Seconds of Pleasure is an album by Rockpile a band consisting of guitarists/vocalists Dave Edmunds and Billy Bremner, bassist/vocalist Nick Lowe, and drummer Terry Williams. Released in October 1980, the band had played together on various solo albums by Edmunds and Lowe in previous years, but Seconds of Pleasure would be the first (and only) album released under the Rockpile name.
The album’s opening track, “Teacher, Teacher”, became a minor hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was written by Kenny Pickett and Eddie Phillips, both of whom were former members of the 1960s British rock band The Creation. The song appears in the opening credits of the 2011 film, Bad Teacher.
A four-song EP, Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds Sing the Everly Brothers, was included in the first pressings of the LP; the songs were later included on the album’s various CD versions.
The front cover is a painting by the designer Barney Bubbles, who used pseudonyms and rarely signed his work. This is signed “Dag”.
“Teacher, Teacher” – 2:36
“If Sugar Was As Sweet As You” – 2:35
“Heart” – 2:38
“Now and Always” – 1:58
“A Knife and a Fork” – 3:18
“Play That Fast Thing (One More Time)” – 4:13
“Wrong Again (Let’s Face It)” – 2:23
“Pet You and Hold You” – 3:13
“Oh What a Thrill” – 3:06
“When I Write the Book” – 3:17
“Fool Too Long” – 2:51
“You Ain’t Nothin’ But Fine” – 2:54
“Take a Message to Mary” – 2:28
“Crying in the Rain” – 2:04
“Poor Jenny” – 2:28
“When Will I Be Loved” – 2:14
“Back to Schooldays” – 3:31
“They Called It Rock” – 3:20
“Crawling from the Wreckage” – 3:07
Billy Bremner – guitar, vocals
Dave Edmunds – guitar, vocals, piano, organ
Nick Lowe – bass, vocals
Terry Williams – drums
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