Repeat When Necessary
1979 studio album by Dave Edmunds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1979 studio album by Dave Edmunds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Repeat When Necessary is the fifth album by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds. Produced by Edmunds, it was released in 1979 by Swan Song Records. 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.
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Released | 8 June 1979[1] | |||
Recorded | 1978 | |||
Studio | Eden, London[2] | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 34:10 | |||
Label | Swan Song | |||
Producer | Dave Edmunds | |||
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"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 the Shadows) 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.
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Smash Hits | 7/10[5] |
The Village Voice | A−[6] |
The Globe and Mail wrote that "Edmund's pub-crawling rock doesn't wear thin if you're sipping and stomping along, but in the confines of your living room his Chuck Berry retakes are liable to send you back to an old Berry collection to find out where he copped the licks."[7]
Chart (1979–80) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[10] | 37 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[11] | 45 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[12] | 17 |
UK Albums (OCC)[13] | 39 |
US Billboard 200[14] | 54 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[15] | Silver | 60,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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