D.E. 7th

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Field	Value
name	D.E. 7th
type	Studio album
artist	Dave Edmunds
cover	Dave_Edmunds_DE7th_album.jpg
released	8 April 1982
recorded	1982
studio	Eden, London
genre	Rock
length	33:12
label	Arista (UK)
Columbia (US)
producer	Dave Edmunds
prev_title	Twangin...
prev_year	1981
next_title	Information
next_year	1983
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| name = D.E. 7th | type = Studio album | artist = Dave Edmunds | cover = Dave_Edmunds_DE7th_album.jpg | alt = | released = 8 April 1982 | recorded = 1982 | venue = | studio = Eden, London | genre = Rock | length = 33:12 | label = Arista (UK) Columbia (US) | producer = Dave Edmunds | prev_title = Twangin... | prev_year = 1981 | next_title = Information | next_year = 1983

Besides the label switches, D.E. 7th marked another big change for Edmunds; his band Rockpile had broken up the previous year, forcing him to assemble a whole new group of musicians for the album. The new band coalesced around guitarist Mickey Gee and bassist John David (both of whom had played with Edmunds in Love Sculpture), veteran pub rock pianist Geraint Watkins, and drummer Dave Charles. This group, who'd already recorded an album together as Geraint Watkins and the Dominators, would record and tour with Edmunds throughout the rest of the 1980s.

D.E. 7th would reach #60 on the UK album charts and #46 on the Billboard 200, becoming his highest-charting solo album ever in the United States. The album's sales were helped by the inclusion of a previously unreleased Bruce Springsteen song, "From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)" (Springsteen's version, an outtake from his 1980 album The River, would remain unreleased until 2003). In his 2005 book The Ties That Bind, author Gary Graff explains:

Edmunds' recording of "From Small Things" was released as a single, and reached #28 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and later appeared on his 2004 "best of" collection (also entitled From Small Things). One other D.E. 7th track was selected for that collection: a cover of Brian Hyland's 1962 top-30 hit "Warmed Over Kisses (Left Over Love)". Edmunds transformed the song, originally a countrypolitan waltz, into an uptempo bluegrass romp.

Edmunds told the New Musical Express at the time that he had happened across pianist Liam Grundy playing in a bar quite by chance and upon hearing the heartfelt ballad "One More Night" invited Grundy to the studio a couple of days later to record it.

Critical reception

| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = | rev2 = Billboard | rev2Score = (unrated) | rev3 = Robert Christgau | rev3Score = B+ | rev4 = Rolling Stone | rev4score =

Track listing

1. "From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)" (Bruce Springsteen) – 3:30
2. "Me and the Boys" (Terry Adams) – 3:04
3. "Bail You Out" (Chris Rees) – 2:28
4. "Generation Rumble" (Graham Lyle) – 3:36
5. "Other Guys Girls" (Christopher Gent) – 2:47
6. "Warmed Over Kisses (Left Over Love)" (Gary Geld, Peter Udell) – 3:03
7. "Deep in the Heart of Texas" (Geraint Watkins) – 2:36
8. "Louisiana Man" (Doug Kershaw) – 3:41
9. "Paula Meet Jeanne" (Jude Cole) – 2:40
10. "One More Night" (Liam Grundy) – 3:56
11. "Dear Dad" (Chuck Berry) – 1:51

Personnel

Musicians

• Dave Edmunds – guitar, bass, keyboards, vocal
• Dave Charles – drums
• John David – bass
• Geraint Watkins – piano, keyboards
• Bobby Irwin – drums (tracks 4, 6, 9)
• Dave Peacock – banjo (track 6), bass (tracks 4, 6)
• John Earle – baritone & tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 9)
• Dick Hanson – trumpet (tracks 1, 7)
• Mickey Gee – guitar (track 8)
• Albert Lee – guitar (track 9)
• Liam Grundy – piano (track 10)
• Neil King – trumpet (track 9)

Technical

• Dave Edmunds – producer
• Carey Taylor – engineer
• Aldo Bocca – engineer
• Lynn Goldsmith – photography

References

References

1. Roberts, David. (2006). "British Hit Singles & Albums". Guinness World Records Limited.
2. "Billboard 200 - Week of June 12, 1982".
3. (July 3, 1982). "Billboard's Top Single Picks".
4. "Dave Edmunds - Awards". [[AllMusic]].
5. {{AllMusic
6. (April 17, 1982). "Billboard's Top Album Picks".
7. [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Dave+Edmunds Robert Christgau review]
8. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071123203830/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/130920/review/5946010/de7th Rolling Stone review]
9. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "D.E. 7th Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine".
10. (April 17, 1982). "Feature Picks".

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