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Critics
9 publications
- NME10/10
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4
- Rolling Stone4/5
- Blender4/5
- The Village VoiceB
- Chicago Tribune3/4
- AllMusic3.5/5
- Entertainment WeeklyC+
- Uncut2/5
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Cover art
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- Design
- Elvis Costello, Jeri Heiden, John Heiden
- Photography
- Brian Griffin
Tracklist
15 tracks · 65 min
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Spike is the 12th studio album by the British rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, released on compact disc as Warner Brothers 25848. It was his first album for the label. It peaked at No. 5 on the UK album chart.
In brief
- When was Spike released?
- Spike was released in 1989.
- How many tracks are on Spike?
- Spike has 15 tracks, with a runtime of 65 minutes.
- What genre is Spike?
- Spike is catalogued under Pop Punk.
- What BPM is Spike?
- Spike runs at a median tempo of 113 BPM across its tracks, most often in G major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Spike?
- Listeners of Spike also rate Automatic for the People by R.E.M., Abbey Road by The Beatles, The Joshua Tree by U2.
- Who produced Spike?
- Spike was produced by Elvis Costello, Kevin Killen and T‐Bone Burnett.
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