Subtle as a Flying Mallet

by Dave Edmunds

Subtle as a Flying Mallet cover art
  • 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

  1. Baby I Love You (3:32)
  2. Leave My Woman Alone (2:35)
  3. Maybe (2:50)
  4. Da Doo Ron Ron (2:19)
  5. Let It Be Me (2:42)
  6. No Money Down (3:49)
  7. Shot Of Rhythm And Blues (2:41)
  8. Billy The Kid (3:31)
  9. Born to Be With You (3:29)
  10. She's My Baby (3:39)
  11. I Ain't Never (3:18)
  12. Let It Rock (3:00)
  13. Some Other Guy (2:25)
  14. 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

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