Silk Torpedo

Silk Torpedo
Studio album by Pretty Things
Released	1 November 1974
Recorded	1973
Studio	Olympic Studios, London
Genre	Rock
Length	42:02 (original release)
Label	Swan Song
Producer	Norman Smith
Pretty Things chronology
Freeway Madness (1972) Silk Torpedo (1974) Savage Eye (1976)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Tom Hull	B−[2]

Silk Torpedo is the seventh album by the English rock band Pretty Things. This is their second album without Wally Waller, the group's rhythm guitarist/bassist since 1967. The album has more of a glam rock 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.^[3]

The album is the second rock opera by The Pretty Things, the first being S.F. Sorrow (1968), and follows the story of an unnamed protagonist throughout major points in his life. Since the band has not commented on it much, the story may be open to interpretation, as the story contains some plot ambiguity.

("Dream" and "Joey" are conjoined into a single song, as are "Belfast Cowboys" and "Bruise In The Sky".)

The Pretty Things

• Phil May – lead vocals, percussion
• Pete Tolson – lead and acoustic guitars, bass
• Jon Povey – keyboards, backing vocals, 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 – engineer
• Hipgnosis – cover art