Butterfly Rocket

Butterfly Rocket
Studio album by Nikka Costa
Released 1996
Genre Rock, Hard rock, Blues rock, Classic rock
Length 51:22
Label Mushroom
Producer Justin Stanley
Nikka Costa chronology
Here I Am... Yes, It's Me
(1989)		 Butterfly Rocket
(1996)		 Everybody Got Their Something
(2001)

Butterfly Rocket is Nikka Costa's first "adult" album, released in 1996 in Australia on Mushroom Records.

Track listing

No. Title Lyrics Length
1. "Get Off My Sunshine"   Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley, J. Garner 4:11
2. "Come Clean"   Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley 4:28
3. "Flowers"   Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley 3:55
4. "Master Blaster"   Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley 5:16
5. "In This Life"   Nikka Costa 3:57
6. "Treat Her Right"   Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley, R. Woolf 5:05
7. "Meltdown"   Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley, M. Ward 5:14
8. "I Do Believe"   Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley 4:19
9. "Black Seed"   Nikka Costa 3:44
10. "Grab Hold"   Nikka Costa 4:24
11. "Who's Loving You?"   Nikka Costa 4:27

Later copies of the album were released with the limited edition bonus CD "Live at the Bridge". The songs were recorded live at The Bridge Hotel in November, 1996.

No. Title Lyrics Length
1. "Some Love"   Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley, J. Garner 5:08
2. "Come Clean"   Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley 6:44
3. "Get Off My Sunshine"   Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley, J. Garner 4:31
4. "When My Man Cries"   Nikka Costa 5:07
5. "Stay With Me"   R. Wood, R. Stewart 4:56
6. "Yer Blues"   J. Lennon, P. McCartney 4:13

Singles

Released only in Australia as promotional singles

No. Title Lyrics Length
1. "Master Blaster (Single Edit)"   Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley 4:20
2. "When My Man Cries"   Nikka Costa 4:17
3. "Some Love"   Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley 4:25
4. "Master Blaster (Extended Jam)†"   Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley 5:17

† Same as the album version

No. Title Lyrics Length
1. "Get Off My Sunshine (Album Version)"   Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley, Justin Garner 4:12
2. "Get Off My Sunshine (Grits & Gumbo Mix)"   Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley, Justin Garner 3:46
3. "Miss Celie's Blues"   Quincy Jones, Lionel Richie 2:26
4. "Master Blaster (Album Version)"   Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley 5:17
No. Title Lyrics Length
1. "Treat Her Right (Single Version)"   Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley, R. Woolf 4:14
2. "Treat Her Right (Red Thread Zen Mix)"   Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley, R. Woolf 8:51
3. "Skin"   Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley 4:18

External links

Nikka Costa
Albums as a child
Nikka Costa (1981)  · Fairy Tales (1983)  · Here I Am (1989)
"Adult" albums
Butterfly Rocket (1996)  · Everybody Got Their Something (2001)  · Can'tneverdidnothin' (2005)  · Pebble to a Pearl (2008)
EPs
Return Of The Funky White Bitch (2001)  · PROWHOA (2011)
Singles
"Master Blaster"  · "Get Off My Sunshine"  · "Treat Her Right"  · "Like A Feather"  · "Push & Pull"  · "Everybody Got Their Something"  · "I Don't Think We've Met"  · "'Till I Get To You"  · "Maybe Baby"  · "Stuck To You"  · "Ching Ching Ching"  · "Not The Only One"  · "Nylons In A Rip"
Live Albums
Live at the Bridge (1996)  · Live in Tokyo (2001)  · Live at Roxy (2005)
Demos
Sugarbone (1994)  · Demo (2000)  · Can'tneverdidnothin' (Unreleased Version) (2004)
See also