Tracks on Wax 4 is the first official Rockpile collaboration and its hard-driving, unified sounds make it one of Dave Edmunds' very best records. Like Get It, Tracks on Wax 4 relies primarily on originals and contemporary pub rock songs, leaving behind the classic oldies; the older songs on the record are obscurities like Chuck Berry's "It's My Own Business" and Jan & Dean's "Thread Your Needle." Built on such fine songs as the rockabilly tinged "Trouble Boys," the Everly-esque "Never Been in Love," "Television," "Readers Wives," and "Deborah," Tracks on Wax 4 is a tight, snappy rock & roll record that is only derailed by a version of Nick Lowe's classic "Heart of the City," where Lowe's original vocal is stripped away and replaced by a new take by Edmunds. Only then does the record recall Edmunds' perfectionist nature.
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Track Listing
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| 1 | 3:02 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 2 | 2:28 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 3 | 3:21 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 4 | 3:19 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 5 | 2:26 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
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| 7 | 2:38 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 8 | 3:27 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 9 | 3:15 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 10 | 3:56 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 11 | 3:03 | SpotifyAmazon |
