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|album_name  = Spike
|album_name  = Spike
|image        = 1989 Spike Album.jpg
|image        = Spike album cover.jpg
|album_type  = studio album
|album_type  = studio album
|album_artist = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]]
|album_artist = [[Elvis Costello]]
|release_info = February 6, 1989
|release_info = February 6, 1989
|record_info  = 1988, Ocean Way, Los Angeles,<br>Southlake Studios, New Orleans, <br>Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, <br>AIR Studios, London
|record_info  = 1988, Ocean Way, Los Angeles,<br>Southlake Studios, New Orleans, <br>Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, <br>AIR Studios, London
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|length      = 64:29 <br>64:29 + 58:58 (2001 reissue)
|length      = 64:29 <br>64:29 + 58:58 (2001 reissue)
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<small>''Excerpt from 2001 reissue [[Spike (2001) liner notes|liner notes]]:</small>
Away from London, after being a bandleader, out of the cold shadow of the Black Rock, I wrote these songs. In a Dublin hotel room, in a ship's cabin off the coast of Greenland, on a summer's afternoon in a house next to windmill as the English countryside rolled down to the coast.


Some of them came out of the newspapers and everyday anger – "Tramp the dirt down," "...This town...," "Coal Train Robberies." One of them came out of old newspapers and ugly arguments – "Let him Dangle." The case of Derek Bentley had been brought up in every capital punishment debate since I had been a child, so I put it in a song.




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==Credits==
==[[Spike (2001 Rhino/Edsel Bonus Disc)|Spike (2001 Rhino/Edsel edition)]]==
* Produced by: [[Elvis Costello]], [[Kevin Killen]] and [[T Bone Burnett]]
{{tracklist
* Musicians::
| headline = Disc one
:[[...This Town...]]:
| writing_credits = yes
::[[D.P.A. MacManus]] - [[Singers|vocals]]; [[Guitarists|Rickenbacker 6-string]], [[Guitarists|Gretch]], [[Guitarists|spider]] & [[Guitarists|acoustic guitars]]; [[Keyboardists|organ]], [[Keyboardists|piano]], [[Keyboardists|melodica]], [[Percussionists|tambourine]]
| title1    = [[...This Town...]]
::[[Roger McGuinn]] - [[Guitarists|Rickenbacker 12-string guitar]]
| writer1  = [[Declan MacManus]]
::[[Paul McCartney]] - [[Bassists|Rickenbacker bass]]
| length1  = 4:25
::[[T Bone Burnett]] - [[Guitarists|acoustic guitar]]
| title2    = [[Let Him Dangle]]
::[[Ralph Forbes]] - [[Percussionists|electric drums]]
| writer2  = Declan MacManus
::[[Jim Keltner]] - [[Drummers|extra snare drum]]
| length2  = 4:39
::[[Michael Blair]] - [[Percussionists|glockenspiel]], [[Percussionists|bells]]
| title3    = [[Deep Dark Truthful Mirror]]
::[[Cait O'Riordan]] - [[Percussionists|lunge maracas]]
| writer3  = Declan MacManus
| length3  = 4:03
| title4    = [[Veronica]]
| writer4  = [[Paul McCartney]] & Declan MacManus
| length4  = 3:07
| title5    = [[God's Comic]]
| writer5  = Declan MacManus
| length5  = 5:27
| title6    = [[Chewing Gum]]
| writer6  = Declan MacManus
| length6  = 3:43
| title7    = [[Tramp The Dirt Down]]
| writer7  = Declan MacManus
| length7  = 5:40
| title8    = [[Stalin Malone]]
| writer8  = Declan MacManus
| length8  = 4:06
| title9    = [[Satellite]]
| writer9  = Declan MacManus
| length9  = 5:43
| title10  = [[Pads, Paws And Claws]]
| writer10  = Paul McCartney & Declan MacManus
| length10  = 2:53
| title11  = [[Baby Plays Around]]
| writer11  = [[Cait O'Riordan]] & Declan MacManus
| length11  = 2:45
| title12  = [[Miss Macbeth]]
| writer12  = Declan MacManus
| length12  = 4:21
| title13  = [[Any King's Shilling]]
| writer13  = Declan MacManus
| length13  = 6:04
| title14  = [[Coal-Train Robberies]]
| writer14  = Declan MacManus
| length14  = 3:12
| title15  = [[Last Boat Leaving]]
| writer15  = Declan MacManus
| length15  = 3:31
}}
{{tracklist
| writing_credits = yes
| headline = Disc two
|  title1  = [[Miss Macbeth]]
|  note1  = Demo
| writer1  = Declan MacManus
| length1  = 3:48
|  title2  = [[...This Town...]]
|  note2  = Demo
| writer2  = Declan MacManus
| length2  = 3:45
|  title3  = [[Deep Dark Truthful Mirror]]
|  note3  = Demo
| writer3  = Declan MacManus
| length3  = 4:04
|  title4  = [[Coal-Train Robberies]]
|  note4  = Demo
| writer4  = Declan MacManus
| length4  = 2:46
|  title5  = [[Satellite]]
|  note5  = Demo
| writer5  = Declan MacManus
| length5  = 4:47
|  title6  = [[Pads, Paws And Claws]]
|  note6  = Demo
| writer6  = Paul McCartney & Declan MacManus
| length6  = 2:05
|  title7  = [[Let Him Dangle]]
|  note7  = Demo
| writer7  = Declan MacManus
| length7  = 3:36
|  title8  = [[Veronica]]
|  note8  = Demo
| writer8  = Paul McCartney & Declan MacManus
| length8  = 2:58
|  title9  = [[Tramp The Dirt Down]]
|  note9  = Demo
| writer9  = Declan MacManus
| length9  = 5:13
|  title10 = [[Baby Plays Around]]
|  note10 = Demo
| writer10 = Cait O'Riordan & Declan MacManus
| length10 = 2:38
| title11 = [[Put Your Big Toe In The Milk Of Human Kindness]]
|  note11 = Demo
| writer11 = Declan MacManus
| length11 = 3:13
|  title12 = [[Last Boat Leaving]]
|  note12 = Demo
| writer12 = Declan MacManus
| length12 = 3:26
|  title13 = [[The Ugly Things]]
| writer13 = [[Nick Lowe]]
| length13 = 2:52
| title14 = [[You're No Good]]
| writer14 = [[Clint Ballard, Jr.]]
| length14 = 2:18
|  title15 = [[Point Of No Return (Gerry Goffin and Carole King song)|Point Of No Return]]
| writer15 = [[Gerry Goffin]] & [[Carole King]]
| length15 = 2:30
| title16 = [[The Room Nobody Lives In]]
| writer16 = [[John Sebastian]]
| length16 = 4:45
| title17 = [[Stalin Malone]]
|  note17 = Vocal Version
| writer17 = Declan MacManus
| length17 = 3:11
}}
 
 
==Personnel==
Produced by: [[Elvis Costello]], [[Kevin Killen]] and [[T Bone Burnett]]
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|- valign="top"
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'''[[...This Town...]]'''
:[[D.P.A. MacManus]] - vocals; Rickenbacker 6-string, Gretch, <br>{{m}}spider & acoustic guitars; organ, piano, melodica, tambourine
:[[Roger McGuinn]] - Rickenbacker 12-string guitar
:[[Paul McCartney]] - Rickenbacker bass
:[[T Bone Burnett]] - acoustic guitar
:[[Ralph Forbes]] - electric drums
:[[Jim Keltner]] - extra snare drum
:[[Michael Blair]] - glockenspiel, bells
:[[Cait O'Riordan]] - lunge maracas
 
'''[[Let Him Dangle]]'''
:[[Elvis Costello]] - vocals
:[[Marc Ribot]] - guitars
:[[Benmont Tench]] - piano
:[[Jerry Scheff]] - bass
:[[Jerry Marotta]] - drums
:[[Michael Blair]] - Chinese drum, Oldsmobile hubcap


:[[Let Him Dangle]]:
'''[[Deep Dark Truthful Mirror]]'''
::[[Elvis Costello]] - [[Singers|vocals]]
:[[Elvis Costello]] - vocals
::[[Marc Ribot]] - [[Guitarists|guitars]]
:[[Gregory Davis]] - trumpet
::[[Benmont Tench]] - [[Keyboardists|piano]]
:[[Efrem Towns]] - trumpet
::[[Jerry Scheff]] - [[Bassists|bass]]
:[[Kevin Harris]] - tenor saxophone
::[[Jerry Marotta]] - [[Drummers|drums]]
:[[Roger Lewis]] - baritone saxophone
::[[Michael Blair]] - [[Drummers|Chinese drum]], [[Percussionists|Oldsmobile hubcap]]
:[[Kirk Joseph]] - Sousaphone
:[[Allen Toussaint]] - piano
:[[Jim Keltner]] - snare drum, Chinese cymbal
:[[Michael Blair]] - parade drum, tambourines


:[[Deep Dark Truthful Mirror]]:
'''[[Veronica]]'''
::[[Elvis Costello]] - [[Singers|vocals]]
:[[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, electric guitars
::[[The Dirty Dozen Brass Band]]:
:[[T Bone Burnett]] - acoustic guitar
:::[[Gregory Davis]] - [[Trumpet players|trumpet]]
:[[Benmont Tench]] - piano, Baldwin spinet
:::[[Efrem Towns]] - [[Trumpet players|trumpet]]
:[[Mitchell Froom]] - Wurlitzer electric piano, Chamberlain
:::[[Kevin Harris]] - [[Saxophonists|tenor saxophone]]
:[[Paul McCartney]] - Hofner bass
:::[[Roger Lewis]] - [[Saxophonists|baritone saxophone]]
:[[Jerry Marotta]] - drums
:::[[Kirk Joseph]] - [[Sousaphone players|Sousaphone]]
:[[Michael Blair]] - tympani, glockenspiel
::[[Allen Toussaint]] - [[Keyboardists|piano]]
::[[Jim Keltner]] - [[Drummers|snare drum]], [[Percussionists|Chinese cymbal]]
::[[Michael Blair]] - [[Drummers|parade drum]], [[Percussionists|tambourines]]


:[[Veronica]]:
'''[[God's Comic]]'''
::[[Elvis Costello]] - [[Singers|vocals]], [[Guitarists|electric guitars]]
:[[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, Hofner bass
::[[T Bone Burnett]] - [[Guitarists|acoustic guitar]]
:[[Marc Ribot]] - Spanish guitar, banjo
::[[Benmont Tench]] - [[Keyboardists|piano]], [[Keyboardists|Baldwin spinet]]
:[[Mitchell Froom]] - Chamberlain, Indian harmonium
::[[Mitchell Froom]] - [[Keyboardists|Wurlitzer electric piano]], [[Keyboardists|Chamberlain]]
:[[Buell Neidlinger]] - double bass, cellos
::[[Paul McCartney]] - [[Bassists|Hofner bass]]
:[[Jim Keltner]] - snare drum
::[[Jerry Marotta]] - [[Drummers|drums]]
:[[Michael Blair]] - xylophone, marimba, snare drum, Magic table
::[[Michael Blair]] - [[Drummers|tympani]], [[Percussionists|glockenspiel]]


:[[God's Comic]]:
'''[[Chewing Gum]]'''
::[[Elvis Costello]] - [[Singers|vocals]], [[Bassists|Hofner bass]]
:[[Elvis Costello]] - vocals and guitar
::[[Marc Ribot]] - [[Guitarists|Spanish guitar]], [[Banjo players|banjo]]
:[[Gregory Davis]] - trumpet
::[[Mitchell Froom]] - [[Keyboardists|Chamberlain]], [[Keyboardists|Indian harmonium]]
:[[Efrem Towns]] - trumpet
::[[Buell Niedlinger]] - [[Double bass players|double bass]], [[Cellists|cellos]]
:[[Kevin Harris]] - tenor saxophone
::[[Jim Keltner]] - [[Drummers|snare drum]]
:[[Roger Lewis]] - soprano & baritone saxophones
::[[Michael Blair]] - [[Percussionists|xylophone]], [[Percussionists|marimba]], [[Drummers|snare drum]], [[Percussionists|Magic table]]
:[[Kirk Joseph]] - Sousaphone
:[[Marc Ribot]] - guitar
:[[Benmont Tench]] - Hohner Clavinet
:[[Willie Green]] - drums
:[[Michael Blair]] - metal pipe
:[[Cait O'Riordan]] - vocal


:[[Chewing Gum]]:
'''[[Tramp The Dirt Down]]'''
::[[Elvis Costello]] - [[Singers|vocals]] and [[Guitarists|guitar]]
:[[Elvis Costello]] - vocals
::[[The Dirty Dozen Brass Band]]:
:[[Dónal Lunny]] - acoustic guitar, bouzouki
:::[[Gregory Davis]] - [[Trumpet players|trumpet]]
:[[Steve Wickham]] - fiddle
:::[[Efrem Towns]] - [[Trumpet players|trumpet]]
:[[Davy Spillane]] - low whistle, Uilleann pipes
:::[[Kevin Harris]] - [[Saxophonists|tenor saxophone]]
:[[Mitchell Froom]] - Indian harmonium
:::[[Roger Lewis]] - [[Saxophonists|soprano]] & [[Saxophonists|baritone saxophones]]
:[[Jerry Scheff]] - double bass
:::[[Kirk Joseph]] - [[Sousaphone players|Sousaphone]]
:[[Pete Thomas]] - drums
::[[Marc Ribot]] - [[Guitarists|guitar]]
:[[Michael Blair]] - tambourine, glockenspiel
::[[Benmont Tench]] - [[Keyboardists|Hohner Clavinet]]
:[[Marc Ribot]] - distant sound
::[[Willie Green]] - [[Drummers|drums]]
::[[Michael Blair]] - [[Percussionists|metal pipe]]
::[[Cait O'Riordan]] - [[Singers|vocal]]


:[[Tramp The Dirt Down]]:
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::[[Elvis Costello]] - [[Singers|vocals]]
'''[[Stalin Malone]]'''
::[[Dónal Lunny]] - [[Guitarists|acoustic guitar]], [[Bouzouki players|bouzouki]]
:[[Gregory Davis]] - trumpet
::[[Steve Wickham]] - [[Fiddle players|fiddle]]
:[[Efrem Towns]] - trumpet
::[[Davy Spillane]] - low whistle, [[Uilleann pipe players|Uilleann pipes]]
:[[Kevin Harris]] - tenor saxophone
::[[Mitchell Froom]] - [[Keyboardists|Indian harmonium]]
:[[Roger Lewis]] - soprano & baritone saxophones
::[[Jerry Scheff]] - [[Double bass players|double bass]]
:[[Charles Joseph]] - trombone
::[[Pete Thomas]] - [[Drummers|drums]]
:[[Kirk Joseph]] - Sousaphone
::[[Michael Blair]] - [[Percussionists|tambourine]], [[Percussionists|glockenspiel]]
:[[Jenell Marshall]] - snare drum
::[[Marc Ribot]] - distant sound
:[[Lionel Batiste]] - bass drum


:[[Stalin Malone]]:
'''[[Satellite]]'''
::[[The Dirty Dozen Brass Band]]:
:[[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, electric guitar, bass-piano
:::[[Gregory Davis]] - [[Trumpet players|trumpet]]
:[[Benmont Tench]] - piano, Baldwin spinet
:::[[Efrem Towns]] - [[Trumpet players|trumpet]]
:[[Mitchell Froom]] - Chamberlain, organ
:::[[Kevin Harris]] - [[Saxophonists|tenor saxophone]]
:[[T-Bone Wolk]] - bass
:::[[Roger Lewis]] - [[Saxophonists|soprano]] & [[Saxophonists|baritone saxophones]]
:[[Ralph Forbes]] - electric drums
:::[[Charles Joseph]] - [[Trombonists|trombone]]
:[[Jim Keltner]] - snare, tom-toms
:::[[Kirk Joseph]] - [[Sousaphone players|Sousaphone]]
:[[Michael Blair]] - vibraphone, marimba, tympani, glockenspiel, bells
:::[[Jenell Marshall]] - [[Drummers|snare drum]]
:[[Chrissie Hynde]] - harmony vocal
:::[[Lionel Batiste]] - [[Drummers|bass drum]]


:[[Satellite]]:
'''[[Pads, Paws And Claws]]'''
::[[Elvis Costello]] - [[Singers|vocals]], [[Guitarists|electric guitar]], [[Keyboardists|bass-piano]]
:[[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, sub-aqua & acoustic guitars, Hofner bass, piano
::[[Benmont Tench]] - [[Keyboardists|piano]], [[Keyboardists|Baldwin spinet]]
:[[Marc Ribot]] - electric & "alligator" guitars
::[[Mitchell Froom]] - [[Keyboardists|Chamberlain]], [[Keyboardists|organ]]
:[[Jerry Scheff]] - bass
::[[T-Bone Wolk]] - [[Bassists|bass]]
:[[T Bone Burnett]] - trigger bass
::[[Ralph Forbes]] - [[Percussionists|electric drums]]
:[[Jerry Marotta]] - drums
::[[Jim Keltner]] - [[Drummers|snare]], [[Drummers|tom-toms]]
:[[Michael Blair]] - marimba, Martian dog-bark
::[[Michael Blair]] - [[Vibraphonists|vibraphone]], [[Percussionists|marimba]], [[Drummers|tympani]], [[Percussionists|glockenspiel]], [[Percussionists|bells]]
::[[Chrissie Hynde]] - [[Singers|harmony vocal]]


:[[Pads, Paws And Claws]]:
'''[[Baby Plays Around]]'''
::[[Elvis Costello]] - [[Singers|vocals]], [[Guitarists|sub-aqua]] & [[Guitarists|acoustic guitars]], [[Bassists|Hofner bass]], [[Keyboardists|piano]]
:[[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, acoustic guitars, Hammond bass pedals, bells
::[[Marc Ribot]] - [[Guitarists|electric]] & [[Guitarists|"alligator" guitars]]
:[[Mitchell Froom]] - organ (distant)
::[[Jerry Scheff]] - [[Bassists|bass]]
::[[T Bone Burnett]] - [[Bassists|trigger bass]]
::[[Jerry Marotta]] - [[Drummers|drums]]
::[[Michael Blair]] - [[Percussionists|marimba]], [[Percussionists|Martian dog-bark]]


:[[Baby Plays Around]]:
'''[[Miss Macbeth]]'''
::[[Elvis Costello]] - [[Singers|vocals]], [[Guitarists|acoustic guitars]], [[Keyboardists|Hammond bass pedals]], [[Percussionists|bells]]
:[[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, mandolin, guitars
::[[Mitchell Froom]] - [[Keyboardists|organ (distant)]]
:[[Gregory Davis]] - trumpet
:[[Efrem Towns]] - trumpet
:[[Kevin Harris]] - tenor saxophone
:[[Roger Lewis]] - baritone saxophone
:[[Charles Joseph]] - trombone
:[[Kirk Joseph]] - Sousaphone
:[[Dónal Lunny]] - bouzouki, bodhran
:[[Steve Wickham]] - fiddle
:[[Davy Spillane]] - Uilleann pipes
:[[Mitchell Froom]] - Chamberlain, Wurlitzer electric piano, organ
:[[Pete Thomas]] - drums
:[[Jerry Marotta]] - snare drum
:[[Michael Blair]] - crash-box, glockenspiel, tambourine, temple bells, snare drum


:[[Miss Macbeth]]:
'''[[Any King's Shilling]]'''
::[[Elvis Costello]] - [[Singers|vocals]], [[Mandolin players|mandolin]], [[Guitarists|guitars]]
:[[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, acoustic guitar
::[[The Dirty Dozen Brass Band]]:
:[[Dónal Lunny]] - bouzouki
:::[[Gregory Davis]] - [[Trumpet players|trumpet]]
:[[Christy Moore]] - bodhran
:::[[Efrem Towns]] - [[Trumpet players|trumpet]]
:[[Frankie Gavin]] - fiddle
:::[[Kevin Harris]] - [[Saxophonists|tenor saxophone]]
:[[Steve Wickham]] - fiddle
:::[[Roger Lewis]] - [[Saxophonists|baritone saxophone]]
:[[Derek Bell]] - Irish harp, tiompan
:::[[Charles Joseph]] - [[Trombonists|trombone]]
:[[Davy Spillane]] - low whistle, Uilleann pipes
:::[[Kirk Joseph]] - [[Sousaphone players|Sousaphone]]
:[[Buell Neidlinger]] - double basses
::[[Dónal Lunny]] - [[Bouzouki players|bouzouki]], [[Drummers|bodhran]]
::[[Steve Wickham]] - [[Fiddle players|fiddle]]
::[[Davy Spillane]] - [[Uilleann pipe players|Uilleann pipes]]
::[[Mitchell Froom]] - [[Keyboardists|Chamberlain]], [[Keyboardists|Wurlitzer electric piano]], [[Keyboardists|organ]]
::[[Pete Thomas]] - [[Drummers|drums]]
::[[Jerry Marotta]] - [[Drummers|snare drum]]
::[[Michael Blair]] - [[Percussionists|crash-box]], [[Percussionists|glockenspiel]], [[Percussionists|tambourine]], [[Percussionists|temple bells]], [[Drummers|snare drum]]


:[[Any King's Shilling]]:
'''[[Coal-Train Robberies]]'''
::[[Elvis Costello]] - [[Singers|vocals]], [[Guitarists|acoustic guitar]]
:[[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, guitars, piano
::[[Dónal Lunny]] - [[Bouzouki players|bouzouki]]
:[[T Bone Burnett]] - National Resonator guitar
::[[Christy Moore]] - [[Drummers|bodhran]]
:[[Benmont Tench]] - Vox Continental organ, Baldwin spinet
::[[Frankie Gavin]] - [[Fiddle players|fiddle]]
:[[Jerry Scheff]] - fuzz & Hofner basses
::[[Steve Wickham]] - [[Fiddle players|fiddle]]
:[[Jerry Marotta]] - drums
::[[Derek Bell]] - Irish harp, tiompan
:[[Michael Blair]] - tympani, tambourine, whiplash, anvil
::[[Davy Spillane]] - low whistle, [[Uilleann pipe players|Uilleann pipes]]
::[[Buell Niedlinger]] - [[Double bass players|double basses]]


:[[Coal Train Robberies]]:
'''[[Last Boat Leaving]]'''
::[[Elvis Costello]] - [[Singers|vocals]], [[Guitarists|guitars]], [[Keyboardists|piano]]
:[[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, acoustic guitars, mandolin, piano, organ, ship's bell
::[[T Bone Burnett]] - [[Guitarists|National Resonator guitar]]
:[[T-Bone Wolk]] - bass, accordion
::[[Benmont Tench]] - [[Keyboardists|Vox Continental organ]], [[Keyboardists|Baldwin spinet]]
:[[Jim Keltner]] - drums
::[[Jerry Scheff]] - [[Bassists|fuzz & Hofner basses]]
:[[Cait O'Riordan]] - snowbells
::[[Jerry Marotta]] - [[Drummers|drums]]
{{cx}}
::[[Michael Blair]] - [[Drummers|tympani]], [[Percussionists|tambourine]], [[Percussionists|whiplash]], [[Percussionists|anvil]]
<br />
==Related Releases==
''Japanese CD releases''<br />


:[[Last Boat Leaving]]:
'''Japan 25P2-2491 (1989)'''<br />
::[[Elvis Costello]] - [[Singers|vocals]], [[Guitarists|acoustic guitars]], [[Mandolin players|mandolin]], [[Keyboardists|piano]], [[Keyboardists|organ]], [[Percussionists|ship's bell]]
{|
::[[T-Bone Wolk]] - [[Bassists|bass]], [[Accordion players|accordion]]
|{{thumb:Spike 25P2-2491}}
::[[Jim Keltner]] - [[Drummers|drums]]
|}
::[[Cait O'Riordan]] - [[Percussionists|snowbells]]
<br />
'''Japan WPCR-351 (1995)'''<br />
''Reissue "Hot Price 1800" OBI''<br />
{|
|{{thumb:Spike (Reissue) WPCR-351}}
|}
<br />
'''Japan WPCR-11204/5 (2002)'''<br />
''Rhino 2CD edition with bonus disc''<br />
{|
|{{thumb:Spike WPCR 11204/5}}
|}
<br />
'''Japan WPCR-13267 (2008)'''<br />
''Warner Japan 50th Anniversary OBI''<br />
{|
|{{thumb:Spike (50th Anniversary Reissue) WPCR 13267}}
|}
<br />


==Original discography pages==
==Singles==
* [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike.htm Home Page discography page] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_a01.htm A01] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_a02.htm A02] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_a03.htm A03] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_a04.htm A04] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_a05.htm A05] {{-}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 87%;"
* [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s01.htm Singles: S01] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s02.htm S02] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s03.htm S03] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s04.htm S04] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s05.htm S05] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s06.htm S06] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s07.htm S07] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s08.htm S08] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s09.htm S09] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s10.htm S10] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s11.htm S11] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s12.htm S12]
|-
==Reviews==
|[[Image:Veronica UK 7" single front sleeve.jpg|link=Single: Veronica|120px]]
|[[Image:Baby Plays Around UK 7" single front sleeve.jpg|link=Single: Baby Plays Around|120px]]
|[[Image:Deep Dark Truthful Mirror Germany 7" single front sleeve.jpg|link=Single: Deep Dark Truthful Mirror|120px]]
|[[Image:This Town Germany 7" single front sleeve.jpg|link=Single: ...This Town...|120px]]
|-
|Veronica
|Baby Plays Around
|Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
|...This Town...
|}
<br />
 
==Other Releases==
*[[Spike Cassettes|'''Spike''' - Cassette Discography]]
*[[Vinyl Reissue Discography#Spike|'''Spike''' - Vinyl LP reissues]]
*[[Spike (2001 Rhino/Edsel Bonus Disc)|'''Spike''' - Rhino/Edsel 2CD reissue 2001 (Bonus Disc)]]
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*'''USA CD "Longbox"'''<br />
:''Longboxes were used by retail outlets<br>for a short period of time<br>to display CD's in 12" vinyl racks''<br />
:[[Image:CD SPIKE LONGBOX FRONT.JPG|x150px]]{{m}}[[Image:CD SPIKE LONGBOX BACK.JPG|x150px]]
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==Internal links==
==Internal links==
* [[Lyrics: Spike|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Liner Notes: Spike|Liner Notes]] {{-}} [[Album Images: Spike|Album Images]]
*[[Lyrics: Spike|Lyrics]]
*[[Spike (2001) liner notes|Liner notes (2001)]]


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/spike.html Elvis Costello Reissues: Spike]
*[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3ifqxqe5ldse AllMusic] {{-}} [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_(Elvis_Costello_album) Wikipedia]
* [http://www.discogs.com/Elvis-Costello-Spike/master/39511 Discogs]
*[http://inanotherroom.com/spike.html Elvis Costello Reissues: Spike]  
*[http://www.discogs.com/Elvis-Costello-Spike/master/39511 Discogs] {{-}} [http://www.musik-sammler.de/album/14373 musik-sammler.de]


==Original discography==
* [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike.htm Home Page discography page] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_a01.htm A01] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_a02.htm A02] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_a03.htm A03] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_a04.htm A04] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_a05.htm A05]
* [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s01.htm Singles: S01] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s02.htm S02] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s03.htm S03] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s04.htm S04] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s05.htm S05] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s06.htm S06] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s07.htm S07] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s08.htm S08] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s09.htm S09] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s10.htm S10] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s11.htm S11] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_s12.htm S12] 


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Spike
Spike album cover.jpg
studio album by
Elvis Costello
ReleasedFebruary 6, 1989
Recorded1988, Ocean Way, Los Angeles,
Southlake Studios, New Orleans,
Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin,
AIR Studios, London
ProducerElvis Costello, Kevin Killen & T Bone Burnett
LabelWarner Bros.
Length64:29
64:29 + 58:58 (2001 reissue)

Excerpt from 2001 reissue liner notes:

Away from London, after being a bandleader, out of the cold shadow of the Black Rock, I wrote these songs. In a Dublin hotel room, in a ship's cabin off the coast of Greenland, on a summer's afternoon in a house next to windmill as the English countryside rolled down to the coast.

Some of them came out of the newspapers and everyday anger – "Tramp the dirt down," "...This town...," "Coal Train Robberies." One of them came out of old newspapers and ugly arguments – "Let him Dangle." The case of Derek Bentley had been brought up in every capital punishment debate since I had been a child, so I put it in a song.


Tracks

TitleWriter(s) Length
1. ...This Town...  Declan MacManus 4:25
2. Let Him Dangle  Declan MacManus 4:39
3. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror  Declan MacManus 4:03
4. Veronica  Paul McCartney & Declan MacManus 3:07
5. God's Comic  Declan MacManus 5:27
6. Chewing Gum  Declan MacManus 3:43
7. Tramp The Dirt Down  Declan MacManus 5:40
8. Stalin Malone  Declan MacManus 4:06
9. Satellite  Declan MacManus 5:43
10. Pads, Paws And Claws  Paul McCartney & Declan MacManus 2:53
11. Baby Plays Around  Cait O'Riordan & Declan MacManus 2:45
12. Miss Macbeth  Declan MacManus 4:21
13. Any King's Shilling  Declan MacManus 6:04
14. Coal-Train Robberies  Declan MacManus 3:12
15. Last Boat Leaving  Declan MacManus 3:31


Spike (2001 Rhino/Edsel edition)

Disc one
TitleWriter(s) Length
1. ...This Town...  Declan MacManus 4:25
2. Let Him Dangle  Declan MacManus 4:39
3. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror  Declan MacManus 4:03
4. Veronica  Paul McCartney & Declan MacManus 3:07
5. God's Comic  Declan MacManus 5:27
6. Chewing Gum  Declan MacManus 3:43
7. Tramp The Dirt Down  Declan MacManus 5:40
8. Stalin Malone  Declan MacManus 4:06
9. Satellite  Declan MacManus 5:43
10. Pads, Paws And Claws  Paul McCartney & Declan MacManus 2:53
11. Baby Plays Around  Cait O'Riordan & Declan MacManus 2:45
12. Miss Macbeth  Declan MacManus 4:21
13. Any King's Shilling  Declan MacManus 6:04
14. Coal-Train Robberies  Declan MacManus 3:12
15. Last Boat Leaving  Declan MacManus 3:31
Disc two
TitleWriter(s) Length
1. Miss Macbeth (Demo)Declan MacManus 3:48
2. ...This Town... (Demo)Declan MacManus 3:45
3. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (Demo)Declan MacManus 4:04
4. Coal-Train Robberies (Demo)Declan MacManus 2:46
5. Satellite (Demo)Declan MacManus 4:47
6. Pads, Paws And Claws (Demo)Paul McCartney & Declan MacManus 2:05
7. Let Him Dangle (Demo)Declan MacManus 3:36
8. Veronica (Demo)Paul McCartney & Declan MacManus 2:58
9. Tramp The Dirt Down (Demo)Declan MacManus 5:13
10. Baby Plays Around (Demo)Cait O'Riordan & Declan MacManus 2:38
11. Put Your Big Toe In The Milk Of Human Kindness (Demo)Declan MacManus 3:13
12. Last Boat Leaving (Demo)Declan MacManus 3:26
13. The Ugly Things  Nick Lowe 2:52
14. You're No Good  Clint Ballard, Jr. 2:18
15. Point Of No Return  Gerry Goffin & Carole King 2:30
16. The Room Nobody Lives In  John Sebastian 4:45
17. Stalin Malone (Vocal Version)Declan MacManus 3:11


Personnel

Produced by: Elvis Costello, Kevin Killen and T Bone Burnett

...This Town...

D.P.A. MacManus - vocals; Rickenbacker 6-string, Gretch,
 spider & acoustic guitars; organ, piano, melodica, tambourine
Roger McGuinn - Rickenbacker 12-string guitar
Paul McCartney - Rickenbacker bass
T Bone Burnett - acoustic guitar
Ralph Forbes - electric drums
Jim Keltner - extra snare drum
Michael Blair - glockenspiel, bells
Cait O'Riordan - lunge maracas

Let Him Dangle

Elvis Costello - vocals
Marc Ribot - guitars
Benmont Tench - piano
Jerry Scheff - bass
Jerry Marotta - drums
Michael Blair - Chinese drum, Oldsmobile hubcap

Deep Dark Truthful Mirror

Elvis Costello - vocals
Gregory Davis - trumpet
Efrem Towns - trumpet
Kevin Harris - tenor saxophone
Roger Lewis - baritone saxophone
Kirk Joseph - Sousaphone
Allen Toussaint - piano
Jim Keltner - snare drum, Chinese cymbal
Michael Blair - parade drum, tambourines

Veronica

Elvis Costello - vocals, electric guitars
T Bone Burnett - acoustic guitar
Benmont Tench - piano, Baldwin spinet
Mitchell Froom - Wurlitzer electric piano, Chamberlain
Paul McCartney - Hofner bass
Jerry Marotta - drums
Michael Blair - tympani, glockenspiel

God's Comic

Elvis Costello - vocals, Hofner bass
Marc Ribot - Spanish guitar, banjo
Mitchell Froom - Chamberlain, Indian harmonium
Buell Neidlinger - double bass, cellos
Jim Keltner - snare drum
Michael Blair - xylophone, marimba, snare drum, Magic table

Chewing Gum

Elvis Costello - vocals and guitar
Gregory Davis - trumpet
Efrem Towns - trumpet
Kevin Harris - tenor saxophone
Roger Lewis - soprano & baritone saxophones
Kirk Joseph - Sousaphone
Marc Ribot - guitar
Benmont Tench - Hohner Clavinet
Willie Green - drums
Michael Blair - metal pipe
Cait O'Riordan - vocal

Tramp The Dirt Down

Elvis Costello - vocals
Dónal Lunny - acoustic guitar, bouzouki
Steve Wickham - fiddle
Davy Spillane - low whistle, Uilleann pipes
Mitchell Froom - Indian harmonium
Jerry Scheff - double bass
Pete Thomas - drums
Michael Blair - tambourine, glockenspiel
Marc Ribot - distant sound

Stalin Malone

Gregory Davis - trumpet
Efrem Towns - trumpet
Kevin Harris - tenor saxophone
Roger Lewis - soprano & baritone saxophones
Charles Joseph - trombone
Kirk Joseph - Sousaphone
Jenell Marshall - snare drum
Lionel Batiste - bass drum

Satellite

Elvis Costello - vocals, electric guitar, bass-piano
Benmont Tench - piano, Baldwin spinet
Mitchell Froom - Chamberlain, organ
T-Bone Wolk - bass
Ralph Forbes - electric drums
Jim Keltner - snare, tom-toms
Michael Blair - vibraphone, marimba, tympani, glockenspiel, bells
Chrissie Hynde - harmony vocal

Pads, Paws And Claws

Elvis Costello - vocals, sub-aqua & acoustic guitars, Hofner bass, piano
Marc Ribot - electric & "alligator" guitars
Jerry Scheff - bass
T Bone Burnett - trigger bass
Jerry Marotta - drums
Michael Blair - marimba, Martian dog-bark

Baby Plays Around

Elvis Costello - vocals, acoustic guitars, Hammond bass pedals, bells
Mitchell Froom - organ (distant)

Miss Macbeth

Elvis Costello - vocals, mandolin, guitars
Gregory Davis - trumpet
Efrem Towns - trumpet
Kevin Harris - tenor saxophone
Roger Lewis - baritone saxophone
Charles Joseph - trombone
Kirk Joseph - Sousaphone
Dónal Lunny - bouzouki, bodhran
Steve Wickham - fiddle
Davy Spillane - Uilleann pipes
Mitchell Froom - Chamberlain, Wurlitzer electric piano, organ
Pete Thomas - drums
Jerry Marotta - snare drum
Michael Blair - crash-box, glockenspiel, tambourine, temple bells, snare drum

Any King's Shilling

Elvis Costello - vocals, acoustic guitar
Dónal Lunny - bouzouki
Christy Moore - bodhran
Frankie Gavin - fiddle
Steve Wickham - fiddle
Derek Bell - Irish harp, tiompan
Davy Spillane - low whistle, Uilleann pipes
Buell Neidlinger - double basses

Coal-Train Robberies

Elvis Costello - vocals, guitars, piano
T Bone Burnett - National Resonator guitar
Benmont Tench - Vox Continental organ, Baldwin spinet
Jerry Scheff - fuzz & Hofner basses
Jerry Marotta - drums
Michael Blair - tympani, tambourine, whiplash, anvil

Last Boat Leaving

Elvis Costello - vocals, acoustic guitars, mandolin, piano, organ, ship's bell
T-Bone Wolk - bass, accordion
Jim Keltner - drums
Cait O'Riordan - snowbells


Related Releases

Japanese CD releases

Japan 25P2-2491 (1989)

Spike 25P2-2491SPIKE 25P2-2491.jpg


Japan WPCR-351 (1995)
Reissue "Hot Price 1800" OBI

Spike (Reissue) WPCR-351SPIKE WPCR-351.JPG


Japan WPCR-11204/5 (2002)
Rhino 2CD edition with bonus disc

Spike WPCR 11204/5SPIKE WPCR-11204-5.JPG


Japan WPCR-13267 (2008)
Warner Japan 50th Anniversary OBI

Spike (50th Anniversary Reissue) WPCR 13267SPIKE WPCR-13267.JPG


Singles

Veronica UK 7" single front sleeve.jpg Baby Plays Around UK 7" single front sleeve.jpg Deep Dark Truthful Mirror Germany 7" single front sleeve.jpg This Town Germany 7" single front sleeve.jpg
Veronica Baby Plays Around Deep Dark Truthful Mirror ...This Town...


Other Releases


  • USA CD "Longbox"
Longboxes were used by retail outlets
for a short period of time
to display CD's in 12" vinyl racks
CD SPIKE LONGBOX FRONT.JPG CD SPIKE LONGBOX BACK.JPG



Internal links

External links

Original discography

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