Dave Edmunds: D.E. 7th

Dave Edmunds: D.E. 7th

1982

Format I Own it on: Vinyl

Track Listing: 1. From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)  2. Me And The Boys  3. Bail You Out  4. Generation Rumble  5. Other Guys Girls  6. Warmed Over Kisses (Left Over Love)  7. Deep In The Heart Of Texas   8. Louisiana Man  9. Paula Meet Jeanne   10. One More Night  11. Dear Dad



Now we're in the post-Rockpile era, where the albums are still great just a bit different...First off, all the Nick Lowe penned tracks are gone...Additionally, Dave's studio perfectionism comes more into play, giving the album a thinner, more tightly-wound, less scrappy character...

Dave also completely abandons songwriting on this album and relies on covers and donated material from outside songwriters, most notably, the Bossk himself, Bruce Springsteen with "From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come).

 Let it be said, that Dave never squanders an outside contribution, giving "From Small Things" a proper, heartfelt-stand runthrough resulting in it becoming his signature song to a lot of folks... For a Welsh dude he's pretty damn good at this hamburger stuff...

Another interesting development is a sudden bluegrass influence and its accompanying instrumentation (banjos, mandolins, general twanginess) on songs like "Warmed Over Kisses (Left Over Love)" and "Bail You Out." Turns out he's really good at that genre too, coming up with a sort of pop-bluegrass hybrid...I think he should have pursued this muse a bit more, since some of the more standard rockabilly stuff sounds notably diminished this time around...But when he goes outside is ususal go-to genre he hits a homerun every time...

His power pop chops are still strong as fuck though, check out the chunk of bubblegummy pop, "Other Guys Girls" and his cover of NRBQ's "Me and the Boys" (oh, yea...Dave Edmunds covering
NRBQ is a no-brainer...They're poppier material is so well-suited for him)...

 It's definitely not my go-to Dave Edmunds album (in fact, it's probably the one I listen to the least), but  there's still a lot of great stuff and you can never go wrong with straight-up, well-played fun...

 Here's "From Small Things" by Dave Edmunds...Enjoy...