Plugged In (album)

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Plugged In
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Studio album by
Released19 July 1994
RecordedSeptember 1993 - February 1994
Genre Rock
Length42:18
Label Pyramid (US)/Rhino
Producer Dave Edmunds
Dave Edmunds chronology
Closer to the Flame
(1989)
Plugged In
(1994)
Professional ratings
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Plugged In is a 1994 album by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds. [3] [4] The album is the last completely new studio album released by Edmunds to feature vocals.

Contents

On Plugged In, Edmunds returned to the "one man band" approach of his early solo records; [1] all of the instruments and vocals on the album are performed by him via overdubbing. [2] [5]

The album includes a remake of Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance", which was a #5 UK hit in 1968 for Edmunds' band, Love Sculpture. [6]

Track listing

  1. "Chutes & Ladders" (John David) - 4:05
  2. "One Step Back" (Billy Gibbons, Jerry Williams) - 4:20
  3. "I Love Music" (Edmunds) - 5:10
  4. "Halfway Down" (Jim Lauderdale) - 3:26
  5. "Beach Boy Blood (In My Veins)" (Michael Scott Lanning) - 3:17
  6. "The Claw" (Jerry Reed) - 2:36
  7. "I Got the Will" (Otis Redding) - 4:35
  8. "Better Word for Love" (Al Anderson) - 3:11
  9. "Standing at the Crossroads" (Mickey Jupp) - 3:24
  10. "It Doesn't Really Matter" (John David, Edmunds) - 3:18
  11. "Sabre Dance '94" (Aram Khachaturian) - 4:56

Personnel

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  6. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 331. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.