Tracks on Wax 4


Tracks on Wax 4 is the fourth album by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds. The record was the first Edmunds solo effort to feature all four members of the band Rockpile: Edmunds, Billy Bremner, Nick Lowe, and Terry Williams.
The album's eighth song, "Thread Your Needle", was originally recorded by the Ohio-based R&B duo Dean & Jean. The album's final song, "Heart of the City", was originally recorded by Nick Lowe as a Stiff Records single in 1976. A live version performed by Rockpile was released on Lowe's album Jesus of Cool and Edmunds used the same backing track, but overdubbed his own lead vocals in place of Lowe's.

Critical reception

The Globe and Mail wrote that "Edmunds brings a wide range of historical fifties sounds to life with amazing precision."

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Trouble Boys" – 3:02
  2. "Never Been in Love" – 2:28
  3. "Not a Woman, Not a Child" – 3:21
  4. "Television" – 3:19
  5. "What Looks Best on You" – 2:26
  6. "Readers Wives" – 3:11
Side two
  1. "Deborah" – 2:38
  2. "Thread Your Needle" – 3:27
  3. "A1 On the Jukebox" – 3:15
  4. "It's My Own Business" – 3:56
  5. "Heart of the City" – 3:03

Personnel