On February 7, 1989, “Warner Bros.” released “Spike”, the 12th Elvis Costello studio album. It was recorded 1987 – 1988, and was produced by Elvis Costello, Kevin Killen and T-Bone Burnett.
Personnel:
- Elvis Costello– vocals, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, piano, bells, acoustic bass guitar, organ, melodica
- T-Bone Burnett– acoustic guitar, bass, national steel guitar
- Dónal Lunny– acoustic guitar, bouzouki, electric bouzouki
- Marc Ribot– banjo, electric guitar, Spanish guitar, sounds
- Roger McGuinn– twelve-string guitar, Rickenbacker bass guitar
- Allen Toussaint– grand piano
- Mitchell Froom– organ, harmonium, electric piano, Chamberlin, Indian harmonium
- Benmont Tench– piano, clavinet, spinet, Vox Continental
- Derek Bell– Irish harp, hammered dulcimer
- Frankie Gavin – fiddle
- Davy Spillane– pipe, uilleann pipes, Low whistle
- Steve Wickham– fiddle
- Christy Moore– bodhran
- Paul McCartney– Hofner bass guitar, Rickenbacker bass guitar
- Nick Lowe– bass
- Buell Neidlinger– cello, double bass
- Jerry Scheff– electric bass, double bass, fuzz bass
- Tom “T-Bone” Wolk– accordion, bass
- Pete Thomas – drums
- Willie Green – drums
- Jerry Marotta– drums
- Pete Thomas– drums
- Lionel Batiste– bass drum
- Jenell Marshall– snare drum
- Jim Keltner– tom-toms, snare drum, Chinese cymbal
- Michael Blair – glockenspiel, marimba, tambourine, xylophone, bells, timpani, vibraphone, Chinese drums, Oldsmobilehubcap, Parade drum, anvil, whiplash, crash-box, temple bells, snare drum, “magic table”, metal pipe, “Martian dog bark”
- Ralph Forbes – electric drums, drum programming
- Cait O’Riordan– maracas, bells
- Kevin Harris– tenor saxophone
- Charles Joseph– trombone
- Kirk Joseph– sousaphone
- Roger Lewis– baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Gregory Davis– trumpet
- Efrem Towns– trumpet
- Chrissie Hynde– harmony vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Elvis Costello, except where noted.
- …This Town…
- Let Him Dangle
- Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
- Veronica – Elvis Costello and Paul McCartney
- God’s Comic
- Chewing Gum
- Tramp the Dirt Down
- Stalin Malone
- Satellite
- Pads, Paws and Claws – Elvis Costello and Paul McCartney
- Baby Plays Around – Elvis Costello and Cait O’Riordan
- Miss Macbeth
- Any King’s Shilling
- Coal-Train Robberies
- Last Boat Leaving
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