio Fiore.

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