Silk Torpedo

Silk Torpedo
Studio album by The Pretty Things
Released	October 1974
Recorded	1973 Olympic Studios, London
Genre	Rock
Length	42:02 (original release)
Label	Swan Song
Producer	Norman Smith
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

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