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Personnel: Elvis Costello (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Jim Keltner (vocals, percussion); Richard Page, Steve Soles, Steve George (vocals); Marc Ribot (guitar, banjo, cornet, Eb horn); James Burton (guitar); Nicholas Bucknall (clarinet); Richard Morgan (oboe); Andrew Findon (flute); Simon Rayner (French horn); Neil Levesly (bassoon); Roger Lewis (baritone saxophone); Ross MacManus (trumpet); Charles Joseph (trombone); Kird Joseph (sousaphone); Benmont Tench (tack piano); Mitchell Froom, Larry Knetchel (keyboards); T-Bone Wolk, Jerry Scheff, Nick Lowe, Rob Wasserman (bass); Pete Thomas (drums, percussion); Jenell Marshall, Lionel Batiste (snare & parade drum). Producers: Mitchell Froom, Kevin Killen, D.P.A. MacManus. Recorded at Ocean Way, Hollywood, California and Westside Studios, London, England. By the early '90s, Elvis Costello had forgotten more about songcraft and record production than most musicians would ever learn, earning him titles like "modern-day Gershwin."  MIGHTY LIKE A ROSE is where he starts showing off his smarts.  It's far and away Elvis' most elaborate effort, both in terms of composition and arrangement, making his collaboration with the Brodsky Quartet sound like a Ramones album.  Aided by Mitchell Froom and innovative guitarist Marc Ribot, Costello turns out arty, harmonically sophisticated tunes that never go where you expect them to, either musically or lyrically.  Ironically, it's the simplest tunes on what could fairly be called Costello's SERGEANT PEPPER that make the most impact, like the very Leonard Cohen-ish "After the Fall" and the elegant melancholy of the McCartney collaboration "So Like Candy."

Editorial reviews

5 Stars - Indispensable ..unleashes the barking mad but inspired Costello of TRUST, IMPERIAL BEDROOM and BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE, where the chainsaw slashes through dictionary and the tunes pile on pastiche and parody...Bitter and twisted...inventive music with cryptic meanings...Classic Costello, perhaps even his best yet.. One of Q Magazine's 50 best albums of 1991. Musician (5/91) ...probably his best album in years...A significant move forward for Costello...sprawling and dense musically and lyrically, it at once contains Costello's punchiest melodies since ARMED FORCES and some of his most convoluted ever.. Q Magazine  (06/01/1991) 3.5 Stars - Good plus - ...contains some of the finest individual songs he's recorded...complex, well-crafted pop music... Down Beat  (06/01/1991) 5 Stars - Indispensable ..unleashes the barking mad but inspired Costello of TRUST, IMPERIAL BEDROOM and BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE, where the chainsaw slashes through dictionary and the tunes pile on pastiche and parody...Bitter and twisted...inventive music with cryptic meanings...Classic Costello, perhaps even his best yet..One of Q Magazine's 50 best albums of 1991.Musician (5/91) ...probably his best album in years...A significant move forward for Costello...sprawling and dense musically and lyrically, it at once contains Costello's punchiest melodies since ARMED FORCES and some of his most convoluted ever..Down Beat (6/91) - 3.5 Stars - Good plus - ...contains some of the finest individual songs he's recorded...complex, well-crafted pop music... Q Magazine  (06/01/1991) 5 Stars - Indispensable ..unleashes the barking mad but inspired Costello of TRUST, IMPERIAL BEDROOM and BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE, where the chainsaw slashes through dictionary and the tunes pile on pastiche and parody...Bitter and twisted...inventive music with cryptic meanings...Classic Costello, perhaps even his best yet..Mojo (12/02, p.126) - ...A very fine record...One of Q Magazine's 50 best albums of 1991.Musician (5/91) ...probably his best album in years...A significant move forward for Costello...sprawling and dense musically and lyrically, it at once contains Costello's punchiest melodies since ARMED FORCES and some of his most convoluted ever..Down Beat (6/91) - 3.5 Stars - Good plus - ...contains some of the finest individual songs he's recorded...complex, well-crafted pop music... Q Magazine  (06/01/1991) 1. Other Side Of Summer, The 2. Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over) 3. How To Be Dumb 4. All Grown Up 5. Invasion Hit Parade 6. Harpies Bizarre 7. After The Fall 8. Georgie And Her Rival 9. So Like Candy 10. Interlude: Couldn't Call It Unexpected No.2 11. Playboy To A Man 12. Sweet Pear 13. Broken 14. Couldn't Call It Unexpected Number 4