Subtle As a Flying Mallet

Dave Edmunds | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 26, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: One Way Records Inc
• ASIN: B000008A4Z
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #665,544 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Baby I Love You

2. Leave My Woman Alone

3. Maybe

4. Da Doo Ron Ron

5. Let It Be Me [From Stardust]

6. No Money Down

7. Shot of Rhythm and Blues

8. Billy the Kid

9. Born to Be with You

10. She's My Baby

11. I Ain't Never

12. Let It Rock

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Production Masterpiece, August 7, 2000

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Mark B Felton (Columbia City, IN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Subtle As a Flying Mallet (Audio CD)

What a great record! Dave Edmunds outdoes himself as a performer/instrumentalist/engineer/producer/etc. This is a one-man tribute (with some borrowed help) to some great and influential songs. He does a fantastic job of honoring these songs, and reproducing them with his natural ability as a producer, while adding what only he can add. Definately well worth a critical listen, and when you do so, please appreciate what it took to produce this record. You'll not only hear great songs, but you will hear 'Beach Boy' harmonies and Spector-esque production qualities... as well as a just plain well produced collection of great songs. My hats off to Dave for this one. Enjoy!!

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dave Edmunds, One-Man Band, June 15, 2000

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Subtle As a Flying Mallet (Audio CD)

This is Dave Edmunds' one-man-band love-letter to the songs of yesteryear. It's interesting to hear him recreate the songs, instrument-by-instrument and voice-by-voice, but he never really transcends the originals.

For those unfamiliar with the singles he's covering, or for Edmunds fans, this could be a real crowd pleaser. But given how many of these tracks are available in their original form (including The Chantels' "Maybe" and the Crystals "Da Doo Ron Ron"), Edmunds lack of substantial reinterpratation (although this works to his ironic advantage in the gender-specific songs that he sings from the girl's point-of-view) leaves this disc a best buy for Edmundsphiles.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Edmunds, December 30, 2009

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Michael Clifford (Olyphant, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Subtle As a Flying Mallet (Audio CD)

If your a fan of Dave Edmunds, this CD must be part of your collection. This 1975 release is All Killer and No Filler.