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  • Artist: Dave Edmunds
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1979
  • Total Time: 34:10
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Recorded simultaneously with Nick Lowe's Labour of Lust, Dave Edmunds' Repeat When Necessary continues the winning streak of Get It and Tracks on Wax 4 simply by sticking to the formula. Though Rockpile's sound is a little cleaner here than before, nothing's changed but the songs, which are uniformly excellent. Culled primarily from pub rock contemporaries (and containing no Lowe songs whatsoever), the record contains four classics: Elvis Costello's galloping "Girls Talk," and Graham Parker's relentless "Crawling from the Wreckage," the funny (a rarity of Edmunds) "Creature from the Black Lagoon," and the country-rocker "Queen of Hearts," which would later become a hit for Juice Newton in exactly the same arrangement. A few songs come close to meeting this high standard, but they are occasionally hampered by a tightness similar to the pinched rhythms of Subtle as a Flying Mallet; in particular, the early Huey Lewis song "Bad Is Bad" and the old Brinsley Schwarz number "Home in My Hand" are hurt by this. But these are minor flaws -- Repeat When Necessary is an energetic, old-fashioned rock & roll record that ranks as Edmunds' last great album. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Girls Talk (Lyrics) Elvis Costello Dave Edmunds (3:25)
Crawling from the Wreckage (Lyrics) Graham Parker Dave Edmunds (2:53)
The Creature from the Black Lagoon Billy Murray Dave Edmunds (3:52)
Sweet Little Lisa Donivan Cowart, Hank DeVito, Martin Cowart, Walter Martin Cowart Dave Edmunds (3:38)
Dynamite Tom Glazer, Mort Garson Dave Edmunds (2:33)
Queen of Hearts (Lyrics) Gregg Allman, Hank DeVito Dave Edmunds (3:17)
Home in My Hand Ronnie Self Dave Edmunds (3:20)
Goodbye Mister Good Guy Billy Murray Dave Edmunds (2:40)
Take Me for a Little While Trade Martin Dave Edmunds (2:39)
We Were Both Wrong Billy Bremner, Billy Murray Dave Edmunds (2:42)
Bad Is Bad Huey Lewis Dave Edmunds (3:11)

Credits

Dave Edmunds (Vocals), Billy Bremner (Vocals), Dave Edmunds (Keyboards), Nick Lowe (Producer), Billy Bremner (Guitar), Terry Williams (Drums), Roger Bechirian (Piano), Nick Lowe (Vocals), Dave Edmunds (Guitar), Nick Lowe (Bass), Dave Edmunds (Bass), Dave Edmunds (Producer), Dave Edmunds (Piano), Roger Bechirian (Engineer), Albert Lee (Guitar), Huey Lewis (Harmonica)
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Repeat When Necessary
Studio album by Dave Edmunds
Released June 1979 (1979)
Recorded February 15, 1979 (1979-02-15)
Genre Rock
Length 34:10
Label Swan Song
Producer Dave Edmunds
Professional reviews
Dave Edmunds chronology
Tracks on Wax 4
(1978)		 Repeat When Necessary
(1979)		 Twangin...
(1981)

Repeat When Necessary is an album by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds. Produced by Edmunds, it was released in 1979 by Swan Song Records (see 1979 in music). It was recorded at the same time as Nick Lowe's Labour of Lust, and features the same lineup of musicians: Edmunds, Lowe, Billy Bremner and Terry Williams, collectively known as Rockpile.

"Girls Talk," written by Elvis Costello, Graham Parker's "Crawling from the Wreckage," and the Hank DeVito-penned "Queen of Hearts" are among the highlights of this album. Juice Newton would cover "Queen of Hearts" in an arrangement virtually identical to Edmunds' on Juice, her 1981 breakthrough album.

Among the more obscure covers on the album are "Dynamite" (originally recorded by Cliff Richard), and "Take Me For A Little While" (originally recorded by Evie Sands and, later, Dusty Springfield). "Home In My Hand" had been recorded seven years before by Nick Lowe's old band, Brinsley Schwarz.

Contents

LP track listing

Side one

  1. "Girls Talk" (Elvis Costello) – 3:25
  2. "Crawling from the Wreckage" (Graham Parker) – 2:53
  3. "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" (Billy Bremner) – 3:52
  4. "Sweet Little Lisa" (Donivan Cowart, Martin Cowart, Hank DeVito) – 3:38
  5. "Dynamite" (Mort Garson, Tom Glazer) – 2:33

Side two

  1. "Queen of Hearts" (Hank DeVito) – 3:17
  2. "Home in My Hand" (Ronnie Self) – 3:20
  3. "Goodbye Mister Good Guy" (Pat Meager, Bremner) – 2:40
  4. "Take Me for a Little While" (Trade Martin) – 2:39
  5. "We Were Both Wrong" (Bremner) – 2:42
  6. "Bad Is Bad" (Huey Lewis) – 3:11

Note: Bremner used the pseudonym "Billy Murray" for all his writing credits on the album.

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1979 Billboard Pop Albums 54
1979 UK Album Charts 39

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