Silver Pistol

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Silver Pistol
Silver Pistol cover
Studio album by Brinsley Schwarz
Released 1972
Recorded August 1971
Genre Rock
Pub Rock
Country Rock
Length 41:12
Producer(s) Dave Robinson
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 4.5/5 stars

Brinsley Schwarz chronology
Despite It All
(1970)
Silver Pistol (1972) Nervous on the Road
(1973)


Silver Pistol is a pub rock album by Brinsley Schwarz, released in 1972 (see 1972 in music). With songwriters Ian Gomm and Nick Lowe, Silver Pistol became an underground hit[citation needed] and launched the British pub rock trend of the mid-1970s.[citation needed] The album has a low-key rock sound, mixed with folk, country, psychedelia and pop influences.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Dry Land" (Gomm) – 2:42
  2. "Merry Go Round" (Lowe) – 4:11
  3. "One More Day" (Gomm) – 2:54
  4. "Nightingale" (Lowe) – 3:07
  5. "Silver Pistol" (Lowe) – 3:38
  6. "The Last Time I Was Fooled" (Lowe) – 4:05
  7. "Unknown Number" (Lowe) – 2:58
  8. "Range War" (Gomm) – 2:34
  9. "Egypt" (Lowe) – 5:23
  10. "Niki Hoeke Speedway" (Ford) – 3:30
  11. "Ju Ju Man" (Ford/Ford) – 3:37
  12. "Rockin' Chair" (Gomm) – 2:27

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