- Information (Dave Edmunds album)
Infobox Album
Name = Information
Type = Studio album
Artist =Dave Edmunds
Released = 1983
Recorded = 1983
Genre = Rock
Length = 34:49
Label =Arista Records (UK) ;Columbia Records (US)
Producers = Dave Edmunds,Jeff Lynne
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wifqxqt5ldse link]
*Robert Christgau (B-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=edmunds link]
*Rolling Stone Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/daveedmunds/albums/album/125440/review/5943891/information link]
Last album = "D.E. 7th " (1982)
This album = "Information" (1983)
Next album = "Riff Raff (album) " (1984)"Information" is a 1983 album by Welsh rock
musician Dave Edmunds . The album was his second release forArista Records (in the UK) andColumbia Records (in the US)."Information" marked the first time in Edmunds' solo career that he collaborated with an outside producer.
Electric Light Orchestra frontmanJeff Lynne produced two songs on the album: the title track, and the Lynne-penned "Slipping Away". The latter would become Edmunds' first American top-40 hit in thirteen years (and his last top-40 hit to date), reaching #39 on theBillboard Hot 100 . The album itself reached #51 on theBillboard 200 and #92 in the UK.Other notable cover versions on the album include
NRBQ 's "I Want You Bad" and theJ. Geils Band 's "Wait".Track listing
# "Slipping Away" (
Jeff Lynne )
# "Don't You Double" (Moon Martin )
# "I Want You Bad" (Terry Adams/Phil Crandon)
# "Wait" (Seth Justman/Peter Wolf )
# "The Watch On My Wrist" (Paul Kennerley )
# "The Shape I'm In" (Lee Cathy/Otis Blackwell )
# "Information" (Dave Edmunds / [http://www.markradice.150m.com Mark Radice)
# "Feel So Right" (Kennerley)
# "What Have I Got To Do To Win?" (John David/Edmunds)
# "Don't Call Me Tonight" (Edmunds)
# "Have A Heart" (David)
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