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Twangin... is a 1981 album by Dave Edmunds, and his final recording for Swan Song Records before moving to Columbia Records.[4] The album would also be the last Edmunds solo effort to feature Rockpile.[5]

Twangin...
Studio album by Dave Edmunds
Released	20 April 1981 (1981-04-20)
Studio	Eden Studios, London Rockfield Studios, Wales
Genre	Rock
Length	30:27
Label	Swan Song
Producer	Dave Edmunds
Dave Edmunds chronology
Repeat When Necessary (1979) Twangin... (1981) D.E. 7th (1982)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

Twangin... consists mostly of outtakes from previous recording sessions, including one track dating to 1968, a version of "Baby Let's Play House", a rockabilly number made famous by Elvis Presley. The album also features a collaboration with the Stray Cats, whose debut album Edmunds produced.

The album is almost entirely made up of cover songs, including the Wilson Pickett B-side "Three Time Loser" and the George Jones classic "The Race Is On".

Track listing

Side one

1. "Something Happens" (John Hiatt) - 3:13
2. "It's Been So Long" (Ian Gomm) - 2:14
3. "Singin' the Blues" (Melvin Endsley) - 2:58
4. "(I'm Gonna Start) Living Again If It Kills Me" (Nick Lowe, Carlene Carter, Edmunds) - 3:20
5. "Almost Saturday Night" (John Fogerty) - 2:10

Side two

1. "Cheap Talk, Patter and Jive" (Hank DeVito, Donivan Cowart) - 3:05
2. "Three Time Loser" (Don Covay, Ron Miller) - 2:43
3. "You'll Never Get Me Up (In One of Those)" (Mickey Jupp) - 3:46
4. "I'm Only Human" (Lowe, Rockpile) - 2:07
5. "The Race Is On" (George Jones, Don Rollins) - 2:04
6. "Baby Let's Play House" (Arthur Gunter) - 2:18

Personnel

• Dave Edmunds - guitar, vocals
• Nick Lowe (credited as "Nicky Lowe") - bass, except on "The Race Is On" and "Baby Let's Play House"
• Terry Williams - drums, except on "The Race Is On" and "Baby Let's Play House"
• Billy Bremner - guitar, except on "The Race Is On" and "Baby Let's Play House"
• Chesterfield Kings - harp on "Cheap Talk, Patter and Jive"
• Brian Setzer - guitar on "The Race Is On"
• Lee Rocker - string bass on "The Race Is On"
• Slim Jim Phantom - drums on "The Race Is On"
• John Williams (later known as John David) - string bass on "Baby Let's Play House"
• Mickey Gee - electric guitar on "Baby Let's Play House"
• Aldo Bocca - Engineer

References

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