Mighty Like A Rose
Excerpt from Rhino liner notes:
Needless to say, I did not imagine that I would be recording any of this record during wartime when I wrote it, although I was looking at the world without much affection. Many of my early records have been described as being "angry", a quality that I think is exaggerated by a quirk in my vocal delivery. However, if you really want to hear an angry record then this disc is for you.
Tracks
01. The Other Side Of Summer [3:53]
02. Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over) [4:00]
03. How To Be Dumb [5:09]
04. All Grown Up [4:14]
05. Invasion Hit Parade [5:31]
06. Harpies Bizarre [3:44]
07. After The Fall [4:34]
08. Georgie And Her Rival [3:36]
09. So Like Candy [4:34]
10. Interlude: Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 2 [0:22]
11. Playboy To A Man [3:16]
12. Sweet Pear [3:36]
13. Broken [3:36]
14. Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4 [3:49]
[54:28]
Credits
- Produced by: Mitchell Froom, Kevin Killen and D.P.A. MacManus
- Musicians:
"The Other Side Of Summer":
Elvis Costello - vocals, intro bass, 12-string guitar, b-vocals Larry Knetchel - grand piano, keyboards Pete Thomas - drums & percussion T-Bone Wolk - bass Jerry Scheff - fuzz 6-string bass James Burton - acoustic guitar Benmont Tench - tack piano Mitchell Froom - keyboards Richard Page, Steven Soles, Steve George - b-vocals
"Hurry Down Doomsday":
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 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
