Elvis Costello – Spike

Elvis Costello – Spike

Warner Bros. Records LSWB 73288 (1989)

Side One:

1. ...This Town...

2. Let Him Dangle

3. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror

4. Veronica

5. God's Comic

6. Chewing Gum

7. Tramp The Dirt Down

Side Two:

1. Stalin Malone

2. Satellite

3. Pads, Paws And Claws

4. Baby Plays Around

5. Miss Macbeth

6. Any King's Shilling

7. Lat Boat Leaving

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

Cait O'Riordan – maracas, bells

Dublin:

Derek Bell – Irish harp, hammered dulcimer

Frankie Gavin – fiddle

Dónal Lunny – acoustic guitar, bouzouki, electric bouzouki

Davy Spillane – pipe, uilleann pipes, Low whistle

Steve Wickham – fiddle

Christy Moore – bodhran

Pete Thomas – drums

New Orleans:

Lionel Batiste – bass drum

Gregory Davis – trumpet

Willie Green - drums

Kevin Harris – tenor saxophone

Charles Joseph – trombone

Kirk Joseph – sousaphone

Roger Lewis – baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone

Jenell Marshall – snare drum

Allen Toussaint – grand piano

Efrem Towns – trumpet

Hollywood:

Jim Keltner – tom-toms, snare drum, Chinese cymbal, percussion (1,3,5,9,14)

Michael Blair – glockenspiel, marimba, tambourine, xylophone, bells, timpani, vibraphone, Chinese drums, Oldsmobile hubcap, Parade drum, anvil, whiplash, crash-box, temple bells, snare drum, "magic table", metal pipe, "Martian dog bark"

Ralph Forbes – electric drums, drum programming

Mitchell Froom – organ, harmonium, electric piano, chamberlin, Indian harmonium

Roger McGuinn – twelve-string guitar, Rickenbacker bass guitar

Jerry Marotta – drums

Buell Neidlinger – cello, double bass

Marc Ribot – banjo, electric guitar, Spanish guitar, sounds

Jerry Scheff – electric bass, double bass, fuzz bass

Benmont Tench – piano, clavinet, spinet, Vox Continental

Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – accordion, bass

London:

Chrissie Hynde – harmony vocals

Nick Lowe - bass

Paul McCartney – Hofner bass guitar, Rickenbacker bass guitar

Pete Thomas - drums