Seconds of Pleasure

Infobox Album
Name = Seconds of Pleasure
Type = Studio album
Artist = Rockpile


Released = October 1980
Recorded = 1980
Genre = Rock
Length = 43:32
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = Nick Lowe and Rockpile
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fveq97ldkrkt link]
*Robert Christgau (A-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=rockpile link]
*Music Box Rating|5|5 [http://www.musicbox-online.com/de-small.html link]
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"Seconds of Pleasure" was a 1980 album by Rockpile, a band consisting of guitarists/vocalists Dave Edmunds and Billy Bremner, bassist/vocalist Nick Lowe, and drummer Terry Williams. The band had played together on various solo albums by Edmunds and Lowe in previous years, but "Seconds of Pleasure" would be the first (and only) album released under the Rockpile name.

The album's opening track, "Teacher Teacher", became a minor hit on the Billboard charts. The song was written by Kenny Pickett and Eddie Phillips, former members of the 1960s British rock band The Creation. Some sources (including the album's page on Allmusic) incorrectly state the song's origins, saying it was originally done by 60s soul singer Gene Chandler. Chandler did record a song called "Teacher Teacher", but it's a completely different song than the one done by Rockpile; it just happens to have the same title.

A four-song EP, "Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds Sing the Everly Brothers" was included in the first pressings of the LP; the songs were later included on the album's various CD versions.

The front cover is a painting by the designer Barney Bubbles, who rarely signed his work or used pseudonyms. This is signed "Dag".

LP track listing

All songs written by Nick Lowe and Rockpile, unless otherwise indicated.

ide one

# "Teacher Teacher" (Kenny Pickett, Eddie Phillips) – 2:36
# "If Sugar Was As Sweet As You" (Joe Tex) – 2:35
# "Heart" – 2:38
# "Now and Always" – 1:58
# "A Knife and a Fork" (Kip Anderson, Iseah Hennie, Charles Derrick) – 3:18
# "Play That Fast Thing (One More Time)" (Lowe) – 4:13

ide two

# "Wrong Again (Let's Face It)" (Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook) – 2:23
# "Pet You and Hold You" – 3:13
# "Oh What a Thrill" (Chuck Berry) – 3:06
# "When I Write the Book" – 3:17
# "Fool Too Long" – 2:51
# "You Ain't Nothin' But Fine" (Sidney Semien, Floyd Soileau) – 2:54

Bonus EP tracks ("Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds Sing The Everly Brothers")

"produced by Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds"
# "Take a Message to Mary" (Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:28
# "Crying in the Rain" (Howard Greenfield, Carole King) – 2:04
# "Poor Jenny" (F. Bryant, B. Bryant) – 2:28
# "When Will I Be Loved" (Phil Everly) – 2:14

CD reissue bonus tracks (2004)

# "Back to Schooldays" [Live] (Graham Parker) – 3:31 "produced by Jeff Griffin"
# "They Called It Rock" [Live] – 3:20 "produced by Jeff Griffin"
# "Crawling from the Wreckage" [Live] (Parker) – 3:07 "produced by Chris Thomas"

Personnel

*Billy Bremner – guitar, vocals
*Dave Edmunds – guitar, vocals, piano, organ
*Nick Lowe – bass, vocals
*Terry Williams – drums

(note: Edmunds and Lowe take turns on lead vocals for most of the album; Bremner sings lead on "Heart" and "You Ain't Nothin' But Fine".)

Charts

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