Subtle as a Flying Mallet
by Dave Edmunds
- Type: Album
- Released: 1978
- Label: RCA
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 42:49
- Community rating: 3.68/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Heavily steeped in the aesthetics of early rock and roll and the Brill Building era, this release serves as a loving homage to classic pop production. 'Subtle as a Flying Mallet' features the Welsh musician playing nearly all the instruments himself on several tracks, famously applying a dense, Wall of Sound treatment to standard pub rock structures.
Genres
Descriptors: covers, retro, melodic, guitar-driven, high-energy
Tracklist
- Baby I Love You (3:32)
- Leave My Woman Alone (2:35)
- Maybe (2:50)
- Da Doo Ron Ron (2:19)
- Let It Be Me (2:42)
- No Money Down (3:49)
- Shot Of Rhythm And Blues (2:41)
- Billy The Kid (3:31)
- Born to Be With You (3:29)
- She's My Baby (3:39)
- I Ain't Never (3:18)
- Let It Rock (3:00)
- Some Other Guy (2:25)
- Pick Axe Rag (2:53)
Credits
- Bruce Atkins - artwork [bromoil by]
- Richard Evans - artwork [lettering by]
- Nick Lowe - bass
- Pick Withers - drums
- Pete Norman - lacquer cut by
- Brinsley Schwarz - performer
- Bob Andrews - piano