Repeat When Necessary
by Dave Edmunds
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Dave Edmunds bestography
Repeat When Necessary is ranked 2nd best out of 14 albums by Dave Edmunds on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Dave Edmunds is Get It which is ranked number 13206 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 89.
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Repeat When Necessary track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Repeat When Necessary rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | Trouser Press Best Albums 1979 | 3/10 | - |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Marswolf68 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 46/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 68 Music Albums of 1979 | 60/68 | 1 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 67 Music Albums of 1979 | 40/67 | 2 |
| 2025 | Rivera | Top 38 Music Albums of 1979 | 38/38 | 0 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1979 by Acclaimed Music | 59/65 | - |
| 2024 | amirmishali | Top 41 Music Albums of 1979 | 40/41 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 28 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 55 | |||
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Repeat When Necessary ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/20/2026 23:48 | Moondance | 20,819 | 72/100 |
| ! | 05/03/2025 08:45 | Johnnyo | 9,840 | 77/100 |
| ! | 04/27/2025 20:30 | dihansse | 6,388 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.8.
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dihansse 04/28/2025 20:31 in My discoveries per yearRepeat When Necessary comments
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This is pure rock'n roll the way Dave Edmunds communicate it: fast, simple ... and with a lot of 50's feeling. Dave is a purist musician with a lot of love to the early times of rock (Perkins, Presley and the Sun sound generally)!
I loved "I hear you knocking" and the album "Repeat when necessary" is just one out of several excellent records he has made in this genre. He's a genius in his field!
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