Repeat When Necessary

Repeat When Necessary is the fifth album by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds.

Repeat When Necessary
Studio album by
Dave Edmunds
Released8 June 1979[1]
Recorded1978
StudioEden Studios, London[2]
GenreRock
Length34:10
LabelSwan Song
ProducerDave Edmunds
Dave Edmunds chronology
Tracks on Wax 4
(1978)		 Repeat When Necessary
(1979)		 Twangin...
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
Smash Hits7/10[5]
The Village VoiceA−[6]

Recording and release

Produced by Edmunds, it was released in 1979 by Swan Song Records (see 1979 in music). 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, collectively known as Rockpile.

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.

Among the more obscure covers on the album are "Dynamite" (originally recorded by Cliff Richard) and "Take Me for a Little While" (originally recorded by Evie Sands and later covered by Jackie Ross, 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.

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

Note: Bremner used the pseudonym "Billy Murray" for all his writing credits on the album.

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts
Chart (1979–80) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[7] 37
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[8] 45
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 17
UK Albums (OCC)[10] 39
US Billboard 200[11] 54

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[12] Silver 60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. "Random Notes". Rolling Stone. No. 293. 14 June 1979. p. 46.
  2. Harford, Jeff (8 December 2012). "Long Player: Rockpile delivered guitar-driven treasures". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Repeat When Necessary – Dave Edmunds". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  4. Hull, Tom (2004). "Dave Edmunds". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 272–73. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  5. Starr, Red (12–25 July 1979). "Albums". Smash Hits. Vol. 1 no. 16. p. 25.
  6. Christgau, Robert (30 July 1979). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 100. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  8. "Charts.nz – Dave Edmunds – Repeat When Necessary". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  9. "Swedishcharts.com – Dave Edmunds – Repeat When Necessary". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  10. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  11. "Dave Edmunds Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  12. "British album certifications – Dave Edmunds – Repeat When Necessary". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 3 November 2020. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Repeat When Necessary in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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