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Silk Torpedo

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Released
  
October 1974

Artist
  
The Pretty Things

Producer
  
Norman Smith

Genre
  
Rock music

Silk Torpedo (1974)
  
Savage Eye (1976)

Release date
  
October 1974

Label
  
Swan Song Records

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Recorded
  
1973 Olympic Studios, London

Length
  
42:02 (original release)

Similar
  
The Pretty Things albums, Rock music albums

Silk Torpedo is the seventh album by English rock band The Pretty Things. This is their second album without Wally Waller, the group's rhythm guitarist/bassist since 1967. The album has more of a glam rock feel, a contrast from their early R&B years and their psychedelic years.

Contents

The album was the first to be released in the UK on the Swan Song Records label.

Personnel

  • Phil May – lead vocals, percussion
  • Pete Tolson – lead and acoustic guitars, bass
  • Jon Povey – keyboards, backing vocals, percussion
  • Gordon John Edwards – bass, backing vocals, keyboards
  • Skip Alan – drums, backing vocals, percussion
  • Jack Green – backing vocals
  • Norman Smith – production
  • Keith Harwood – engineer
  • Hipgnosis – cover art
  • Songs

    1Dream1:08
    2Joey5:35
    3Maybe You Tried4:21

    References

    Silk Torpedo Wikipedia