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 (who also wrote two of the album's songs under the pen name Billy Murray), Nick Lowe, and Terry Williams.

Tracks on Wax 4
Studio album by Dave Edmunds
Released	8 September 1978
Recorded	March 1978
Studio	Eden Studios, London
Genre	Rock and roll rockabilly[1] country rock
Length	33:43
Label	Swan Song
Producer	Dave Edmunds
Dave Edmunds chronology
Get It (1977) Tracks on Wax 4 (1978) Repeat When Necessary (1979)

The album's eighth song, "Thread Your Needle", was originally recorded by the Ohio-based R&B duo Dean & Jean (Welton Young and Brenda Lee Jones). 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 (also 1978) and Edmunds used the same backing track, but overdubbed his own lead vocals in place of Lowe's.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]
The Village Voice	A−[4]

The Globe and Mail wrote that "Edmunds brings a wide range of historical fifties sounds to life with amazing precision."^[5]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Trouble Boys" (Billy Murray) – 3:02
2. "Never Been in Love" (Nick Lowe, Rockpile) – 2:28
3. "Not a Woman, Not a Child" (Billy Murray, Ray Peters) – 3:21
4. "Television" (Lowe) – 3:19
5. "What Looks Best on You" (Lowe, Edmunds) – 2:26
6. "Readers Wives" (Noel Brown) – 3:11

Side two

1. "Deborah" (Lowe, Edmunds) – 2:38
2. "Thread Your Needle" (Brenda Lee Jones, Welton Young) – 3:27
3. "A1 On the Jukebox" (Edmunds, Will Birch) – 3:15
4. "It's My Own Business" (Chuck Berry) – 3:56
5. "Heart of the City" (Lowe) – 3:03

Personnel

• Dave Edmunds – guitar, piano, vocals
• Billy Bremner – guitar
• Terry Williams – drums
• Nick Lowe – bass
• Gerry Hogan – pedal steel guitar
• Pete Kelly – piano

Charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[6]	93
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7]	17
US Bubbling Under the Top LPs (Billboard)[8]	2