- Closer to the Flame (Dave Edmunds album)
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Closer to the Flame Studio album by Dave Edmunds Released April 1990 Genre Rock Length 38:47 Label Capitol Records Producer Dave Edmunds Professional reviews Dave Edmunds chronology Riff Raff
(1984)Closer to the Flame
(1990)Plugged In
(1994)Closer to the Flame is a 1990 album by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds. The album was Edmunds' first studio album in six years, and his only release for Capitol Records.
The album reached #146 in the United States, and the single "King of Love" hit #68 in the UK; these are the last chart appearances for Edmunds in either country to date.
"King of Love" features guest appearances by two of the Stray Cats: Brian Setzer contributes background vocals, and Lee Rocker plays upright bass.
The album's final track, "Stay With Me Tonight", had previously appeared on the soundtrack to the 1987 Michael J. Fox movie Light of Day
Track listing
- "Closer to the Flame" (Fontaine Brown, Scott Mathews, Ron Nagle)
- "Fallin' Through a Hole" (Michael Lanning)
- "Don't Talk to Me" (Mickey Jupp)
- "Every Time I See Her" (Rick Bell, Lanning)
- "Stockholm" (Chris East, Jupp)
- "King of Love" (Mark Johnson)
- "I Got Your Number" (Al Anderson, John Hiatt, Fred Koller)
- "Never Take the Place of You" (Anderson)
- "Sincerely" (Brown)
- "Test of Love" (Billy Burnette, Dan Navarro)
- "Stay With Me Tonight" (Dave Edmunds, John David)
Personnel
- Dave Charles – Percussion, Drums, Engineer
- Phil Chen – Bass
- Crispin Cioe – Horn
- Dave Edmunds – Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Background Vocals
- Robert Funk – Horn
- Jack Hale – Horn
- Arno Hecht – Horn
- Jim Horn – Horn
- Wayne Jackson – Horn
- Leslie Ann Jones – Engineer
- Jim Keltner – Drums
- Chuck Leavell – Keyboards
- Hollywood Paul Litteral – Horn
- Andrew Love – Horn
- Lee Rocker – Bass
- Brian Setzer – Background Vocals
Studio albums Rockpile · Subtle as a Flying Mallet · Get It · Tracks on Wax 4 · Repeat When Necessary · Twangin... · D.E. 7th · Information · Riff Raff · Closer to the Flame · Plugged InEPs Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds Sing The Everly BrothersLive albums I Hear You Rockin' · A Pile of Rock: Live · Alive & Pickin'Singles "I Hear You Knocking" · "I'm Comin' Home" · "Blue Monday" · "The Promised Land" · "Baby I Love You" · "Born to Be With You" · "Here Comes the Weekend" · "Where or When" · "JuJu Man" · "I Knew the Bride" · "Deborah" · "Trouble Boys" · "Television" · "A1 on the Jukebox" · "Girls Talk" · "Queen of Hearts" · "Crawling from the Wreckage" · "Singing the Blues" · "Almost Saturday Night" · "The Race Is On" with The Stray Cats · "Slipping Away" · "Information" · "High School Nights" · "Do You Want to Dance?" · "Closer to the Flame" · "King of Love"Compilations The Dave Edmunds & Love Sculpture Singles A's & B's · The Best of Dave Edmunds · The Dave Edmunds Anthology (1968-1990) · From Small Things: The Best of Dave Edmunds · The Many Sides of Dave Edmunds: The Greatest Hits and MoreRelated articles Categories:- 1990s rock album stubs
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