Seconds of Pleasure

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Seconds of Pleasure
Seconds of Pleasure cover
Studio album by Rockpile
Released October 1980
Recorded 1980
Genre Rock
Length 43:32
Label Columbia Records
Producer(s) Nick Lowe and Rockpile
Professional reviews

Seconds of Pleasure was the first (and only) album by the band that backed both Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe from 1976 to 1981. It supplied a minor hit in 1981, "Teacher Teacher." A four-song EP, "Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds Sing the Everly Brothers" was included in the first pressings of the LP.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Billy Bremner, Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe and Terry Williams unless otherwise indicated.

  1. "Teacher Teacher" (Kenny Pickett, Eddie Phillips) – 2:36
  2. "If Sugar Was As Sweet As You" (Joe Tex) – 2:35
  3. "Heart" – 2:38
  4. "Now and Always" – 1:58
  5. "A Knife and a Fork" (Kip Anderson, Iseah Hennie, Charles Derrick) – 3:18
  6. "Play That Fast Thing (One More Time)" (Lowe) – 4:13
  7. "Wrong Again (Let's Face It)" (Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook) – 2:23
  8. "Pet You and Hold You" – 3:13
  9. "Oh What a Thrill" (Chuck Berry) – 3:06
  10. "When I Write the Book" – 3:17
  11. "Fool Too Long" – 2:51
  12. "You Ain't Nothin' But Fine" (Sidney Semien, Floyd Soileau) – 2:54

[edit] Bonus Tracks (Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds Sing The Everly Brothers)

produced by Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds

  1. "Take a Message to Mary" (Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:28
  2. "Crying in the Rain" (Howard Greenfield, Carole King) – 2:04
  3. "Poor Jenny" (F. Bryant, B. Bryant) – 2:28
  4. "When Will I Be Loved" (Phil Everly) – 2:14

[edit] Bonus Tracks (2004 Reissue)

  1. "Back to Schooldays" [Live] (Graham Parker) – 3:31 produced by Jeff Griffin
  2. "They Called It Rock" [Live] – 3:20 produced by Jeff Griffin
  3. "Crawling from the Wreckage" [Live] (Parker) – 3:07 produced by Chris Thomas

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1980 Billboard Pop Albums 27

Single

Year Song Chart Position
1981 "Teacher Teacher" Billboard Pop Singles 51