Rockpile (album)

Rockpile
Studio album by
Dave Edmunds
ReleasedJanuary 1972
Recorded1970–1971
StudioRockfield Studios, Wales
GenreRock and roll, country rock
LabelRegal Zonophone (UK)
MAM Records (U.S.)[1]
Repertoire (Germany 2001 CD release)
ProducerDave Edmunds
Dave Edmunds chronology
Rockpile
(1972) 		Subtle as a Flying Mallet
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[3]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Rockpile is the first solo album by Dave Edmunds, released in 1972.[5] It is principally focused on remakes of late 1950s and early 1960s hits, with a few new songs included. Edmunds plays almost all the instruments except for bass and backing vocals, which are played by John Williams, Edmunds' former bandmate in Love Sculpture. The album included a 1970 British #1 and worldwide Top 10 single, "I Hear You Knocking". A 2001 reissue of the album includes both sides of Edmunds' three pre-album singles as bonus tracks.

Track listing

  1. "Down Down Down" (Trevor Burton) – 2:52
  2. "I Hear You Knocking" (Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King) – 2:48
  3. "Hell of a Pain" (John Williams, Dave Edmunds) – 2:55
  4. "It Ain't Easy" (Ron Davies) – 3:11
  5. "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 2:37
  6. "Dance Dance Dance" (Neil Young) – 2:58
  7. "(I'm a) Lover Not a Fighter" (Ron Collier) – 3:33
  8. "Egg or the Hen" (Willie Dixon) – 4:15
  9. "Sweet Little Rock & Roller" (Chuck Berry) – 2:39
  10. "Outlaw Blues" (Bob Dylan) – 5:09

Bonus tracks (2001 reissue)

  1. "I Hear You Knocking" (single mix) (Bartholomew, King) – 2:48
  2. "Black Bill" (Dave Edmunds) – 3:09
  3. "I'm Coming Home" (arr. Dave Edmunds) – 3:02
  4. "Country Roll" (Dave Edmunds) – 3:11
  5. "Blue Monday" (Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino) – 2:51
  6. "I'll Get Along" (John Williams) – 2:50

Charts

Chart (1972) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report) 22[6]

Personnel

Notes

  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (8 September 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Rockpile at AllMusic
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: E". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 24 February 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (5 July 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Dave Edmunds".
  6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 100. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.


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