Repeat When Necessary

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Field	Value
name	Repeat When Necessary
type	studio
artist	Dave Edmunds
cover	repeatwhennecc.jpg
released
recorded	1978
studio	Eden, London
genre	Rock
length	34:10
label	Swan Song
producer	Dave Edmunds
prev_title	Tracks on Wax 4
prev_year	1978
next_title	Twangin...
next_year	1981
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| name = Repeat When Necessary | type = studio | artist = Dave Edmunds | cover = repeatwhennecc.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = 1978 | studio = Eden, London | genre = Rock | length = 34:10 | label = Swan Song | producer = Dave Edmunds | prev_title = Tracks on Wax 4 | prev_year = 1978 | next_title = Twangin... | next_year = 1981 Repeat When Necessary is the fifth album by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds. Produced by Edmunds, it was released in 1979 by Swan Song Records. It was recorded and released 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.

Content

"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.

Other covers on the album include "Dynamite" (originally recorded by Cliff Richard (1959)) and "Take Me for a Little While" (originally recorded by Evie Sands and later covered by Jackie Ross (1965), Dusty Springfield and Vanilla Fudge). "Home in My Hand" had been recorded seven years previously by Nick Lowe's old band, Brinsley Schwarz. "Bad Is Bad", written by Huey Lewis, would later be recorded by Lewis and his band the News for their 1983 multi-platinum album Sports.

Critical reception

| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = | rev2 = Music Week | rev2score = | rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | rev3score = | rev4 = Smash Hits | rev4score = 7/10 | rev5 = The Village Voice | rev5score = A− | rev6 = DownBeat | rev6score = The Globe and Mail wrote that "Edmund's pub-crawling rock doesn't wear thin if you're sipping and stomping along, but in the confines of your living room his Chuck Berry retakes are liable to send you back to an old Berry collection to find out where he copped the licks."

DownBeat assigned the album 4 stars.

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" (Ian Samwell) – 2:33

Side two

1. "Queen of Hearts" (Hank DeVito) – 3:17
2. "Home in My Hand" (Ronnie Self) – 3:20
3. "Goodbye Mr. 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" (Alex Call, John Ciambotti, Sean Hopper, Huey Lewis, John McFee, Michael Schriener) – 3:11

Personnel

• Dave Edmunds – guitars, piano and vocals
• Billy Bremner – guitar and backing vocals
• Nick Lowe – bass and backing vocals
• Terry Williams – drums

Additional personnel

• Huey Lewis – harmonica on "Bad Is Bad"
• Albert Lee – guitar on "Sweet Little Lisa"
• Roger Bechirian – piano on "Girls Talk"

Charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1979–80) | Peak position | Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) | |---|---|---| | 37 | | | ::

Certifications

References

References

1. (14 June 1979). "Random Notes".
2. Harford, Jeff. (8 December 2012). "Long Player: Rockpile delivered guitar-driven treasures". [[Otago Daily Times]].
3. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Repeat When Necessary – Dave Edmunds". [[AllMusic]].
4. (June 23, 1979). "Album Reviews: Dave Edmunds — ''Repeat When Necessary''". Pensord Press Ltd..
5. Hull, Tom. (2004). "The New Rolling Stone Album Guide". [[Simon & Schuster]].
6. Starr, Red. (12–25 July 1979). "Albums".
7. Christgau, Robert. (30 July 1979). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". [[The Village Voice]].
8. (25 Aug 1979). "Repeat When Necessary Dave Edmunds". The Globe and Mail.
9. Schneckloth, Tim. (November 17, 1979). "Record Reviews". [[DownBeat]].
10. Billy Bremner used the pseudonym "Billy Murray" for all his writing credits on this album; "Murray" is his middle name.
11. Original pressings of ''Repeat When Necessary'' (Swan Song/Atlantic cat. no. SS 8507) credit "Bad is Bad" to Huey Lewis alone; the revised credit given on Lewis' 1983 album ''Sports'' (Chrysalis cat.no. FV 41412) is shown here.
12. Kent, David. (1993). "Australian Chart Book 1970–1992". Australian Chart Book.

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