| Product Summary | | Label: Bmg/arista | | UPC: 00078221893923 | | Release Date: 10/1/1996 | | Buy.com Sku: 60133729 | | Item#: MJMDR7 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Discovering Japan ~ Graham Parker/The Rumour |  | | 2. Local Girls ~ Graham Parker/The Rumour | | | 3. Nobody Hurts You ~ Graham Parker/The Rumour | | | 4. You Can't Be Too Strong ~ Graham Parker/The Rumour | | | 5. Passion Is No Ordinary Word ~ Graham Parker/The Rumour | | | 6. Saturday Nite Is Dead ~ Graham Parker/The Rumour | | | 7. Love Gets You Twisted ~ Graham Parker/The Rumour | | | 8. Protection ~ Graham Parker/The Rumour | | | 9. Waiting For The UFO's ~ Graham Parker/The Rumour | | | 10. Don't Get Excited ~ Graham Parker/The Rumour | | | 11. Discovering Japan - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Graham Parker/The Rumour | | | 12. Local Girls - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Graham Parker/The Rumour | | | 13. Nobody Hurts You - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Graham Parker/The Rumour | | | 14. You Can't Be Too Strong - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Graham Parker/The Rumour | | | 15. Passion Is No Ordinary Word - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Graham Parker/The Rumour | | | 16. Saturday Nite Is Dead - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Graham Parker/The Rumour | | | 17. Love Gets You Twisted - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Graham Parker/The Rumour | | | 18. Protection - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Graham Parker/The Rumour | | | 19. Waiting For The UFO's - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Graham Parker/The Rumour | | | 20. Don't Get Excited - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Graham Parker/The Rumour | | | 21. I Want You Back (Alive) - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Graham Parker/The Rumour | | | 22. Mercury Poisoning - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Graham Parker/The Rumour | | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | This is a remastered version of SQUEEZING OUT SPARKS, combined with LIVE SPARKS, a live version of the entire album (plus two songs) originally only released as a promotional LP. | | SQUEEZING OUT SPARKS personnel: Graham Parker (vocals, guitar); Brinsley Schwarz, Martin Belmont (guitar, background vocals); Bob Andrews (keyboards, background vocals); Andrew Bodnar (bass); Steve Goulding (drums, background vocals). | | SQUEEZING OUT SPARKS producer: Jack Nitzsche. | | SQUEEZING OUT SPARKS engineer: Mark Howlett. | | SQUEEZING OUT SPARKS was recorded at Lansdowne Studios, London, California. Originally released in 1979. | | LIVE SPARKS was recorded live in San Francisco, California on April 9, 1979 and Chicago, Illinois on April 28, 1979. | | Includes liner notes by Graham Parker and Ira Robbins. | | Graham Parker's heat and fury turn past the boiling part on SQUEEZING OUT SPARKS. At this point, Parker had transformed his traditional roots into a sound of his own, equal parts pub band and bone-deep desperation. The results help make this the definitive Graham Parker document. It's also an unsettling album, at times scary. | | The churning opener, "Discovering Japan," is the sound of dislocation, of isolation in a whirlwind. "Local Girls" places the bitterness right in your hometown with a killer radio-friendly hook. Though the centerpiece, "You Can't Be Too Strong," scalds everything in its path, it's still the most quiet moment on the album. An unflinching tale of an abortion, the song reverberates with emotional sinkholes. The Arista reissue includes a bolstered sound, typically rewarding liner notes from Parker himself, and an additional live CD of the album in its entirety. |
| | Artist Overview | | New wave's original angry young man beat Elvis Costello and Joe Jackson to the record racks in the mid 1970s with his R&B-influenced brand of tight, vituperative rock. With sharp, witty lyrics and a knack for hooks, Parker and his band the Rumour raced to the top of most critics' polls, if not the charts. Over the years he refined his approach but remained one of the post-punk age's most venerated singer-songwriters. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 10/01/1996 | | Original Release Date : 1996 | | Catalog ID : 18939 | | Label : Arista Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Mixed | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00078221893923 |
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