09/03/2026

Elvis Costello "Mighty Like A Rose" (1991) -Pop Rock-



Label : Warner Bros. Records


Royaume-Uni Side A

01 - The Other Side Of Summer (Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus)
02 - Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over) (Elvis Costello & Jim Keltner)
03 - How To Be Dumb (Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus)
04 - All Grown Up (Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus)
05 - Invasion Hit Parade (Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus)
06 - Harpies Bizarre (Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus)
07 - After The Fall (Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus)

Side B

01 - Georgie And Her Rival (Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus)
02 - So Like Candy (Paul McCartney & Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus)
03 - Interlude: Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 2
04 - Playboy To A Man (Paul McCartney & Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus)
05 - Sweet Pear (Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus)
06 - Broken (Cait O'Riordan)
07 - Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4 (Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus)


Produced by Mitchell Froom, Kevin Killen & Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus
Engineered & Mixed by Kevin Killen
Assistant Engineer : Max Garcia
Recorded & Mixed at Ocean Way, Hollywood
Orchestra & Vocal Sessions at Westside Studios, London
Assistant Engineer : Richard Sullivan


Side A

01 - The Other Side Of Summer

Vocals, Intro Bass & Acoustic 12-String Guitar : Elvis Costello
Grand Piano : Larry Knechtel
Drums, Tambourine, Sleighbells, Side Drum & Castanets : Pete Thomas
Bass : T-Bone Wolk
Fuzz Six-String Bass : Jerry Scheff
Acoustic Guitar : James Burton
Tack Piano : Benmont Tench
Toy Piano, Tack Piano, Vox Continental, Calliope, Cox Organ & Stereophonic Optigon : Mitchell Froom & Larry Knechtel
Vocal Group : Elvis Costello, Richard Page, Steven Soles & Steve George
Vocal Arrangement : Elvis Costello & Mitchell Froom

02 - Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)

Vocal, Main Figure & Rhythm Guitar : Elvis Costello
All Drum Loops & Beaten Things Maestrodellarolta : Jim Keltner
Guitar Solos : James Burton
Bass : Nick Louve
Giant Insect Mutation & Bug Attack : Marc Ribot

03 - How To Be Dumb

Vocal & Big Stupid Guitar : Elvis Costello
Drums : Pete Thomas
Bass : Jerry Scheff
Baritone Saxophone : Roger Lewis
Electric Rhythm Guitar : Marc Ribot
Grand Piano & Hammond B-3 Organ : Larry Knechtel
Industrial Jack-Ass : Mitchell Froom & Marc Ribot
Maracas : Elvis Costello & Pierre

04 - All Grown Up

String & Woodwind Arrangement : Fiachra Trench
Vocal : Elvis Costello
Drums : Jim Keltner
Bass : T-Bone Wolk
Piano & Clavinet : Larry Knechtel
Acoustic Guitar : James Burton
Cornet & Eb, Horn : Marc Ribot
Chamberlain & Portative Organ : Mitchell Froom
String Leader : Gavyn Wright
Orchestra Conducted by Fiachra Trench

05 - Invasion Hit Parade

VocalsDeclan Patrick Aloysius MacManus
Trumpet : Ross MacManus
Big Stupid Guitar & Little Foolish Organ : Elvis Costello
Grand Piano : Larry Knechtel
Drums : Pete Thomas
Bass : T-Bone Wolk
Electric Guitar : Elvis Costello & Marc Ribot
Chamberlain : Mitchell Froom
'Radio Hail, Hail Freedonia Breakthrough' : Elvis Costello, Mitchell Froom, Marc Ribot

06 - Harpies Bizarre

Windband Arrangement by Flachra Trench from Original Melody (Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus)
Woodwind Quintet :
Clarinet : Nicholas Bucknall
Oboe : Richard Morgan
Flute : Andrew Findon
French Horn : Simon Rayner
Bassoon : Neil Levesley
Hung Upside Down Rickenbacker Tremolo Bass : T-Bone Wolk
Hapsichord & Tack Piano : Larry Knechtel
Vox Continental : Mitchell Froom
Drums, Tambourine & Finger Cymbals : Pete Thomas
Vocals & Electric Guitar : Elvis Costello

07 - After The Fall

Vocal & Acoustic Guitar : Elvis Costello
Spanish Guitar : Marc Ribot
Six-String Electric Upright Bass : Rob Wasserman
Vocal Harmony : Steven Soles
Harmonium : Larry Knechtel
Celeste : Mitchell Froom

Side B

01 - Georgie And Her Rival

Vocals & 12-String Acoustic Guitar : Elvis Costello
Drums : Pete Thomas
Bass : Jerry Scheff
Electric Guitar : Marc Ribot
Grand Piano : Larry Knechtel
Baldwin Electric Spinet : Benmont Tench
Hammond B-3 Organ & Chamberlain : Mitchell Froom
Acoustic & Electric Guitar Figure : James Burton
Woodwind Chart : Fiachra Trench

02 - So Like Candy

Vocals, Electric & Acoustic Rhythm Guitar : Elvis Costello
Drums : Jim Keltner
Mellotron, Chamberlain & Celeste : Mitchell Froom
Spanish & Electric Guitar : Marc Ribot
Tack Piano : Larry Knechtel
Bass : Jerry Scheff
Intro / Outro Bass Figures : T-Bone Wolk

03 - Interlude: Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 2

Featuring the Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Trumpet : Gregory Davis
Trumpet : Efrem Towns
Tenor Saxophone : Kevin Harris
Baritone Saxophone : Roger Lewis
Trombone : Charles Joseph
Sousaphone : Kirk Joseph
Snare & Parade Drum : Jenell Marshall, Lionel Batiste

04 - Playboy To A Man

Featuring 'the Mighty Corsican'
Big Studio Guitar : Elvis Costello
Bass : Jerry Scheff
Drums Jim Keltner
Upright Piano Larry Knechtel
Guitar Section : Marc Ribot
'Piano Frenzy' : Mitchell Froom, Benmont Tench, Larry Knechtel
12-String Rickenbacker : Elvis Costello
Organ : Elvis Costello, Benmont Tench

05 - Sweet Pear

Electric Guitar & Vocals : Elvis Costello
Featuring the Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Trumpet : Gregory Davis
Trumpet : Efrem Towns
Tenor Saxophone : Kevin Harris
Baritone Saxophone : Roger Lewis
Trombone : Charles Joseph
Sousaphone : Kirk Joseph
Drums : Pete Thomas
Bass : Jerry Scheff
Piano : Larry Knechtel
Hammond B-3 Organ : Larry Knechtel, Mitchell Froom
Celesta : Mitchell Froom

06 - Broken

Vocal, Piano & Chamberlain : Elvis Costello
Six-String Upright Electric Bass : Rob Wasserman
Electric Guitar : Marc Ribot
Chamberlain : Mitchell Froom
Harmonium : Larry Knechtel

07 - Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4

Vocal, Celeste & Toy Piano : Elvis Costello
Upright Piano : Larry Knechtel
Harmonium & Calliope : Benmont Tench
Chamberlain : Mitchell Froom
Banjo, Cornet & Eb Horn : Marc Ribot
Tuba & Ampeg Upright Electric Bass : Jerry Scheff
Drums : Jim Keltner