Spike
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Spike | |
studio album by Elvis Costello | |
Released | February 6, 1989 |
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Recorded | 1988, Ocean Way, Los Angeles, Southlake Studios, New Orleans, Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, AIR Studios, London |
Producer | Elvis Costello, Kevin Killen & T Bone Burnett |
Label | Warner Bros. |
Length | 64:29 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
Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
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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 | |||||||||
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Title | Writer(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 | |||||||||
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Title | Writer(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
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Related Releases
Japanese CD releases
Japan 25P2-2491 (1989)
Japan WPCR-351 (1995)
Reissue "Hot Price 1800" OBI
Japan WPCR-11204/5 (2002)
Rhino 2CD edition with bonus disc
Japan WPCR-13267 (2008)
Warner Japan 50th Anniversary OBI
Singles
Veronica | Baby Plays Around | Deep Dark Truthful Mirror | ...This Town... |
Other Releases
- Spike - Cassette Discography
- Spike - Vinyl LP reissues
- Spike - Rhino/Edsel 2CD reissue 2001 (Bonus Disc)
- USA CD "Longbox"