Repeat When Necessary

If you are a fan of Dave Edmunds or poppy rockabilly or power pop or Rockpile you simply MUST have this disc. It is Dave's best IMHO. On this disc you get a couple phenomenal cover versions - Dave's take of the Elvis Costello classic "Girls Talk" and Dave's version of Graham Parker's "Crawling From The Wreckage"... plus you get some great pop written by Billy Bremner (Rockpile) with "The Creature From The Black Lagoon", "Goodbye Mr. Good Guy" and "We Were Both Wrong"... and the original version of "Queen Of Hearts" before it was all Juice-Newtoned up. Finally, if you are a Huey Lewis fan, you get Huey's "Bad Is Bad" before the News recorded it for their album Sports.C'mon... buy it now. You know you want to.

I remember buying this album back in the day and being amazed at what a great talent Dav Edmunds is and why wasn't he on the radio more--It contains one of my favorite songs,Take me for little while,and features his band Rockpile as backing musicians--Clearly Dave Edmunds at his best- Among the songs you'll enjoy-Queen Of Hearts (later a hit by Juice Newton),crawling from the wreckage,Home in my hand,and a great version of Bad is Bad(featuring Huey Lewis(the song's writer)on harmonica-I heartily reccommend this album,But only if you want to enjoy some good old rock and roll!

One of two albums that needs to be in every collection - the other being Nick Lowe's "Jesus of Cool" (or labor of lust, take your pick).Released in 1979, it sounds as fresh today as it did then - didn't get a lot of airplay in '79 (except for college and alt stations), but was a refreshing release to counter all of the disco that was poisoning the airwaves that year.Get this one, Jesus of Cool and then treat yourself to "Seconds of Pleasure", by Rockpile - you will smile - guaranteed.

The longtime British roots rocker, in my view, had his salad days in the quartet of albums from the late 70's to early 80's (Get It, Trax On Wax, Twangin", and Repeat When Necessary). The latter is notable for the inclusion of more recent material (Girls Talk, Queen of Hearts) while displaying Edmunds' great guitar work and roots rock sensibilities. While no new ground is covered, the set marks the culmination of the artist's years on the Swan Song label. If you are unfamiliar with Dave Edmonds and want a sampler, this is the one to get due to its diversity of style. If you are an EdmundsHead, the set will complete the four album Swan Song salute to roots rock begun with Get It.

Great music by Dave Edmunds

Had this on vinyl when it was first issued. Now I have a digital format copy. This masterpiece of the Dave Edmunds/Nick Lowe powerhouse of the 80's is a must-have, if just to hear Albert Lee's scorching B-bender work on "Sweet Little Lisa". As s side note, try to find "Born Fighters", a contemporaneous TV documentary on Edmunds & Co. You won't regret it.

Every song on this CD is excellent. If "Sweet Little Lisa" was the only song on the recording, it would still be worth full price for guest guitarist Albert Lee's incredible playing. But thankfully, the CD is chock full of outstanding takes of excellent songs. One of the best all-around albums ever, in my estimation.

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Dave Edmunds' musical roots have always been in rock 'n' roll: a natural purveyor of such genre - not merely a covers' artist.These attributes are laid out on Repeat when necessary.First Released in 1979 on Led zepplin's - Swansong label - and including the hit singles; Girls talk (Elvis Costello) and Queen of hearts - these are the two more familiar tracks on the album.but it would be quite criminal if you didn't investigate the rest of the album!The third single release - the Graham Parker penned - Crawling from the wreckage; is an outstanding R n R style song,and should have been a bigger hit,instead of a lowly # 59.Elsewhere on the album: sees a cover version of early career Cliff Richard hit: Dynamite,done in DE's own style.The creature from the black lagoon,sees a slight change of direction - with its prog rock leanings (popular style of music from earlier in the decade) - has pretty dark lyrics,but is delivered in tongue in cheek style (also the B- side of queen of hearts single).Although RWN is credited to Dave Edmunds: it features all four members of Rockpile; Nick Lowe,Billy Bremner,Terry Williams and our Dave,of course.because of record company politics and legal mumbo jumbo - they weren't 'allowed' to record under the Rockpile moniker.Back to the track listing: Sweet little Lisa is a rockabilly style upbeat song - featuring guitar legend Albert Lee,surprisingly on - guitar🤣🎸.the lead vocals sounding slightly different than Dave's - could it be Nick Lowe or even Billy Bremner?Pre-rock 'n' roll music craze - Skiffle - is detected on: Goodbye Mr good guy,and Phil Spector wall of sound and beach boy's style harmonies on: Take me for a little while - evident on previous hits Born to be with you and Baby I love you.Closing track on the album: Bad is bad - is a rocking upbeat corker of a tune - featuring a pre (UK) fame: Huey Lewis on harmonica - played superbly,by the way.an excellent end to an excellent - nay - classic album.P.S. despite predominantly influenced by rock n roll throughout the album; delta blues,rockabilly and country music are also evident - and give variety to this superb album by this great Welsh born - let's face it - legend!!

Great album which really rocks. Although I had many of the tracks on other albums I was keen to obtain the track "Sweet Little Lisa" which features the ace guitarist Albert Lee who is just brilliant. His guitar work is so brilliant that Dave Edmunds gave up trying to perform it without Albert who only guested on the recording.Just buy it and enjoy it!

I bought this on vinyl back in the late 70s and recently reinvested in a CD version having not played the former in years. It's as good as it ever was. Edmunds on a bad day is capable of turning out dull four square cover versions (e.g. the Quo-esque Singing the blues and the uninspired wall of sound baby I love you) but the material here is nearly all of a very high standard and he certainly does it justice. Girls talk and Queen of Hearts were the big hits and are obvious high points, along with personal favourites 'Sweet Little Lisa' and the bluesy harmonica-filled Bad is Bad. In fact, apart from the 'merely OK' 'we were both wrong' and 'take me for a little while' everything else is of a very high standard.Highly recommended.

For me, Nick Lowe's and Dave Edmunds' work is best as the band "Rockpile", which is the band on this CD but released under the Dave Edmunds name.My first Rockpile CD was "Seconds Of Pleasure" which I love and I have gone on to buy members solo items."Repeat When Necessary" is up there and a very enjoyable CD. Plenty of good guitar work, and as ever Terry Williams excels on the drums.Nick Lowe's "Labour Of Lust" comes out soon, which was recorded at the same time as this - another Rockpile album that's got to be a must for your wish list!

Wonderful record. Not one mediocre track. It's a shame that the album is only 35 minutes long. Give it the deluxe treatment. Add some singles, live tracks and (BBC) radio sessions.