- rock, folk, alternative rock
- 65 min
- 15 tracks
Spike is the 12th studio album by English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, released in 1989 by Warner Bros. Records. It was his first album for the label and first release since My Aim Is True with no appearance by the Attractions.
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Spare, character-led, classical in form and grave.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
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- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Blender4/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3/4 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyC+
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4 ★
- NME10/10
- Q5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Uncut2/5 ★
- The Village VoiceB
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Tracks
- 1…This Town…4:30
- 2Let Him Dangle4:45
- 3Deep Dark Truthful Mirror4:07
- 4Veronica3:09
- 5God’s Comic5:32
- 6Chewing Gum3:47
- 7Tramp the Dirt Down5:44
- 8Stalin Malone4:09
- 9Satellite5:45
- 10Pads, Paws and Claws2:57
- 11Baby Plays Around2:48
- 12Miss Macbeth4:25
- 13Any King’s Shilling6:06
- 14Coal‐Train Robberies3:18
- 15Last Boat Leaving3:31
15 tracks, 65 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Elvis Costello
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- CA
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