Silk Torpedo is the seventh album by English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 rock band The Pretty Things

The Pretty Things

The Pretty Things are an English rock and roll band from London, who originally formed in 1963. They took their name from Bo Diddley's 1955 song "Pretty Thing" and, in their early days, were dubbed by the British press the "uglier cousins of the Rolling Stones". Their most commercially successful...

. This is their second album without Wally Waller, the group's rhythm guitarist/bassist since 1967. The album has more of a glam rock

Glam rock

Glam rock is a style of rock and pop music that developed in the UK in the early 1970s, which was performed by singers and musicians who wore outrageous clothes, makeup and hairstyles, particularly platform-soled boots and glitter...

feel, a contrast from their early R&B years and their psychedelic years.

Tracklisting

1. "Dream/Joey" 6:47
2. "Maybe You Tried" 4:20
3. "Atlanta" 2:41
4. "L.A.N.T.A." 2:24
5. "Is It Only Love" 5:05
6. "Come Home Momma" 3:41
7. "Bridge of God" 4:57
8. "Singapore Silk Torpedo" 5:12
9. "Belfast Cowboys" 6:55

The album, upon being reissued, had two bonus tracks, which are live renditions of two of the album's tracks.

1. "Singapore Silk Torpedo (Live)" 7:06
2. "Dream/Joey (Live)" 7:21

Personnel

• Phil May - Lead vocals, bass guitar, guitar, percussion
• Pete Tolson - Guitar, bass guitar, acoustic bass
• Gordon Edwards - Bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
• John Povey - Keyboards, percussion, vocals
• Skip Alan - Drums, percussion, vocals