Mighty Like a Rose

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Mighty Like a Rose
Mighty Like a Rose cover
Studio album by Elvis Costello
Released May 14, 1991
Recorded 1990-1991
Genre Rock
Length 54:19
Label Warner Bros.
Rhino (November 19, 2002 Reissue)
Producer Mitchell Froom, Kevin Killen, Donal Lunny, Paddy Moloney & Rob Wasserman
Professional reviews
Elvis Costello chronology
Spike
(1989)		 Mighty Like a Rose
(1991)		 G.B.H.
(1991)

Mighty Like a Rose is an album by Irish-English musician Elvis Costello. The title is presumably a reference to the pop standard "Mighty Lak' a Rose", although that tune does not appear on the album.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All tracks by Declan MacManus unless otherwise indicated.[citation needed]

  1. "The Other Side of Summer" – 3:56
  2. "Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)" (Elvis Costello, Jim Keltner) – 4:05
  3. "How to Be Dumb" – 5:12
  4. "All Grown Up" (Costello) – 4:17
  5. "Invasion Hit Parade" – 5:33
  6. "Harpies Bizarre" – 3:44
  7. "After the Fall" – 4:38
  8. "Georgie and Her Rival" – 3:38
  9. "So Like Candy" (MacManus, Paul McCartney) – 4:36
  10. "Interlude: Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 2" – 0:22
  11. "Playboy to a Man" (MacManus, McCartney) – 3:17
  12. "Sweet Pear" – 3:36
  13. "Broken" (Cait O'Riordan) – 3:36
  14. "Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4" – 3:49

[edit] Bonus disc (2002 Rhino)

  1. "Just Another Mystery" – 4:15
  2. "Sweet Pear" (Home demo) – 3:46
  3. "Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4" (Live) – 4:18
  4. "Mischievous Ghost" (with Mary Coughlan) – 5:47
  5. "St. Stephen's Day Murders" (Costello, Paddy Moloney) (with The Chieftains) – 3:24
  6. "The Other Side of Summer" (Unplugged version) – 4:06
  7. "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror" (Unplugged version) (Costello) – 4:43
  8. "Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)" (Unplugged version) (Costello, Keltner) – 4:13
  9. "All Grown Up" (Home demo) (Costello) – 4:35
  10. "Georgie and Her Rival" (Home demo) – 3:21
  11. "Forgive Her Anything" (Home demo) – 4:01
  12. "It Started to Come to Me" (Home demo) – 2:48
  13. "I Still Miss Someone/The Last Town I Painted" (Demo) (Johnny Cash, Roy Cash Jr, Buddy Word) – 2:46
  14. "Put Your Big Toe in the Milk of Human Kindness" (with Rob Wasserman) – 4:09
  15. "Invasion Hit Parade" (Home demo) – 4:21
  16. "Just Another Mystery" (Home demo) – 3:42
  17. "Broken" (Home demo) (O'Riordan) – 3:22

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Additional personnel

[edit] Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1991 The Billboard 200 55

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1991 "The Other Side of Summer" Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 40
1991 "The Other Side of Summer" Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 1

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