Repeat When Necessary

Dave Edmunds | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 5, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic
• ASIN: B000002I7O
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #66,531 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Media Type: CD
Artist: EDMUNDS,DAVE
Title: REPEAT WHEN NECESSARY
Street Release Date: 04/16/1991
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still His Best, August 7, 2003

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"jbesanko" (Crofton, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Repeat When Necessary (Audio CD)

This was the first Dave Edmunds album I ever bought (way back in the days of vinyl), and it's still arguably his very best. As other reviewers note, this record rocks from start to finish. Elvis Costello's "Girls Talk" (soon to be a big hit for Linda Ronstadt) kicks off the disc in style and helped give Edmunds a foot in the "New Wave" camp in the late '70s..."Crawling From The Wreckage" became one of his signature tunes--he often opened his legendary live shows with this song. "Queen Of Hearts" became a big hit for Juice Newton and was written by Hank DeVito, who was working with people like Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris back then..."Sweet Little Lisa" and "Dynamite" are straight-on rockers, and "Bad Is Bad" is kind of a rockin' blues tune. Simply a great album from start to finish.

Edmunds and/or Rockpile appeared to be on the verge of hitting the big time at this point, but it just didn't happen. Ironically, Edmunds produced the first couple of albums by the Stray Cats shortly thereafter, and watched them achieve huge success instead. Dave also produced artists as varied as k.d. lang, Carlene Carter and the Fabulous Thunderbirds. He is a non-American with a greater feel and taste for American roots music than most of us will ever have. Virtually all of his catalog is excellent, but this is the place to start. ESSENTIAL.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT!, February 22, 2001

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The Orange Duke "orangeduke" (Cupertino, Ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Repeat When Necessary (Audio CD)

This album smokes. Edmunds was at the peak of his powers, and his back up band (see; Rockpile) was the best he's ever had. Dave comes out swingin with the excellent `Girls Talk' and doesn't slow down til it's all over. Raucous, lively and punchy, this is pub at it's best. Good rockin rockabilly in the fifties tradition. Fans of Cowboy Mouth, CCR and Men At Work should take note. Rockpile was the king of all bar bands, unstoppably great, and no matter what name they recorded under they were irresistible (see Lowe's LABOR OF LUST and their own SECONDS OF PLEASUSE). It's a pity they didn't stay together (Billy Bremner, where are you?). Pay special attention to "Crawling From The Wreckage', `Sweet Little Lisa' and `Creature From The Black Lagoon'

PS And by the way, Huey Lewis plays harmonica on `Bad Is Bad', which he covered on SPORTS.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DAVE'S RAVE!, February 13, 2006

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Jukebox Dave (RECORD TOWN, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Repeat When Necessary (Audio CD)

DAVE EDMUNDS-REPEAT WHEN NECESSARY: Welsh revivalist rocker Dave Edmunds' finest hour rings in on this companion album to partner-in-rhyme Nick Lowe's equally vital LABOUR OF LUST; both were recorded simultaneously, utilizing their goodtime band Rockpile. The retro-billy singer/guitar slinger spews forth nothing but charisma, craftsmanship, and class, whether tackling the definitive version of Elvis Costello's wry and witty GIRLS TALK, Graham Parker's crash 'n burner CRAWLING FROM THE WRECKAGE, or country bootkicker QUEEN OF HEARTS (stolen, nearly note-for-note by Juice Newton). But that's only the "hits"; monster mash CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, bloozey shuffle BAD IS BAD, and the Wall of Sound melody TAKE ME FOR A LITTLE WHILE are much more of a good thing. Edmunds, also well known for his production work for Foghat, k.d. lang, and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, is a rock 'n roll flame keeper of the highest order. This salacious slab o' sound is a testimonial to his twang-banger talents.

RATING: FIVE FRETBOARDS