Plugged In is a 1994 album by Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 rock musician

Musician

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 Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds

David 'Dave' Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with Pub rock and New Wave, and had numerous hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll.-Early bands:As a teenager Edmunds first...

. The album, as of 2008, is the last completely new studio album released by Edmunds.

On Plugged In, Edmunds returned to the "one man band" approach of his early solo records; all of the instruments and vocals on the album are performed by him via overdubbing.

The album includes a remake of Khachaturian

Aram Khachaturian

Aram Ilyich Khachaturian was a prominent Soviet composer. Khachaturian's works were often influenced by classical Russian music and Armenian folk music...

's "Sabre Dance

Sabre Dance

"The Sabre Dance" is a movement in the final act of the ballet Gayane , written by Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian's and completed in 1942. It evokes a whirling war dance in an Armenian dance, where the dancers display their skill with sabres. Its middle section incorporates an Armenian folk...

", which was a #5 UK hit in 1968 for Edmunds' band, Love Sculpture

Love Sculpture

Love Sculpture were a Welsh blues-rock band of the late 1960s, led by Dave Edmunds , plus bassist John Williams - stage name John David and drummer Rob 'Congo' Jones .-Career:Love...

.

Track listing

1. "Chutes & Ladders" (John David) - 4:05
2. "One Step Back" (Billy Gibbons
   Billy Gibbons
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   , Jerry Williams) - 4:20
3. "I Love Music" (Edmunds) - 5:10
4. "Halfway Down" (Jim Lauderdale
   Jim Lauderdale
   Jim Lauderdale is a musician & singer-songwriter who performs bluegrass and country music. He has recorded since 1986 and has released nineteen studio albums. Artists who have recorded his material include George Strait and Patty Loveless.-Biography:...
   
   ) - 3:26
5. "Beach Boy Blood (In My Veins)" (Michael Scott Lanning) - 3:17
6. "The Claw" (Jerry Reed
   Jerry Reed
   Jerry Reed Hubbard , known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, innovative guitarist, songwriter, and actor who appeared in more than a dozen films...
   
   ) - 2:36
7. "I Got the Will" (Otis Redding
   Otis Redding
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   ) - 4:35
8. "Better Word for Love" (Al Anderson
   Al Anderson (NRBQ)
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   ) - 3:11
9. "Standing at the Crossroads" (Mickey Jupp
   Mickey Jupp
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   ) - 3:24
10. "It Doesn't Really Matter" (John David, Edmunds) - 3:18
11. "Sabre Dance '94" (Aram Khachaturian
    Aram Khachaturian
    Aram Ilyich Khachaturian was a prominent Soviet composer. Khachaturian's works were often influenced by classical Russian music and Armenian folk music...
    
    ) - 4:56