Twangin...

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Field	Value
name	Twangin...
type	studio
artist	Dave Edmunds
cover	Twangin Dave Edmunds album cover.jpg
released
studio	Eden, London
Rockfield, Wales
genre	Rock
length
label	Swan Song
producer	Dave Edmunds
prev_title	Repeat When Necessary
prev_year	1979
next_title	D.E. 7th
next_year	1982
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Twangin... is a 1981 album by Dave Edmunds, and his final recording for Swan Song Records before moving to Columbia Records. The album would also be the last Edmunds solo effort to feature Rockpile.

Twangin... consists mostly of outtakes from previous recording sessions, including one track dating to 1968, a version of "Baby Let's Play House", a rockabilly number made famous by Elvis Presley. The album also features a collaboration with the Stray Cats, whose debut album Edmunds produced.

The album is almost entirely made up of cover songs, including the Wilson Pickett B-side "Three Time Loser" and the George Jones classic "The Race Is On" (with the Stray Cats).

The album art, featuring a portrait of Edmunds, is by Barney Bubbles.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Something Happens" (John Hiatt) - 3:13
2. "It's Been So Long" (Ian Gomm) - 2:14
3. "Singin' the Blues" (Melvin Endsley) - 2:58
4. "(I'm Gonna Start) Living Again If It Kills Me" (Nick Lowe, Carlene Carter, Edmunds) - 3:20
5. "Almost Saturday Night" (John Fogerty) - 2:10

Side two

1. "Cheap Talk, Patter and Jive" (Hank DeVito, Donivan Cowart) - 3:05
2. "Three Time Loser" (Don Covay, Ron Miller) - 2:43
3. "You'll Never Get Me Up (In One of Those)" (Mickey Jupp) - 3:46
4. "I'm Only Human" (Lowe, Rockpile) - 2:07
5. "The Race Is On" (feat. Stray Cats)(Don Rollins) - 2:04
6. "Baby Let's Play House" (Arthur Gunter) - 2:18

Personnel

• Dave Edmunds - guitar, vocals
• Nick Lowe (credited as "Nicky Lowe") - bass, except on "The Race Is On" and "Baby Let's Play House"
• Terry Williams - drums, except on "The Race Is On" and "Baby Let's Play House"
• Billy Bremner - guitar, except on "The Race Is On" and "Baby Let's Play House"
• Chesterfield Kings - harp on "Cheap Talk, Patter and Jive"
• Brian Setzer - guitar on "The Race Is On"
• Lee Rocker - string bass on "The Race Is On"
• Slim Jim Phantom - drums on "The Race Is On"
• John Williams (later known as John David) - string bass on "Baby Let's Play House"
• Mickey Gee - electric guitar on "Baby Let's Play House"
• Aldo Bocca - Engineer

References

References

1. "Twangin' Dave Edmunds".
2. "Robert Christgau: Album: Dave Edmunds: Twangin".
3. "[The New] Rolling Stone Album Guide: Dave Edmunds".
4. "Dave Edmunds".
5. Poore, Billy. (July 5, 1998). "Rockabilly: A Forty-year Journey". Hal Leonard Corporation.

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