Repeat When Necessary

by Dave Edmunds

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	11/01/2019
Label:	Music On Cd
UPC:	8718627230398
Rank:	59806

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dave Edmunds   Primary Artist,Bass,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards
Billy Bremner   Guitar,Vocals
Roger Bechirian   Piano
Albert Lee   Guitar
Huey Lewis   Harmonica
Nick Lowe   Bass,Vocals
Terry Williams   Drums

Technical Credits

Billy Murray   Composer
Donovan Cowart   Composer
Mort Carson   Composer
Pat Meager   Composer
Elvis Costello   Composer
Billy Bremner   Composer
Graham Parker   Composer
Walter Martin Cowart   Composer
Roger Bechirian   Engineer
Ronnie Self   Composer
Dave Edmunds   Producer
Mort Garson   Composer
Tom Glazer   Composer
Hank DeVito   Composer
Donivan Cowart   Composer
Huey Lewis   Composer
Nick Lowe   Producer
Martin Cowart   Composer
Bill Murray   Composer
Trade Martin   Composer