Mighty Like a Rose by Elvis Costello

Mighty Like a Rose, Elvis Costello's 13th studio album, came out on Warner Bros. in 1991, and it's Costello at his most baroque and knotty, piling pop, rock and ornate arrangements on top of his usual barbed wordplay. The title seems to nod to the old pop standard "Mighty Lak' a Rose", which doesn't appear on the record, though the 2002 reissue quoted the words of its first verse in the booklet.

"The Other Side of Summer" is the song the countdowns latched onto, a sunny, harmony-stacked sound with Costello's bite still intact. The album reached No. 5 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 55 on the Billboard 200.

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