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Ross (3282 KP) rated Squeezing Out Sparks by Graham Parker & The Rumour / Graham Parker in Music

May 18, 2020  
Squeezing Out Sparks by Graham Parker & The Rumour / Graham Parker
Squeezing Out Sparks by Graham Parker & The Rumour / Graham Parker
1979 | Rock
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Album Rating
Rolling Stone's 334th greatest album of all time
Brilliant album, I would say reminiscent of Elvis Costello but I believe they emerged about the same time, Parker possibly slightly earlier. Still, that gives an indication of the style of music, being similar to Costello's early days. Great "diet punk" songs.
  
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Frank Black recommended This Year's Model by Elvis Costello / Elvis Costello & The Attractions in Music (curated)

 
This Year's Model by Elvis Costello / Elvis Costello & The Attractions
This Year's Model by Elvis Costello / Elvis Costello & The Attractions
1978 | Rock
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"Before I dropped out to start the Pixies, I was in university in Massachusetts. [Future Pixies guitarist] Joey Santiago and I rented a house in the second year. I took the dark windowless room because it had a stereo and I would just sit in the dark and listen to Iggy Pop and XTC records for hours and hours. The one I listened to the most, though, was This Year's Model. They had it on cassette tape at the music library in college, which I remember had these horrible hard plastic headphones, like something you might find in the Soviet Union in 1959. Instead of studying I'd go in there and listen to Elvis Costello over and over until my ears hurt and my head couldn't take it anymore."

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