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.

Plugged In
Studio album by
Released19 July 1994
RecordedSeptember 1993 – February 1994
GenreRock
Length42:18
LabelPyramid (US)/Rhino
ProducerDave Edmunds
Dave Edmunds chronology
Closer to the Flame
(1989)
Plugged In
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

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 edit

  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 edit

  • Dave Edmunds – all instruments, production, engineering

References edit

  1. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Dave Edmunds Plugged In review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Dave Edmunds Plugged In review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 23 June 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Dave Edmunds".
  4. ^ "A Do-It-Yourself Musician : Studio Wizard Dave Edmunds Prefers to Rock on His Own--at Home". Los Angeles Times. 19 October 1994.
  5. ^ Jenkins, Mark (2 September 1994). "EDMUNDS 'PLUGGED IN' BUT LIGHT NOT ON" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  6. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 331. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.