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[[Image:MLAR_album_cover_large.jpg|thumb|260px|right|'''Mighty Like A Rose''', 1991]]  
{{Infobox Album
''This page is '''incomplete'''. It needs a '''synopsis, tracklist''' and '''corrected credits'''.
|album_name  = Mighty Like A Rose
|image        = MLAR_album_cover_large.jpg
|album_type  = studio album
|album_artist = [[Elvis Costello]]
|release_info = May 13, 1991
|record_info  = late 1990-early 1991, Ocean Way, Hollywood, and Westside Studios, London
|producer    = [[Mitchell Froom]], [[Kevin Killen]] and <br>[[D.P.A. MacManus]]
|label        = [[Warner Bros.]]
|length      = 54:28
}}


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==Mighty Like A Rose==
{{tracklist
| writing_credits = yes
| title1    = [[The Other Side Of Summer]]
| writer1  = [[Declan MacManus]]
| length1  = 3:53
| title2    = [[Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)]]
| writer2  = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[Jim Keltner]]
| length2  = 4:00
| title3    = [[How To Be Dumb]]
| writer3  = Declan MacManus
| length3  = 5:09
| title4    = [[All Grown Up]]
| writer4  = Declan MacManus
| length4  = 4:14
| title5    = [[Invasion Hit Parade]]
| writer5  = Declan MacManus
| length5  = 5:31
| title6    = [[Harpies Bizarre]]
| writer6  = Declan MacManus
| length6  = 3:44
| title7    = [[After The Fall]]
| writer7  = Declan MacManus
| length7  = 4:34
| title8    = [[Georgie And Her Rival]]
| writer8  = Declan MacManus
| length8  = 3:36
| title9    = [[So Like Candy]]
| writer9  = [[Paul McCartney]] & Declan MacManus
| length9  = 4:34
| title10  = [[Interlude: Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 2]]
| writer10  = Declan MacManus
| length10  = 0:22
| title11  = [[Playboy To A Man]]
| writer11  = Paul McCartney & Declan MacManus
| length11  = 3:16
| title12  = [[Sweet Pear]]
| writer12  = Declan MacManus
| length12  = 3:36
| title13  = [[Broken]]
| writer13  = [[Cait O'Riordan]]
| length13  = 3:36
| title14  = [[Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4]]
| writer14  = Declan MacManus
| length14  = 3:49
| total_length = 54:28
}}
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==[[Mighty Like A Rose (Rhino reissue)|Mighty Like A Rose (2002 Rhino/Edsel edition)]]==
{{tracklist30
| headline  = Disc 1:
| writing_credits = yes
| title1    = [[The Other Side Of Summer]]
| writer1  = [[Declan MacManus]]
| length1  = 3:53
| title2    = [[Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)]]
| writer2  = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[Jim Keltner]]
| length2  = 4:00
| title3    = [[How To Be Dumb]]
| writer3  = Declan MacManus
| length3  = 5:09
| title4    = [[All Grown Up]]
| writer4  = Declan MacManus
| length4  = 4:14
| title5    = [[Invasion Hit Parade]]
| writer5  = Declan MacManus
| length5  = 5:31
| title6    = [[Harpies Bizarre]]
| writer6  = Declan MacManus
| length6  = 3:44
| title7    = [[After The Fall]]
| writer7  = Declan MacManus
| length7  = 4:34
| title8    = [[Georgie And Her Rival]]
| writer8  = Declan MacManus
| length8  = 3:36
| title9    = [[So Like Candy]]
| writer9  = [[Paul McCartney]] & Declan MacManus
| length9  = 4:34
| title10  = [[Interlude: Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 2]]
| writer10  = Declan MacManus
| length10  = 0:22
| title11  = [[Playboy To A Man]]
| writer11  = Paul McCartney & Declan MacManus
| length11  = 3:16
| title12  = [[Sweet Pear]]
| writer12  = Declan MacManus
| length12  = 3:36
| title13  = [[Broken]]
| writer13  = [[Cait O'Riordan]]
| length13  = 3:36
| title14  = [[Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4]]
| writer14  = Declan MacManus
| length14  = 3:49
}}
{{tracklist30
| writing_credits = yes
| headline  = Disc 2: {{th}}Bonus disc
| title1    = [[Just Another Mystery]]
| writer1  = Declan MacManus
| length1  = 4:13
| title2    = [[Sweet Pear]]
| note2 = Home demo
| writer2  = Declan MacManus
| length2  = 3:42
| title3    = [[Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4]]
| note3 = live
| writer3  = Declan MacManus
| length3  = 4:17
| title4    = [[Mischievous Ghost]]
| note4 = with [[Mary Coughlan]]
| writer4  = Declan MacManus
| length4  = 5:43
| title5    = [[St. Stephen's Day Murders]]
| note5 = with [[The Chieftains]]
| writer5  = [[Paddy Moloney]] & [[Elvis Costello]]
| length5  = 3:21
| title6    = [[The Other Side Of Summer]]
| note6 = Unplugged version
| writer6  = Declan MacManus
| length6  = 4:06
| title7    = [[Deep Dark Truthful Mirror]]
| note7 = Unplugged version
| writer7  = Declan MacManus
| length7  = 4:43
| title8    = Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)]]
| note8 = Unplugged version
| writer8  = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[Jim Keltner]]
| length8  = 4:16
| title9    = [[All Grown Up]]
| note9 = Home demo
| writer9  = Declan MacManus
| length9  = 4:32
| title10  = [[Georgie And Her Rival]]
| note10 = Home demo
| writer10  = Declan MacManus
| length10  = 3:18
| title11  = [[Forgive Her Anything]]
| note11 = Home demo
| writer11  = Declan MacManus
| length11  = 3:58
| title12  = [[Starting To Come To Me|It Started To Come To Me]]
| note12 = Home demo
| writer12  =  Declan MacManus
| length12  = 2:46
| title13  = [[I Still Miss Someone]] / [[The Last Town I Painted]]
| note13 = Demo
| writer13  = [[Johnny Cash]] & [[Roy Cash, Jr.]] / [[Buddy Word]]
| length13  = 2:44
| title14  = [[Put Your Big Toe In The Milk Of Human Kindness]]
| note14 = with [[Rob Wasserman]]
| writer14  = Declan MacManus
| length14  = 4:07
| title15  = [[Invasion Hit Parade]]
| note15 = Home demo
| writer15  = Declan MacManus
| length15  = 4:18
| title16  = [[Just Another Mystery]]
| note16 = Home demo
| writer16  = Declan MacManus
| length16  = 3:41
| title17  = [[Broken]]
| note17 = Home demo
| writer17  = [[Cait O'Riordan]]
| length17  = 3:22
}}
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==Related Releases==
'''Mighty Like A Rose USA CD (1991) Limited Edition 9 26593-2'''<br />
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'''Disc'''<br />
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'''Japanese CD WPCP-4344 (1991)'''<br />
{|
|{{thumb:Mighty Like A Rose WPCP 4344}}
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'''Japanese CD WPR-352 (1995)'''<br />
'''Budget reissue "Hot Price 1800" OBI'''<br />
{|
|{{thumb:Mighty Like A Rose (Reissue) WPCR-352}}
|}
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==Tracks==
*[[Mighty Like A Rose Cassettes|'''Mighty Like A Rose''' - Cassette Discography]]
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*[[Vinyl Reissue Discography#Mighty Like A Rose|'''Mighty Like A Rose''' - Vinyl LP reissues]]
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*[[Mighty Like A Rose (Rhino reissue)|'''Mighty Like A Rose''' - Rhino/Edsel 2CD reissue 2002 (Bonus Disc)]]
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|The Other Side<br>Of Summer
|So Like Candy
|Georgie And Her Rival<br>(Germany Only)
|}
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==Credits==
==Credits==
* Produced by: '''[[ ]]''' and '''[[ ]]'''
<div style="margin-right: 370px;">
* Musicians:  
{| width="100%" cellspacing="0"
"The Other Side Of Summer":
|- valign="top"
    Elvis Costello - vocals, intro bass, 12-string guitar, b-vocals  
|width="50%" style="border: 0px solid #fff; padding: 0; font-size:92%"|
    Larry Knetchel - grand piano, keyboards  
[[The Other Side Of Summer]]:
    Pete Thomas - drums & percussion  
*[[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, intro bass, 12-string guitar, b-vocals
    T-Bone Wolk - bass  
*[[Larry Knechtel]] - grand piano, keyboards
    Jerry Scheff - fuzz 6-string bass  
*[[Pete Thomas]] - drums & percussion
    James Burton - acoustic guitar  
*[[T-Bone Wolk]] - bass
    Benmont Tench - tack piano  
*[[Jerry Scheff]] - fuzz 6-string bass
    Mitchell Froom - keyboards  
*[[James Burton]] - acoustic guitar
    Richard Page, Steven Soles, Steve George - b-vocals  
*[[Benmont Tench]] - tack piano
"Hurry Down Doomsday":
*[[Mitchell Froom]] - keyboards
    Elvis Costello - vocals, main figure & rhythm guitar
*[[Richard Page]] - b-vocals
    Jim Keltner - drum loops, beaten things, maestrodellavolta
*[[Steven Soles]] - b-vocals
    James Burton - guitar solos
*[[Steve George]] - b-vocals
    Nick Lowe - bass
    Marc Ribot - giant insect mutation & bug attack
"How To Be Dumb":
    Elvis Costello - vocals, big stupid guitar, maracas
    Pete Thomas - drums
    Jerry Scheff - bass
    Roger Lewis - baritone saxophone
    Marc Ribot - electric rhythm guitar
    Larry Knechtel - grand piano, organ
    Mitchell Froom & Marc Ribot - industrial jack-ass
    Pierre - maracas
"All Grown Up":
    Elvis Costello - vocals
    Jim Keltner - drums
    T-Bone Wolk - bass
    Larry Knechtel - piano, clavinet
    James Burton - acoustic guitar
    Marc Ribot - cornet, Eb horn
    Mitchell Froom - chamberlain, portative organ
"Invasion Hit Parade":
    D.P.A. MacManus - vocals, electric guitar, big stupid guitar, little foolish organ
    Ross MacManus - trumpet
    Larry Knechtel - grand piano
    Pete Thomas - drums
    T-Bone Wolk - bass
    Marc Ribot - electric guitar
    Mitchell Froom - chamberlain
    Costello/Froom/Ribot - 'Radio Hail, Hail Freedonia Breakthrough'
"Harpies Biyarre":
    Elvis Costello - vocals, electric guitar
    T-Bone Wolk - Rickenbacker tremelo bass
    Larry Knechtel - harpsicord, tack piano
    Mitchell Froom - vox continental
    Pete Thomas - drums, percussion
    Nicholas Bucknall - clarinet
    Rivhard Morgan - oboe
    Andrew Findon - flute
    Simon Rayner - french horn
    Neil Levesley - bassoon
"After The Fall":
    Elvis Costello - vocals, acoustic guitar
    Marc Ribot - spanish guitar
    Rob Wasserman - 6-string electric upright bass
    Larry Knechtel - harmonium
    Mitchell Froom - celeste
    Steven Soles - vocal harmony
"Georgie And Her Rival":
    Elvis Costello - vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar
    Pete Thomas - drums
    Jerry Scheff - bass
    Marc Ribot - electric guitar
    Larry Knechtel - grand piano
    Benmont Tench - electric spinet
    Mitchell Froom - organ, chamberlain
    James Burton - acoustic & electric guitar figure
"So Like Candy":
    Elvis Costello - vocals, electric & acoustic rhythm guitars
    Jim Keltner - drums
    Mitchell Froom - mellotron, chamberlain, celeste
    Marc Ribot - spanish & electric guitar
    Larry Knechtel - tack piano
    Jerry Scheff - bass
    T-Bone Wolk - intro/outro bass figures
"Couldn't Call It Unexpected No.2":
    The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
"Playboy To A Man":
    The Mighty Corsican - vocals
    Elvis Costello - big stupid guitar, 12-string Rickenbacker
    Jerry Scheff - bass
    Jim Keltner - drums
    Larry Knechtel - upright piano
    Marc Ribot - guitar selection
    Froom/Tench/Knechtel - 'piano frenzy'
    Costello/Froom - organ
"Sweet Pear":
    Elvis Costello - vocals, electric guitar
    The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
    Pete Thomas - drums
    Jerry Scheff - bass
    Larry Knechtel - piano, organ
    Mitchell Froom - celesta, organ
"Broken":
    Elvis Costello - vocals, piano, chamberlain
    Rob Wasserman - 6-string upright electric bass
    Marc Ribot - electric guitar
    Mitchell Froom - chamberlain
    Larry Knechtel - harmonium
"Couldn't Call It Unexpected No.4":
    Elvis Costello - vocals, celeste, toy piano
    Larry Knechtel - upright piano
    Bermont Tench - harmonium, calliope
    Mitchell Froom - chamberlain
    Marc Ribot - banjo, cornet, Eb horn
    Jerry Scheff - tuba, upright electric bass
    Jim Keltner - drums


==Original discography pages==
* '''[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mlar/mlar.htm Home Page discography page]''' | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mlar/mlar_info_a01.htm A01]
* [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mlar/mlar_info_s01.htm '''Singles''': S01] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mlar/mlar_info_s02.htm S02] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mlar/mlar_info_s03.htm S03] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mlar/mlar_info_s04.htm S04] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mlar/mlar_info_s05.htm S05] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mlar/mlar_info_s06.htm S06] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mlar/mlar_info_s07.htm S07] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mlar/mlar_info_s08.htm S08] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mlar/mlar_info_s09.htm S09] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mlar/mlar_info_s10.htm S10]
 
==Reviews==


[[Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)]]:
*[[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, main figure & rhythm guitar
*[[Jim Keltner]] - drum loops, beaten things, maestrodellavolta
*[[James Burton]] - guitar solos
*[[Nick Lowe]] - bass
*[[Marc Ribot]] - giant insect mutation & bug attack
[[How To Be Dumb]]:
:[[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, big stupid guitar, maracas
:[[Pete Thomas]] - drums
:[[Jerry Scheff]] - bass
:[[Roger Lewis]] - baritone saxophone
:[[Marc Ribot]] - electric rhythm guitar
:[[Larry Knechtel]] - grand piano, organ
:[[Mitchell Froom]] & [[Marc Ribot]] - industrial jack-ass
:[[Pete Thomas|Pierre]] - maracas
[[All Grown Up]]:
:[[Elvis Costello]] - [[Singers|vocals]]
:[[Jim Keltner]] - [[Drummers|drums]]
:[[T-Bone Wolk]] - [[Bassists|bass]]
:[[Larry Knechtel]] - [[Keyboardists|piano]], [[Keyboardists|Clavinet]]
:[[James Burton]] - [[Guitarists|acoustic guitar]]
:[[Marc Ribot]] - [[Trumpet players|cornet]], [[French horn players|Eb horn]]
:[[Mitchell Froom]] - [[Keyboardists|chamberlain]], [[Keyboardists|portative organ]]
[[Invasion Hit Parade]]:
:[[D.P.A. MacManus]] - [[Singers|vocals]], [[Guitarists|electric guitar]], [[Guitarists|big stupid guitar]], [[Keyboardists|little foolish organ]]
:[[Ross MacManus]] - [[Trumpet players|trumpet]]
:[[Larry Knechtel]] - [[Keyboardists|grand piano]]
:[[Pete Thomas]] - [[Drummers|drums]]
:[[T-Bone Wolk]] - [[Bassists|bass]]
:[[Marc Ribot]] - [[Guitarists|electric guitar]]
:[[Mitchell Froom]] - [[Keyboardists|chamberlain]]
:[[Elvis Costello|Costello]]/[[Mitchell Froom|Froom]]/[[Marc Ribot|Ribot]] - 'Radio Hail, Hail Freedonia Breakthrough'
[[Harpies Bizarre]]:
:[[Elvis Costello]] - [[Singers|vocals]], [[Guitarists|electric guitar]]
:[[T-Bone Wolk]] - [[Bassists|Rickenbacker tremelo bass]]
:[[Larry Knechtel]] - [[Keyboardists|harpsicord]], [[Keyboardists|tack piano]]
:[[Mitchell Froom]] - [[Keyboardists|vox continental]]
:[[Pete Thomas]] - [[Drummers|drums]], [[Percussionists|percussion]]
:[[Nicholas Bucknall]] - [[Clarinet players|clarinet]]
:[[Richard Morgan]] - [[Oboe players|oboe]]
:[[Andy Findon|Andrew Findon]] - [[Flute players|flute]]
:[[Simon Rayner]] - [[French horn players|french horn]]
:[[Neil Levesley]] - [[Bassoon players|bassoon]]
[[After The Fall]]:
:[[Elvis Costello]] - [[Singers|vocals]], [[Guitarists|acoustic guitar]]
:[[Marc Ribot]] - [[Guitarists|spanish guitar]]
:[[Rob Wasserman]] - [[Bassists|6-string electric upright bass]]
:[[Larry Knechtel]] - [[Keyboardists|harmonium]]
:[[Mitchell Froom]] - [[Keyboardists|celeste]]
:[[Steven Soles]] - [[Singers|vocal harmony]]
|width="1%" style="border: 0px solid #fff; padding: 0; font-size:100%"|
|width="49%" style="border: 0px solid #fff; padding: 0; font-size:100%"|
[[Georgie And Her Rival]]:
*[[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar
*[[Pete Thomas]] - drums
*[[Jerry Scheff]] - bass
*[[Marc Ribot]] - electric guitar
*[[Larry Knechtel]] - grand piano
*[[Benmont Tench]] - electric spinet
*[[Mitchell Froom]] - organ, chamberlain
*[[James Burton]] - acoustic & electric guitar figure
[[So Like Candy]]:
*[[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, electric & acoustic rhythm guitars
*[[Jim Keltner]] - drums
*[[Mitchell Froom]] - mellotron, chamberlain, celeste
*[[Marc Ribot]] - spanish & electric guitar
*[[Larry Knechtel]] - tack piano
*[[Jerry Scheff]] - bass
*[[T-Bone Wolk]] - intro/outro bass figures
[[Interlude: Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 2]]:
*[[The Dirty Dozen Brass Band]]
[[Playboy To A Man]]:
:[[Elvis Costello|The Mighty Corsican]] - [[Singers|vocals]]
:[[Elvis Costello]] - [[Guitarists|big stupid guitar]], [[Guitarists|12-string Rickenbacker]]
:[[Jerry Scheff]] - [[Bassists|bass ]]
:[[Jim Keltner]] - [[Drummers|drums]]
:[[Larry Knechtel]] - [[Keyboardists|upright piano]]
:[[Marc Ribot]] - [[Guitarists|guitar selection]]
:[[Mitchell Froom|Froom]]/[[Benmont Tench|Tench]]/[[Larry Knechtel|Knechtel]] - [[Keyboardists|'piano frenzy']]
:[[Elvis Costello|Costello]]/[[Mitchell Froom|Froom]] - [[Keyboardists|organ]]
[[Sweet Pear]]:
:[[Elvis Costello]] - [[Singers|vocals]], [[Guitarists|electric guitar]]
:[[The Dirty Dozen Brass Band]]
:[[Pete Thomas]] - [[Drummers|drums]]
:[[Jerry Scheff]] - [[Bassists|bass ]]
:[[Larry Knechtel]] - [[Keyboardists|piano]], [[Keyboardists|organ]]
:[[Mitchell Froom]] - [[Keyboardists|celesta]], [[Keyboardists|organ]]
[[Broken]]:
:[[Elvis Costello]] - [[Singers|vocals]], [[Keyboardists|piano]], [[Keyboardists|chamberlain]]
:[[Rob Wasserman]] - [[Bassists|6-string upright electric bass]]
:[[Marc Ribot]] - [[Guitarists|electric guitar]]
:[[Mitchell Froom]] - [[Keyboardists|chamberlain]]
:[[Larry Knechtel]] - [[Keyboardists|harmonium]]
[[Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4]]:
:[[Elvis Costello]] - [[Singers|vocals]], [[Keyboardists|celeste]] , [[Keyboardists|toy piano]]
:[[Larry Knechtel]] - [[Keyboardists|upright piano]]
:[[Benmont Tench]] - [[Keyboardists|harmonium]], [[Keyboardists|calliope]]
:[[Mitchell Froom]] - [[Keyboardists|chamberlain]]
:[[Marc Ribot]] - [[Banjo players|banjo]], [[Trumpet players|cornet]], [[French horn players|Eb horn]]
:[[Jerry Scheff]] - tuba, [[Bassists|upright electric bass]]
:[[Jim Keltner]] - [[Drummers|drums]]
|}</div>


==Internal links==
==Internal links==
* '''[[Lyrics: Mighty Like A Rose|Lyrics]]''' | '''[[Liner Notes: Mighty Like A Rose|Liner Notes]]''' | [[Album Images: Mighty Like A Rose|Album Images]]
*[[Mighty Like A Rose lyrics|Lyrics]]
*[[Mighty Like A Rose (2002) liner notes|Liner notes]]
*[[Mighty Like A Rose (Deluxe Edition)]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/mlar.html Elvis Costello on Rhino's '''Mighty Like A Rose''' resissue page]
* [http://www.inanotherroom.com/mlar.html Elvis Costello Reissues]
 
* [http://www.discogs.com/Elvis-Costello-Mighty-Like-A-Rose/master/39479 Discogs] {{-}} [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Like_a_Rose Wikipedia] {{-}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:difqxqe5ldse AllMusic] {{-}} [http://www.musik-sammler.de/album/14367 musik-sammler.de]


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Mighty Like A Rose
MLAR album cover large.jpg
studio album by
Elvis Costello
ReleasedMay 13, 1991
Recordedlate 1990-early 1991, Ocean Way, Hollywood, and Westside Studios, London
ProducerMitchell Froom, Kevin Killen and
D.P.A. MacManus
LabelWarner Bros.
Length54:28


Mighty Like A Rose

TitleWriter(s) Length
1. The Other Side Of Summer  Declan MacManus 3:53
2. Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)  Elvis Costello & Jim Keltner 4:00
3. How To Be Dumb  Declan MacManus 5:09
4. All Grown Up  Declan MacManus 4:14
5. Invasion Hit Parade  Declan MacManus 5:31
6. Harpies Bizarre  Declan MacManus 3:44
7. After The Fall  Declan MacManus 4:34
8. Georgie And Her Rival  Declan MacManus 3:36
9. So Like Candy  Paul McCartney & Declan MacManus 4:34
10. Interlude: Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 2  Declan MacManus 0:22
11. Playboy To A Man  Paul McCartney & Declan MacManus 3:16
12. Sweet Pear  Declan MacManus 3:36
13. Broken  Cait O'Riordan 3:36
14. Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4  Declan MacManus 3:49
54:28


Mighty Like A Rose (2002 Rhino/Edsel edition)

Disc 1:
TitleWriter(s) Length
1. The Other Side Of Summer  Declan MacManus 3:53
2. Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)  Elvis Costello & Jim Keltner 4:00
3. How To Be Dumb  Declan MacManus 5:09
4. All Grown Up  Declan MacManus 4:14
5. Invasion Hit Parade  Declan MacManus 5:31
6. Harpies Bizarre  Declan MacManus 3:44
7. After The Fall  Declan MacManus 4:34
8. Georgie And Her Rival  Declan MacManus 3:36
9. So Like Candy  Paul McCartney & Declan MacManus 4:34
10. Interlude: Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 2  Declan MacManus 0:22
11. Playboy To A Man  Paul McCartney & Declan MacManus 3:16
12. Sweet Pear  Declan MacManus 3:36
13. Broken  Cait O'Riordan 3:36
14. Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4  Declan MacManus 3:49
Disc 2:  Bonus disc
TitleWriter(s) Length
1. Just Another Mystery  Declan MacManus 4:13
2. Sweet Pear (Home demo)Declan MacManus 3:42
3. Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4 (live)Declan MacManus 4:17
4. Mischievous Ghost (with Mary Coughlan)Declan MacManus 5:43
5. St. Stephen's Day Murders (with The Chieftains)Paddy Moloney & Elvis Costello 3:21
6. The Other Side Of Summer (Unplugged version)Declan MacManus 4:06
7. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (Unplugged version)Declan MacManus 4:43
8. Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)]] (Unplugged version)Elvis Costello & Jim Keltner 4:16
9. All Grown Up (Home demo)Declan MacManus 4:32
10. Georgie And Her Rival (Home demo)Declan MacManus 3:18
11. Forgive Her Anything (Home demo)Declan MacManus 3:58
12. It Started To Come To Me (Home demo)Declan MacManus 2:46
13. I Still Miss Someone / The Last Town I Painted (Demo)Johnny Cash & Roy Cash, Jr. / Buddy Word 2:44
14. Put Your Big Toe In The Milk Of Human Kindness (with Rob Wasserman)Declan MacManus 4:07
15. Invasion Hit Parade (Home demo)Declan MacManus 4:18
16. Just Another Mystery (Home demo)Declan MacManus 3:41
17. Broken (Home demo)Cait O'Riordan 3:22


Related Releases

Mighty Like A Rose USA CD (1991) Limited Edition 9 26593-2
Embossed cover & Digipak
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Booklet
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Disc
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Japanese CD WPCP-4344 (1991)

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Japanese CD WPR-352 (1995)
Budget reissue "Hot Price 1800" OBI

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

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Singles

The Other Side Of Summer UK 7" single front sleeve.jpg So Like Candy UK 7inch single front sleeve.jpg Georgie And Her Rival 7inch FRONT.jpg
The Other Side
Of Summer
So Like Candy Georgie And Her Rival
(Germany Only)


Credits

The Other Side Of Summer:


Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over):


How To Be Dumb:

Elvis Costello - vocals, big stupid guitar, maracas
Pete Thomas - drums
Jerry Scheff - bass
Roger Lewis - baritone saxophone
Marc Ribot - electric rhythm guitar
Larry Knechtel - grand piano, organ
Mitchell Froom & Marc Ribot - industrial jack-ass
Pierre - maracas


All Grown Up:

Elvis Costello - vocals
Jim Keltner - drums
T-Bone Wolk - bass
Larry Knechtel - piano, Clavinet
James Burton - acoustic guitar
Marc Ribot - cornet, Eb horn
Mitchell Froom - chamberlain, portative organ

Invasion Hit Parade:

D.P.A. MacManus - vocals, electric guitar, big stupid guitar, little foolish organ
Ross MacManus - trumpet
Larry Knechtel - grand piano
Pete Thomas - drums
T-Bone Wolk - bass
Marc Ribot - electric guitar
Mitchell Froom - chamberlain
Costello/Froom/Ribot - 'Radio Hail, Hail Freedonia Breakthrough'

Harpies Bizarre:

Elvis Costello - vocals, electric guitar
T-Bone Wolk - Rickenbacker tremelo bass
Larry Knechtel - harpsicord, tack piano
Mitchell Froom - vox continental
Pete Thomas - drums, percussion
Nicholas Bucknall - clarinet
Richard Morgan - oboe
Andrew Findon - flute
Simon Rayner - french horn
Neil Levesley - bassoon

After The Fall:

Elvis Costello - vocals, acoustic guitar
Marc Ribot - spanish guitar
Rob Wasserman - 6-string electric upright bass
Larry Knechtel - harmonium
Mitchell Froom - celeste
Steven Soles - vocal harmony

Georgie And Her Rival:


So Like Candy:


Interlude: Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 2:


Playboy To A Man:

The Mighty Corsican - vocals
Elvis Costello - big stupid guitar, 12-string Rickenbacker
Jerry Scheff - bass
Jim Keltner - drums
Larry Knechtel - upright piano
Marc Ribot - guitar selection
Froom/Tench/Knechtel - 'piano frenzy'
Costello/Froom - organ

Sweet Pear:

Elvis Costello - vocals, electric guitar
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Pete Thomas - drums
Jerry Scheff - bass
Larry Knechtel - piano, organ
Mitchell Froom - celesta, organ

Broken:

Elvis Costello - vocals, piano, chamberlain
Rob Wasserman - 6-string upright electric bass
Marc Ribot - electric guitar
Mitchell Froom - chamberlain
Larry Knechtel - harmonium

Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4:

Elvis Costello - vocals, celeste , toy piano
Larry Knechtel - upright piano
Benmont Tench - harmonium, calliope
Mitchell Froom - chamberlain
Marc Ribot - banjo, cornet, Eb horn
Jerry Scheff - tuba, upright electric bass
Jim Keltner - drums

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