Plugged In

Plugged In is a 1994 studio album by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds. It occupies a distinctive place in Edmunds's discography because he returned to the largely self-contained, one-man-band method associated with his early solo recordings. Edmunds performed the instruments and vocals himself through overdubbing, and he also handled the album's production and engineering. The approach made the record a strongly personal studio project rather than a conventional ensemble album built around a fixed backing band. The album contains eleven tracks and combines original material, covers, and a new interpretation of a song closely associated with Edmunds's earlier career. Its repertoire includes “Chutes & Ladders,” “One Step Back,” “I Love Music,” “Halfway Down,” “Beach Boy Blood (In My Veins),” “The Claw,” “I Got the Will,” “Better Word for Love,” “Standing at the Crossroads,” and “It Doesn't Really Matter.” The closing track, “Sabre Dance '94,” revisits Aram Khachaturian's composition “Sabre Dance.” Edmunds had previously recorded the piece with Love Sculpture, whose version reached number five on the UK singles chart in 1968; the 1994 recording therefore links Plugged In to a notable earlier stage of his career. Plugged In is described as Edmunds's last completely new studio album to feature his vocals. That distinction gives the album retrospective importance within his recorded output, even though the available reference material does not establish detailed information about its label, commercial performance, release territory, promotion, or critical reception. The album should not be confused with the Christian entertainment review website also known as Plugged In. The authoritative subject for this dossier is the Dave Edmunds album.

Plugged In was released in 1994 as a studio album by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds. The record represents a return to a recording method that had characterized parts of Edmunds's early solo work: rather than relying on a conventional band lineup, Edmunds performed all of the instruments and vocals himself and assembled the performances through overdubbing. He also served as the album's producer and engineer, giving the project an unusually concentrated authorship. The album's musical program brings together newly written material, songs written by other composers, and a retrospective reinterpretation. The listed tracks include “Chutes & Ladders,” “One Step Back,” “I Love Music,” “Halfway Down,” “Beach Boy Blood (In My Veins),” “The Claw,” “I Got the Will,” “Better Word for Love,” “Standing at the Crossroads,” and “It Doesn't Really Matter.” The final track is “Sabre Dance '94,” an updated Edmunds treatment of Aram Khachaturian's “Sabre Dance.” The composition had already been important in Edmunds's history: Love Sculpture, the group associated with his earlier career, had taken its version to number five in the United Kingdom in 1968. This connection between the 1994 album and the 1968 Love Sculpture recording gives Plugged In a clear retrospective dimension. It does not simply present a new set of songs; it also re-engages with a signature piece from Edmunds's past while applying the solo overdubbing process to a later-career recording. The album is identified as the last completely new studio album released by Edmunds to feature vocals, making it a significant endpoint in the vocal studio-album portion of his discography. The available reference material does not provide a confirmed record label, exact release date, catalogue number, sales figures, chart positions for the album itself, touring information, campaign history, or contemporary review details. Consequently, those aspects are not inferred here. Plugged In is an album rather than a continuing commercial brand, and the supplied website associated with the name belongs to a different entity and is therefore excluded.

• 1994

  Release of Plugged In

  [1]Plugged Inen.wikipedia.org

  Dave Edmunds released Plugged In as a studio album built around his return to a one-man-band recording method, with all instruments and vocals performed by him through overdubbing.

• 1994

  Release of “Sabre Dance '94”

  [1]Plugged Inen.wikipedia.org

  The album included a new Edmunds interpretation of Aram Khachaturian's “Sabre Dance,” linking the project to the earlier Love Sculpture recording of the composition.

• 1994

  Final completely new vocal studio album

  [1]Plugged Inen.wikipedia.org

  Plugged In was identified as Edmunds's last completely new studio album to feature his vocals.

A self-produced, overdub-based Dave Edmunds rock album that revisits his early one-man-band recording approach and closes with a new version of the Love Sculpture-associated “Sabre Dance.”

• Studio album · 1994

  Plugged In

  A 1994 Dave Edmunds studio album. Edmunds performed all instruments and vocals through overdubbing and also handled production and engineering. The eleven-track program mixes original songs, covers, and the retrospective “Sabre Dance '94,” a new version of the composition previously recorded by Edmunds's band Love Sculpture.

• Album track and reinterpretation · 1994

  Sabre Dance '94

  The closing track on Plugged In, based on Aram Khachaturian's “Sabre Dance.” It revisits material associated with Love Sculpture's 1968 recording, which reached number five on the UK singles chart.

• 1994

  Return to the one-man-band recording methodStrategy

  Background

  Edmunds's earlier solo recordings had used a self-contained, one-man-band approach, and Plugged In returned to that model.

  Action taken

  Edmunds performed all instruments and vocals through overdubbing and took responsibility for production and engineering.

  Aftermath

  The method established the album as a highly self-directed studio project and contributed to its significance as Edmunds's last completely new vocal studio album.

  Source

1. 1Plugged Inen.wikipedia.org