Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary

Infobox Album
Name = Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary
Type = studio
Artist = Tenpole Tudor


Released = 1981
Recorded =
Genre = Punk rock, pub rock
Length =
Label = Stiff
Producer = Bob Andrews, Dick Crippen, Alan Winstanley
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://wm07.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kcfyxql5ldae link]
Last album =
This album = "Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary"
Next album = "Let the Four Winds Blow"
(1981)

"Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary" was the debut album by UK punk rock band Tenpole Tudor. A moderately successful seller, peaking at #44 in the UK, the album launched three singles: "Three Bells in a Row", "Wunderbar" and "Swords of a Thousand Men". [British hit Singles. Guinness World Records. 16th Edition. (May 2003). ISBN 0-85112-190-X] "Wunderbar" reached #16 on the charts. "Swords of a Thousand Men" was the most successful of Tenpole Tudor's singles, achieving #6 and remaining on the charts for 12 weeks. The album was reissued on CD in 2007 on the See label.

Critical reception

Ira Robbins of Trouser Press lauded the band's single releases as "classy trash", noting that on the better tracks of the album, Tenpole Tudor's "good humor and rock energy are undeniably infectious". [Robbins, Ira. [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=tenpole_tudor Tenpole Tudor] Trouser Press Guide. Accessed September 20 2007.] All Music, expressing surprise at the album's number of "flat-out excellent songs", judges the album as "a thrillingly primitive rock & roll record". [allmusicguide |id=10:kcfyxql5ldae]

Track listing

Unless otherwise indicated, all songs by Eddie Tudorpole.

#"Swords of a Thousand Men"
#"Go Wilder" (Dick Crippen, Bob Kingston, Tudorpole)
#"I Wish"
#"Header Now" (Gary Long, Tudorpole)
#"There Are Boys"
#"Wunderbar"
#"Three Bells in a Row" (Crippen, Kingston, Long, Tudorpole)
#"Tell Me More"
#"Judy Annual" (Long, Tudorpole)
#"I Can't Sleep" (Kingston, Long, Tudorpole)
#"What Else Can I Do"
#"Confessions"

Personnel

*Dick Crippen – bass, vocals, producer
*Bob Kingston – guitar, vocals
*Gary Long – percussion, drums, vocals
*Eddie Tudorpole – guitar, saxophone, vocals
*Munch Universe – guitar, vocals
*Bob Andrews – producer
*Alan Winstanley – producer

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