Silk Torpedo

Silk Torpedo is the seventh album by the English rock band 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.

Silk Torpedo
Studio album by
Released1 November 1974
Recorded1973
Olympic Studios, London
GenreRock
Length42:02 (original release)
LabelSwan Song
ProducerNorman Smith
Pretty Things chronology
Freeway Madness
(1972)
Silk Torpedo
(1974)
Savage Eye
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Tom HullB–[2]

The album was the first to be released in the UK on the Swan Song Records label.[3]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dream"Jon Povey1:08
2."Joey"Phil May5:35
3."Maybe You Tried"May, Pete Tolson4:19
4."Atlanta"May, Tolson2:42
5."L.A.N.T.A."May, Povey, Norman Smith2:23
6."Is It Only Love"May5:04
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Come Home Momma"May3:32
2."Bridge of God"May5:01
3."Singapore Silk Torpedo"May, Tolson5:11
4."Belfast Cowboys"May, Povey5:10
5."Bruise in the Sky"Povey1:50
Bonus tracks from 2002 CD reissue by Repertoire Records
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Singapore Silk Torpedo" (live at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 1974)May, Tolson7:11
12."Dream / Joey" (live at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 1974)May, Povey7:16

Personnel

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Hull, Tom (April 1975). "The Rekord Report: Third Card". Overdose. Retrieved June 26, 2020 via tomhull.com.
  3. Davis, Stephen. Hammer of the Gods (2008 ed.). London: Pan Books. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-330-43859-9.
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