Twangin…, Dave Edmunds, Swan Song, 1981

This record was a big disappointment. Edmunds is a great rock and roller. Wait until we get to Khachaturian’s Sabre Dance he did when he was with Love Sculpture. In 1981 he was on a long hot streak—I Knew the Bride, Get Out of Denver, Crawling from the Wreckage, Girls Talk, Promised Land. He was working with Nick Lowe and Rockpile. This record may have been something to satisfy a contract—the Wikipedia article says much of the material was odds and ends from other sessions. Edmunds does a lot of covers—maybe his more successful projects started with better songs.