Silk Torpedo

Studio album by The Pretty Things

Released

October 1974

Recorded

1973
Olympic Studios, London

Genre

Rock

Length

42:02 (original release)

The Pretty Things chronology

Freeway Madness
(1972)

Silk Torpedo
(1974)

Savage Eye
(1976)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

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.

The album was the first to be released in the UK on the Swan Song Records label.^[2]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dream"	Jon Povey	1:08
2.	"Joey"	Phil May	5:35
3.	"Maybe You Tried"	May, Pete Tolson	4:19
4.	"Atlanta"	May, Tolson	2:42
5.	"L.A.N.T.A."	May, Povey, Norman Smith	2:23
6.	"Is It Only Love"	May	5:04

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Come Home Momma"	May	3:32
2.	"Bridge of God"	May	5:01
3.	"Singapore Silk Torpedo"	May, Tolson	5:11
4.	"Belfast Cowboys"	May, Povey	5:10
5.	"Bruise in the Sky"	Povey	1:50

Bonus tracks from 2002 CD reissue by Repertoire Records
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Singapore Silk Torpedo" (live at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 1974)	May, Tolson	7:11
12.	"Dream / Joey" (live at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 1974)	May, Povey	7:16

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

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Davis, Stephen. Hammer of the Gods (2008 ed.). London: Pan Books. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-330-43859-9.

Pretty Things

Phil May Dick Taylor Frank Holland George Woosey Jack Greenwood Viv Prince Brian Pendleton John Stax Skip Alan Jon Povey Wally Waller Twink Vic Unitt Peter Tolson Stuart Brooks Jack Green Gordon Edwards

Studio albums	The Pretty Things Get the Picture? Emotions S.F. Sorrow Parachute Freeway Madness Silk Torpedo Savage Eye Cross Talk ... Rage Before Beauty Balboa Island The Pretty Things/Philippe DeBarge The Sweet Pretty Things (Are In Bed Now, Of Course...)

Extended plays	Rainin’ in My Heart

Singles	"Rosalyn" "Don't Bring Me Down"

Related articles	"Pretty Thing"

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