Twangin...
| Twangin... | ||||
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| Released | 20 April 1981 | |||
| Studio | Eden Studios, London Rockfield Studios, Wales | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 30:27 | |||
| Label | Swan Song | |||
| Producer | Dave Edmunds | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Robert Christgau | B[2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
Twangin... is a 1981 album by Dave Edmunds, and his final recording for Swan Song Records before moving to Columbia Records.[4] The album would also be the last Edmunds solo effort to feature Rockpile.[5]
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".
Track listing
Side one
- "Something Happens" (John Hiatt) - 3:13
- "It's Been So Long" (Ian Gomm) - 2:14
- "Singin' the Blues" (Melvin Endsley) - 2:58
- "(I'm Gonna Start) Living Again If It Kills Me" (Nick Lowe, Carlene Carter, Edmunds) - 3:20
- "Almost Saturday Night" (John Fogerty) - 2:10
Side two
- "Cheap Talk, Patter and Jive" (Hank DeVito, Donivan Cowart) - 3:05
- "Three Time Loser" (Don Covay, Ron Miller) - 2:43
- "You'll Never Get Me Up (In One of Those)" (Mickey Jupp) - 3:46
- "I'm Only Human" (Lowe, Rockpile) - 2:07
- "The Race Is On" (George Jones, Don Rollins) - 2:04
- "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
- ^ "Twangin' - Dave Edmunds | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "Robert Christgau: Album: Dave Edmunds: Twangin". www.robertchristgau.com.
- ^ "[The New] Rolling Stone Album Guide: Dave Edmunds". tomhull.com.
- ^ "Dave Edmunds".
- ^ Poore, Billy (5 July 1998). Rockabilly: A Forty-year Journey. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780793591428 – via Google Books.
