Butterfly Rocket

{{Infobox album|

| name = Butterfly Rocket

| type = Studio

| artist = Nikka Costa

| cover = Nikka Costa - Butterfly Rocket album cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = August 1996

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 51:22

| label = Mushroom

| producer = Justin Stanley

| prev_title = Here I Am... Yes, It's Me

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = Everybody Got Their Something

| next_year = 2001

}}

Butterfly Rocket is Nikka Costa's fourth studio record and first "adult" album, released in August 1996 in Australia on Mushroom Records.

Track listing

{{tracklist

| title1 = Get Off My Sunshine

| lyrics1 = Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley, J. Garner

| length1 = 4:11

| title2 = Come Clean

| lyrics2 = Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley

| length2 = 4:28

| title3 = Flowers

| lyrics3 = Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley

| length3 = 3:55

| title4 = Master Blaster

| lyrics4 = Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley

| length4 = 5:16

| title5 = In This Life

| lyrics5 = Nikka Costa

| length5 = 3:57

| title6 = Treat Her Right

| lyrics6 = Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley, R. Woolf

| length6 = 5:05

| title7 = Meltdown

| lyrics7 = Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley, M. Ward

| length7 = 5:14

| title8 = I Do Believe

| lyrics8 = Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley

| length8 = 4:19

| title9 = Black Seed

| lyrics9 = Nikka Costa

| length9 = 3:44

| title10 = Grab Hold

| lyrics10 = Nikka Costa

| length10 = 4:24

| title11 = Who's Loving You?

| lyrics11 = Nikka Costa

| length11 = 4:27

}}

Later copies of the album were released with the limited edition bonus CD "Live at the Bridge". The songs were recorded live at The Bridge Hotel in November, 1996.

{{tracklist

| title1 = Some Love

| lyrics1 = Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley, J. Garner

| length1 = 5:08

| title2 = Come Clean

| lyrics2 = Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley

| length2 = 6:44

| title3 = Get Off My Sunshine

| lyrics3 = Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley, J. Garner

| length3 = 4:31

| title4 = When My Man Cries

| lyrics4 = Nikka Costa

| length4 = 5:07

| title5 = Stay With Me

| lyrics5 = Ron Wood, Rod Stewart

| length5 = 4:56

| title6 = Yer Blues

| lyrics6 = John Lennon, Paul McCartney

| length6 = 4:13

}}

Charts

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scope="col"|Chart (1996)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url= https://imgur.com/a/iPTIRXV | title= Nikka Costa ARIA Chart History (albums) complete to 2024|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date= July 26, 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.

|align="center"| 103

References

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Category:1996 albums

Category:Nikka Costa albums

Category:Mushroom Records albums

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