Repeat When Necessary

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Repeat When Necessary
Studio album by Dave Edmunds
Released	1979
Recorded	1979
Genre	Rock
Length	34:10
Label	Swan Song Records
Producer	Dave Edmunds
Professional reviews
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Dave Edmunds chronology
Tracks on Wax 4 (1978) Repeat When Necessary (1979) Twangin... (1981)

Repeat When Necessary is an album by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds. Produced by Edmunds, it was released in 1979 by Swan Song Records. It was recorded 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.

"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). "Home In My Hand" had been recorded seven years before by Nick Lowe's old band, Brinsley Schwarz.

Contents 1 LP track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 Personnel 2.1 Additional personnel 3 Charts

[edit] LP track listing

[edit] 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" (Mort Garson, Tom Glazer) – 2:33

[edit] Side two

1. "Queen of Hearts" (DeVito) – 3:17
2. "Home in My Hand" (Ronnie Self) – 3:20
3. "Goodbye Mister 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" (Huey Lewis) – 3:11

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

[edit] Personnel

• Dave Edmunds – bass, rhythm and solo guitars, piano and vocals
• Billy Bremner – guitar and vocals
• Nick Lowe – bass and vocals
• Terry Williams – drums

[edit] Additional personnel

• Huey Lewis – harmonica on "Bad Is Bad"
• Albert Lee– guitar on "Sweet Little Lisa"
• Roger Bechirian – piano on "Girls Talk"

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1979	Billboard Pop Albums	54

Year	Chart	Position
1979	UK Album Charts	39