''Silk Torpedo'' is the seventh

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by the English rock band

Pretty Things The Pretty Things were an English band formed in September 1963 in Sidcup, Kent. They took their name from Willie Dixon's 1955 song "Pretty Thing". A pure rhythm and blues band in their early years, with several singles charting in the Unit ...

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

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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.

Track listing

Personnel

;The Pretty Things * Phil May – lead vocals,

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*Pete Tolson –

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and acoustic guitars, bass *Jon Povey –

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, harmonica, percussion *Gordon John Edwards – bass, backing vocals, keyboards, guitar *Skip Alan – drums, backing vocals, percussion with: * Jack Green – backing vocals *Silver Band - brass on "Is It Only Love" ;Technical * Norman Smith – production *

Keith Harwood Keith Harwood (1950 – September 3, 1977) was a recording engineer, most notable for his work at Olympic Studios with such musicians as David Bowie (on ''Diamond Dogs'' in 1974), the Pretty Things and Ron Wood. Harwood collaborated on engineer ...

– engineer *

Hipgnosis Hipgnosis were an English art design group based in London, that specialised in creating album cover artwork for rock musicians and bands. Their commissions included work for Pink Floyd, T. Rex, the Pretty Things, Black Sabbath, UFO, 10c ...

– cover art

References

{{Authority control 1974 albums Pretty Things albums Swan Song Records albums Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis Albums produced by Norman Smith (record producer) Albums recorded at Olympic Sound Studios