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• Melody Maker (?) 4/3/1976: "Could this be the new Bob Dylan?"
• Sounds (?) 4/3/1976: "The story"
• NME 5/1/1976: "This page has confidence and sniffs," p. 12 & 38, by Tony Stewart
• Melody Maker 5/8/1976: "Making waves: Rumour Monger," p. 30
• Street Life #16, 5/xx/1976 (*)
• Nuggets #2, 6/1976: "Rumour Has It . . "
• Sounds 6/19/1976: "Nosey Parker," by Phil Sutcliffe
• Variety 8/25/1976: New acts (*)
• Trouser Press #16, 10-11/1976: "Graham Parker: Don't call it pub-rock!" p. 12, by Dave Schulps
  plus "Investigating the Rumour - A chat with Graham Parker, Brinsley Schwarz and Martin Belmont," p. 13 - 15, by Dave Schulps and Ira Robbins
• Melody Maker 10/2/1976: "Wind of Change," p. 37, by Harry Doherty
• Sounds 10/23(?)/1976: "Who or what is Graham Parker," by Tim Lott
• Rock Around The World #6, 11/1976: "Graham Parker. The Rumors Revealed," p. 10, by Mr. Curt
• NME 11/13/1976: "Believe Everything You Hear," by Chris Salewicz
• Musical Notes 12/1976, by Mikal Gilmore (*)
• Nuggets #5, late 1976: "Britain's Best - Being A Switchback Of An Interview With Graham Parker And The Rumour," p. 16 - 18, by Dave Seal

• Zigzag #68, 1/1977: "Graham Parker," by Andy Childs
• Melody Maker 1/22/1977: "Graham Parker and the rumour: Band Breakdown," p. 16 & 17, by Geoff Brown & Allen Jones
• Scene 1/27/1977: "R&B across the water," by Cliff Michalski " (*)
• Newsweek 1/31/1977: "Mighty Mite," p. 71 - 72, by Janet Maslin with Malcolm MacPherson in London
• Stereo Review 2/1977: "This month's big six" (*)
• Rolling Stone #232, 2/10/1977: "From Pubs To Clubs: Graham Parker Starts A Rumour," p. 25, by John Morthland
• Crawdaddy #70, 3/1977: "Graham Parker: The Howlin' Truth Behind This Year's Hottest Rumor," p. 38 - 40, by Kit Rachlis
• Creem 3/1977: "Graham Parker Learns To Speak," by Patrick Goldstein (*)
• Sounds 3/5/1977: "I could always give up now and become a cult figure...," p. 21, by Chas de Whalley
• 1st Avenue 3/7/1977: "Graham Parker & The Rumour - Pourin' It All Out," p. 4 - 7, by Tony Stevens & Johnny Marre (*)
• NME 3/12/1977: "I believe in Graham Parker" - The Rumour, p. 24 & 25, by Tony Stewart, "I believe in signing autographs" - Graham Parker, p. 25, by Julie Burchill
• Record World 3/12/1977: "Phonogram Releasing 'The Pink Parker' Four Song Single," p. 10
• Circus #151, 3/17/1977: "Graham Parker: Rock'n'Roll Heat Treat," p. 6 - 7, by Jim Farber
• Melody Maker 3/19/1977: "Double dynamite!", p. 8, 9 & 59, by Geoff Brown
• Record Mirror 3/26/1977: "Parker nose, you know," p. 6, by Sheila Prophet
• Village Voice 3/28/1977: "Graham Parker and the Rumour: Nothing's Gonna Pull Them Apart," by Charlie Gillett
• Billboard 4/16/1977: "New On The Charts," p. 40
• Hit Parader 6/1977: "Have You Heard The Rumours," p. 10 - 12, by Richard Robinson
• Hot Press Vol. 1 #3, 7/7/1977 (or #4, 7/21/1977): "Don't Follow Leaders, Watch The Parker Meters," p. 7 - 8, by Mick Cannon
• Sounds 7/30/1977: "When GP's away the Rumour will play," p. 15, by Tim Lott
• Ballroom Blitz #21, 8/1977 (*)
• Sounds 9/24/1977: "Shades of Graham Parker, Volume 98," p. 12 - 13, by David Brown
• NME 10/22/1977: "Shades of The Pink Parker or Nine Ways To Avoid The Heat Treatment," p. 30 - 31, by Charles Shaar Murray
• Madcity Music Sheet Vol. 1 #26, 10/25/1977: "Thin Lizzy with Graham Parker Schedule Two Dates in Wisconsin," p. 2, by Gary Sohmers
• Village Voice 10/31/1977: "Riffs: GP goes for the ankles," p. 59, by Kit Rachlis
• Melody Maker 11/12/1977: "America on 25 hours a day," p. 8 & 9, by Harry Doherty
• Circus 11/24/1977: "Graham Parker howls for the third time" (*)
• Melody Maker 12/3/1977 (*)
• Record Mirror 12/3/1977: "Feeling low, feeling blue? Consult your local G.P.," p. 12, by Barry Cain
• Sounds 12/3/1977: "Day At The Seaside Turns Into Night Of Terror," p. 16 & 50, by Chas de Whalley
• Rolling Stone #255, 12/29/1977: "The GP Rumor: A Search For Fool's Gold On Rt. 66," p. 47 - 52, by Greil Marcus

• Trouser Press #25, 1/1978: "Graham Parker Wants You... To Get Stuck!" p. 16 - 18, by Jon Young
• Associated Press 1/23/1978: "Will Graham Parker Ever Be More Than The Critics' 'Next Great Star'?," by James Simon
• RAM/Rock Australia Magazine #76, 1/27/78 (*)
• Back Door Man #14, 3/1978: "Angry Young Men," p. 21, by Don Underwood
• Rock 3/1978: "Going 'Crackers' Over Graham," p. 73 & 97, by S. Cutler Whorf
• Melody Maker 3/18/1978 (*)
• NME 4/22/1978: "The On-Going Story Of Little Men In Glasses," by Tony Stewart
• Record Mirror 4/22/1978: "Looking at Parker on the road," p. 24 - 25, by Bev Briggs
• Hit Parader 5/1978: "Breaking the Rules" (*)
• Melody Maker 5/13/1978 (*)
• Rock On #2, 6/1978 (*)
• Melody Maker 6/10/1978: "Parker: the shield lifts," p. 30 - 31, by Harry Doherty
• Evening Post special edition for the Blackbushe Festival, 7/15/1978: "Parker pours it out / Graham's Rumour - petrol pumps to Parkerilla," p. 9 - 11, by Maurice Bower
• Melody Maker 7/15/1978: "The Picnic - Graham Parker," p. 33
• Roadrunner 9/1978: "Graham Parker rumour confirmed," p. 7
• RAM/Rock Australia Magazine #93, 9/22/1978 (*)
• Melody Maker 9/30/1978: "The Raver," p. 9
• Rip It Up #16, 10/1978: "The Best Kept Secret In The West," p. 10 & 11, by Alastair Dougal
• Roadrunner 10/1978: "No Longer A Rumour - Graham Parker," p. 10 - 11, by Donald Robertson
• Rocket 11/1978 (*)

• Melody Maker 2/10/1979: "Mercury flip over Parker number," p. 4
• Hot Wacks #17, spring 1979: "Graham Parker and the Rumour," by Allan W. Campbell
• Billboard 3/3/1979: "Parker Poison," p. 122
• NME 3/3/1979: "Journey to the Centre of Your Spine," p. 34 - 36, by Charles Shaar Murray
• Melody Maker 3/17/1979: "Hey Lord! G.P.'s got the answers," p. 17, 18 & 20, by Allan Jones
• Sounds 3/24/1979: "You Can't Be Too Strong," p. 30 - 31, by Phil Sutcliffe
• Roadrunner 4/1979: "Sports in the U.K.," p. 11 - 14, by Keith Shadwick
• Village Voice 4/2/1979: "Riffs: GP finds himself" (*)
• Rockers 5/3/1979 (*)
• RAM/Rock Australia Magazine #108, 5/4/1979 (*)
• Aquarian Weekly/Night Owl 6/20/1979: "The Rumour's Sound Is No Secret" (*)
• Time 6/25/1979: "Barnstorming For Fool's Gold," p. 35, by Jay Cocks
• Rolling Stone #294, 6/28/1979: "Graham Parker: rumour becomes fact," p. 9, 23, 25 & 26, by James Henke
• Creem 9/1979: "Graham Parker seeks protection," p. 36 - 39 & 62 - 63, by Susan Whitall
• Shades #6, 9/1979: "Graham Parker," p. 14 & 15, by Ron Gaskin
• Roadrunner 11/1979: "Art You Can Dance To," p. 5, by Stuart Coupe
• RAM/Rock Australia Magazine #123, 11/30/1979: "Graham Parker - The 1979 Interview," p. 24 - 27, by Nigel Burnham
• NME 12/15/1979: "Nasty Rumours Of Oz," p. 13, by Anne Jones

• Creem 3/1980: "Discovering Elan," p. 21, 22, 60 & 61, by Nigel Burnham
  (Reprint of the 11/30/1979 RAM/Rock Australia Magazine article)
• Smash Hits 4/3/1980: "Putting Pen To Parker," p. 11
• Rolling Stone #317, 5/15/1980: "Springsteen Joins Parker & Iovine For New LP," p. 14, by James Henke
• The Face #2, 6/1980: "Turning On The Endless Night," by David Hepworth
• Melody Maker 6/21/1980: "The beating of a rock'n'roll heart," p. 30 & 45, by Paulo Hewitt
• New Music News 6/21/1980: "The Ups and Downs of a GP," p. 20 & 21, by Giovanni Dadomo
• Record Mirror 6/21/1980: "Up Up and Away," p. 8 - 9, by Daniela Soave
• The Island-Ear #50E, 7/10/1980: "If GP Became G-d Would Anybody Notice?" p. 12, by Jay Gold
• NME 7/12/1980: "Going Up On The Down Escalator," by Nick Kent

• Smash Hits 1/22/1981: "Split Ends," p. 13
• Smash Hits 2/5/1981: "Parker recruits," p. 11

• Sounds 4/10/1982: "The Land Of Grey And Punk," by Simon Dwyler
• Melody Maker 4/17/1982: "On The Down Escalator," by Allan Jones
• Village Voice 5/11/1982: "Riffs: GP: two's a crowd" (*)
• Creem 6/1982 (*)
• Musician #44, 6/1982: "Graham Parker: Rock's Last Angry Man Reflects on Life after the Rumour," p. 48 - 54, by Geoffrey Himes

• Boston Globe 9/13/1983: "Life takes a romantic turn for rocker Graham Parker," p. 51, by Steve Morse
• Village Voice 10/1983: "Riffs: GP goes ambient" (*)
• Boston Rock #44, 10/11/1983: "The Real GP Stands Up!" p. 27 & 44, by Dean Johnson
• Musician, fall 1983: "Brinsley Schwarz, Parker's Spark," p. 80, 88 & 90, by Frank Joseph
• Unknown 1983 S. Fla. publication: "Graham Parker: The Buck Stops Here," by Marlena Troy

• Record Collector's Quarterly #10, probably early 1984: "A talk with Graham Parker at the Wax," by Allan Balliet
• Playboy 2/1984: "Life gets better: Graham Parker," p. 24, by Pamela Marin

• United Press International 4/12/1985: "Graham Parker takes another shot," by Frank Spotnitz
  United Press International / Chicago Tribune 5/2/1985: "'Nerves' Steadies Parker's Career," p. 9F, by Frank Spotnitz
  United Press International / Chicago Tribune 5/16/1985: "Single-minded Effort On Album May 'Wake Up' Singer's Career," p. 17C, by Frank Spotnitz
• Associated Press 5/7/1985: "Graham opens on Eric Clapton tour," by Mary Campbell
• Village Voice 5/28/1985: "Riffs and licks: GP wakes up" (*)
• The Island-Ear #168, 6/4-17/1985: "The Island-Ear Interview," p. 10 - 11, by Bob Waugh
• The Baltimore Sun 6/1985: "Parker's Still Pretty Angry," by J.D. Considine
• RockBill 6/1985 (*)
• Musician #81, 7/1985: "GP, An Underrated Rocker," by Mark Rowland
• Rolling Stone #452/453, 7/18-8/1/1985: "Wake Up! GP Has Something To Say," p. 22 - 23, by Frank Spotnitz

• Goldmine #170, 1/30/1987: "Wrong place at the wrong time," p. 65 & 69, by Michael Heatley
• Melody Maker 11/7/1987: "Pop! The glory years" (*)

• Rolling Stone #525, 5/5/1988: "Random Notes: Parker's Stinging 'Success'," p. 11, by Sheila Rodgers
• Boston Globe 5/20/1988: "Rock's Original Angry Young Man Still Sparking," p. 29 - 30, by Steve Morse
• The Washington Post 6/1/1988: "Graham Parker's Hard Songs," p. B7, by Geoffrey Himes
• BAM #284, 6/3/1988: "Graham Parker: A Fiery Sparkplug Returns," by Dave Zimmer (*)
• Newsday 6/3/1988: "Graham Parker Still Rocking on the Edge," p. 15, by Stephen Williams
• Billboard 6/4/1988: "Parker's got that 'Mona Lisa' smile," p. 21, by Jean Rosenbluth
• Chicago Tribune 6/5/1988: "A Punk Grows Up - Graham Parker Is No Longer An Angry Young Man," p. C8, by Lynn Van Matre
• Los Angeles Times 6/12/1988: "Graham Parker: Throws Another Label On The Ire," p. 71, by Chris Willman
• Village Voice 6/14/1988: "Music: Swinging at air" (*)
• Music Connection 6/13/1988: "The Last Angry Man" (*)
• Rolling Stone #529, 6/30/1988: "GP's Shades Of Success," p. 31 & 34, by David Handelman
• Musician 7/1988: "GP: The less music you put on, the more gets heard" (*)
• The Baltimore Sun 10/2/1988: "GP Is 'Stuck With' Solo Tour," p. 1N & 6N, by J.D. Considine
• Rip It Up 11/1988: "Stick To Me: Graham Parker Looks Back In Anger," by Chris Bourke (*)

• Q #28, 1/1989: "Forgiven?" p. 13f, by Mark Cooper
• The Rocket #8, 1989 (*)
• Orange County Register 4/3/1989: "Angry young man Graham Parker ages, but he still rages," p. F03, by Cary Darling
• San Diego Union-Tribune 4/4/1989: "Parker gets a label that will leave him alone," p. D-1, by George Varga
• Westword 4/5/1989: "Ain't Life Graham," p. 64, by Mark Barsotti
• The Boston Globe 4/19/1989: "Parker goes out on a limb, alone," p. 40, by Steve Morse
• Rolling Stone #556/557, 7/13-20/1989: "Dodging Hippies with GP," p. 46, by Brant Mewborn
• Mother Jones #14, 7&8/1989: "GP's acoustic acid," p. 53, by Mark Schapiro
• Village Voice 12/5/1989: "The Home Fires" (*)

• The Independent 1/12/1990: "Writing loud; Graham Parker talks to Giles Smith about acrimony, apathy and his new album," p. 15, by Giles Smith
• Billboard 1/27/1990: "'Success' elusive to Parker," p. 37 & 39, by Evelyn McDonnell
• East Coast Rocker #191, 3/21/1990 (*)
• MTV To Go 4/1990 (*)
• Musician 8/1990: "The boys on the bus: Dave Edmunds hits the road with GP, Steve Cropper, Kim Wilson, and Dion" (*)

• VOX 4/1991: "The Righteous Brother," by Andy Robson
• Pulse 5/1991: "Why won't GP just go away?" by Ted Drozdowski

• The Washington Post 8/14/1992: "Graham Parker's Solo Act: The Angry Rocker, Tackling 'Musical Fasciscm'," p. C7, by Geoffrey Himes
• Los Angeles Times (Orange County Edition) 9/24/1992: "The Many Shades of Graham Parker," p. 4 (OC Live), by Mike Boehm
• San Francisco Chronicle 9/27/1992: "New Single Rejected: Graham Parker Doesn't Love His MTV," p. 51, by Michael Snyder

• Dallas Morning News 10/21/1993: "All Fired Up," p. 5C, by David Okamoto
• Los Angeles Times 10/21/1993: "A Critical Success; Graham Parker's Still A Pro At Damning Society," p. F1, by Buddy Seigal
• Chicago Sun-Times 10/31/1993: "The Primal Punk And Passions of Graham Parker," p. 1 (section show), by Dave Hoekstra
• The Hartford Courant 11/16/1993: "Revenge puts sparks into Graham's albums," p. A7, by Roger Catlin

• Goldmine #358, 4/15/1994: "Graham Parker Is No Ordinary Dude," p. 16 - 48, by John M. Borack
• Dirty Linen #52, 6/1994: "Squeezing Out All The Sparks," p. 23 - 25, by T.J. McGrath
• Chicago Sun-Times 12/16/1994: "Graham Parker Sinks His Claus into Christmas," p. 6 (weekend plus), by Dave Hoekstra

• Billboard 1/28/1995: "Graham Parker Finds A New Haunt," p. 16 & 34, by Jim Bessman
• Mojo #15, 2/1995: "Phone Home: Graham Parker," p. 21, by Mat Snow
• The Times Union 3/23/1995: "Parker downshifts for his 'minor-label debut'," p. P11, by Greg Haymes
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 4/4/1995: "Parker aims to strike new sparks with 'Haunted Stories'," p. D1, by Tony Norman
• Chicago Sun-Times 4/9/1995: "Graham Parker Praising James Taylor? What's the Deal?" p. 5 (show), by Lloyd Sachs
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch 4/9/1995: "Just Call The Guy Romantic; Yep, We're Talking About Graham Parker," p. 3C (everyday magazine), by Alan Sculley
• Westword 4/12/1995: "Forget the Rumour," by Michael Roberts
• The Denver Post 4/14/1995: "Back for a third round Graham Parker tours U.S. with 'Episodes'," p. 19, by G. Brown
• Rocky Mountain News 4/14/1995: "Graham Parker: Squeezing out some softer sparks in the '90s," p. 21D, by Michael Mehle
• Music Connection 4/17/1995 (*)
• San Diego Union-Tribune 4/20/1995: "Parker's sound finds new ground, but he still plays with ire," p. 18 (Night & Day), by James Hebert
• The Columbus Dispatch 5/16/1995: "Parker's Old Anger Makes Room For A Little Optimism," p. 8B, by Bill Eichenberger
• The Commercial Appeal 5/19/1995: "Lean days find Parker on one-man-band tour," p. 3E, by Larry Nager
• The Baltimore Sun 5/26-6/1/1995: "Parker Goes Beyond His 'Angry Man' Reputation," Maryland Live section, p. 5, by Alan Sculley
• Pulse 6/1995: "A legendary crank turns soft?" By Tom Lanham
• Evening Standard 6/29/1995: "Hate? That's Out Of Date," p. 29, by Tim Cooper
• The Guardian 6/30/1995: "Essentials: Graham Parker On Peter Green," p. T18, by Graham Parker
• The Guardian 9/29/1995: "On the Road: Graham Parker Travels through Europe," p. T16, by Graham Parker

• Scene 6/6/1996: "A Talk With The Wordman," by Mark Holan
• Rock Beat Int'l #8, Summer 1996: "Graham Parker & the Rumour, The Complete History, Part 1," by Geoff Cabin
• The Island-Ear #454, 9 or 10/1996: "Rumour, Reggae & Record Companies," by Dave Gil de Rubio
• Rock Beat Int'l #9, Fall 1996: "Graham Parker & the Rumour, The Complete History, Part 2," by Geoff Cabin
• The Record 10/11/1996: "Parker: Angry Does It," p. 035, by Jerry DeMarco
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 10/13/1996: "Calling In The Reinforcements," p. F-3 & F-4, by Ed Masley
• Chicago Sun-Times 10/25/1996: "'Acid Bubblegum' tour gets energy from young band," p. 5 (backbeat), by Jae-Ha Kim
• Yeah, Yeah, Yeah #5, 11&12/1996: "GP," p. 15 - 17, by Steve Granados
• Los Angeles Times (Orange County Edition) 11/7/1996: "Graham Parker Aces 'Acid' Test With Attitude," p. F2, by Mike Boehm
• San Diego Union-Tribune 11/7/1996: "Taking Shots: Graham Parker's style is comin' through wry," p. 8 (Night & Day), by James Healy
• The Arizona Republic 11/8/1996: "Parker's Career On Cutting Edge," p. D1, by Salvatore Caputo
• The Times Union 11/19/1996: "Saratoga's Figgs to back up British rocker Parker," p. D1, by Greg Haymes

• Musician #219, 2/1997: "We Three Sing (er/Songwriter) s," p. 21, by Michael Gelfand
• Rock Beat Int'l #10, Spring 1997: "Graham Parker & the Rumour, The Complete History, Part 3," by Geoff Cabin
• Rock Beat Int'l #11, Summer 1997: "Graham Parker & the Rumour, The Complete History, Part 4," by Geoff Cabin
• Chicago Daily Herald 7/11/1997: "Pop punk: It may be the last waltz for his band, but the fire still burns in New Wave godfather," p. 4 (time out), by Mark Guarino
• The Daily Telegraph 7/26/1997: "The two-minute interview ... with Graham Parker," p. 9, by David Gritten
• Mix Magazine 8/1997: "Recording Notes: Graham Parker & The Figgs," by Barbara Schultz
• Rock Beat Int'l #12, Fall 1997: "Graham Parker & the Rumour, The Complete History, Part 5," by Geoff Cabin
• The Tampa Tribune 9/24/1997: "Experienced Parker 'just getting there'," p. 4 (baylife), by Curtis Ross
• The Orlando Sentinel 9/30/1997: "A long, ferocious road for rock 'n' roller Graham Parker," p. 4 (calendar), by Parry Gettelman

• Discoveries #116, 1/1998: "Graham Parker - The Reluctant Pub Rocker," by Dave Thompson
• Hot Press 3/4/1998: "Parker, Well Done" by Peter Murphy (*)
• The Irish Times 3/20/1998: "Squeezing out Parker," by Brian Boyd
• Rock Beat Int'l #13, Spring 1998: "Graham Parker & the Rumour, The Complete History, Part 6," p. 15 - 21, by Geoff Cabin
• Rock Beat Int'l #14, Summer 1998: "Graham Parker & the Rumour, The Complete History, Part 7," p. 22 - 28, by Geoff Cabin
• The Birmingham News 10/9/1998: "Risky business," by Mary Colurso
• Rock Beat Int'l #15, Fall 1998: "Graham Parker & the Rumour, The Complete History, Part 8," p. 25 - 32, by Geoff Cabin
• Cake #64/65, 1998: "Graham Parker - Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' Out Sparks," by Jim Barnard

• ICE #143, 2/1999: "Graham Parker To Peddle Recent Spare Tracks And Lost Demos Over The Net," p. 1 & 5, by Mike Villano
• NY Press 4/21/1999: "Graham Parker," by Rob O'Connor
• Rock Beat Int'l #16, Spring 1999: "Graham Parker & the Rumour, The Complete History, Part 9," p. 17 - 24, by Geoff Cabin
• Tempest 5/12/1999: "Graham Parker interview," by Scott Hudson
• Riverfront Times 5/19/1999: "Heat Treatment," by Steve Pick
• Edmonton Sun 8/7/1999: "Parker still electric," by Neal Watson
• National Post 8/20/1999: "He's still sparking -- and skiing, too," by Alan Kellogg
• Discoveries #138, 11/1999: "Graham Parker: Wired and Online," p. 48 & 49, by Chris Nickson
• Amplifier Vol. 4, No. 3, 1999: "Everything Goes: Graham Parker On His New Record - Loose Monkeys: Spare Tracks and Lost Demos," p. 16 - 17, by John Holcomb

• Rock Beat Int'l #18, Winter/Spring 2000: "The Musical Obsessions of Andrew Bodnar," p. 20 - 25, by Geoff Cabin
• Billboard 6/3/2000: "Graham Parker Songs Tell The Story," p. 61, by Jim Bessman
• Lexicon #17, 11/2000: "Graham Parker is alive and well and living in ... woodstock???!!!!," p. 13 & 44, by Paul Cramer

• New York Daily News 8/19/2001: "A Rumour of Contentment," by Jim Farber
• Boston Phoenix 8/23/2001: "Nowhere man - Graham Parker cuts deep," by Jeff Ousborne
• Billboard 9/22/2001: "Words & Music: Where's The Carp?," p. 36, by Jim Bessman
• Record Collector 10/2001: "Noisy Parker," p. 110, by Rich Wilson
• Review 10/25/2001: "A Conversation with Graham Parker," by Alan Sculley

• Westword 1/10/2002: "Graham Slams," by Michael Roberts
• St. Petersburg Times 4/12/2002: "Swept away," by Mike Wilson

• ICE #193, 4/2003: "The Nerk Twins Give It Away," by Matt Hurwitz
• Boston Herald 5/9/2003: "Meet the un-Beatles: The Lennon-McCartney songs their band never sang," by Larry Katz
• Boston Phoenix 5/9/2003: "Lost and found - The ‘other’ songs of John Lennon and Paul McCartney," by Robin Vaughan
• Los Angeles Times 6/7/2003: "Lost and found: tunes Beatles fans overlooked," p. E1, by Randy Lewis
• Billboard 7/19/2003: "Gallery Six Digs Up 'Lost' Lennon-McCartney Tunes," p. 34, by Jim Bessman

• Harp #13, 2/2004: "Graham Parker: Seeing the Light," by Rob O'Connor
• Amplifier #41, 3/2004: "Graham Parker's Country Comfort," p. 44 - 46, by Tom Semioli
• Billboard 6/5/2004: "Graham P meets Gram P," p. 40, by Jim Bessman
• Goldmine #623, 6/11/2004: "Picture This! Graham Parker Comments on His Picture Sleeves," p. 36, by Charles Szabla (*)
• The Boston Blobe 12/31/2004: "Graham Parker's softer side," by Steve Morse

• No Depression #58, 7/2005: "Woodstock Calling," p. 60 - 71, by Don McLeese
• Record Collector #313, 8/2005: "It's R&B From The Future - You Just Haven't Caught Up With Me Yet," p. 54 - 57, by Hugh Fielder
• CMJ New Music Monthly #135, 2005: "Book Club - What's Graham Parker Reading?," p. 12
• The Big Takeover #57, 2005 (*)
• Pop Culture Press #61, 12/2005: "Graham Parker: 'Maori Warrior'," by David J. Klug

• Cape Cod Times 4/20/2007: "Parker plays by his own rules," by Ken Capobianco
• Classic Rock 7/2007: "Graham Parker," p. 14, by Dave Ling
• Chronogram 11/2007: "Still Angry After All These Years," by Peter Aaron

• Rolling Stone #1142, 10/27/2011: "On the Set of Judd Apatow's New Comedy With Graham Parker and the Rumour," by David Wild
• Mojo #217, 12/2011: "Welcome Back! Graham Parker And The Rumour," p. 32, by Jim Allen

• Wall Street Journal 11/15/2012: "Return of an Underappreciated Rocker," p. D4, by Richard Turner
• The Washington Post 11/23/2012: "Graham Parker repeats the Rumour," by Geoffrey Himes
• New York Daily News 11/29/2012: "Graham Parker reunites landmark group The Rumour with fresh songs and new tour," by Jim Farber
• The New York Times 12/2/2012: "His Perfect Role: Rocker of a Certain Age," p. AR22, by Bruce Headlam
• Rolling Stone #1172/1173, 12/20/2012: "Graham Parker's Happy Ending ," p. 24, by Brian Hiatt

• Mojo #230, 1/2013: "Before Hollywood," p. 44 - 49, by Will Birch
• Vanity Fair 1/2013: "Rocking the Role," by Cameron Crowe
• Uncut 11/2013: "My Life In Music: Graham Parker"

• Goldmine 9/2017: "Graham Parker - 10 Albums That Changed My Life." (*)

• Mojo 10/2018: "Hello Goodbye: Graham Parker And The Rumour," p. 130, by Graham Parker as told to Ian Harrison

• Record Collector #488, 1/2019: "You Talkin' To Me, Punk?" p. 54 - 58, by Tim Cooper

• Mojo #361, 12/2023: "Behind The Shades," p. 58 - 63, by Sylvie Simmons

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Howlin' Wind

• NME 4/17/1976: "From single-of-the-week to album-of-the-week in 7 days," p. 23, by Tony Stewart
• Zigzag #60, 5/1976, by Mac Garry
• Melody Maker 5/15/1976, p. 25, Geoff Brown
• Rolling Stone #218, 7/29/1976, by Teri Morris
• Trouser Press #15, 8/1976, p. 31, by Dave Schulps
• Village Voice 8/9/1976, p. 75, by Robert Christgau
• Record World 8/14/1976, p. 16
• Crawdaddy 9/1976: "Southside & Graham: Soul-Strut '76," p. 82, by Mitchell Glazer
• Rolling Stone 8/27/1987, p. 118 (Top 100 Albums Of The Last 20 Years)

Heat Treatment

• Sounds 10/23/1976: "Heat your art out," by Tim Lott
• Billboard 11/13/1976, p. 72
• NME 11/13/1976, by David Hepworth
• Record World 11/13/1976, p. 26
• Street Life 12/6/1976 (*)
• Rolling Stone #229, 12/30/1976, p. 67 - 68, by Simon Frith
• Crawdaddy 2/1977 (together with a review of "Live at Marble Arch") (*)
• Creem 2/1977 (*)
• The Warwick Boar #70, 2/9/1977: "Rumours confirmed," p. 10, by Robin Bradley
• Playboy 3/1977 (*)
• Down Beat 3/10/1977 (*)

Pink Parker EP

• Record World 3/19/1977, p. 1

Stick To Me

• Record World 10/15/1977, p. 1
• NME 10/22/1977, p. 41, by Nick Kent
• Billboard 10/29/1977, p. 82
• Melody Maker 10/29/1977: "Parker's ferocious punch," p. 24, by Allan Jones
• Record Mirror 10/29/1976: "It's make up your mind up time," p. 23, by John Shearlaw
• Sounds 10/29/1977: "That soulful spirit still eludes (But only just)," p. 36, by David Brown
• The Los Angeles Times, 11/4/1977: "Graham Parker - Playing It Safe," p. 175, by S.P.
• The Warwick Boar #88, 11/30/1977: "Rumour in the Air," p. 13, by Nick and Cuddly Melvin
• Trouser Press #24, 12/1977, p.34, by Wayne King
• Rolling Stone #253, 12/1/1977, by Dave Marsh
• Crawdaddy 1/1978: "Graham & Rod: Ragged to Riches," by Dave Schulps

The Parkerilla

• NME 4/15/1978, by Charles Shaar Murray
• Melody Maker 4/xx/1978, by Michael Watts (*)
• Record Mirror 4/28/1978: "Parker makes it a double - but only just," p. 12, by Sheila Prophet
• Billboard 5/27/1978, p. 74
• Record World 6/3/1978, p. 16
• Rolling Stone #267, 6/15/1978, by Greil Marcus
• Trouser Press #30, 7/1978, by Ira Robbins
• Circus 8/31/1978 (*)
• Crawdaddy 8/1978, p. 73: "N.Y. Shuffle," by Mitchell Schneider
• The Canberra Times 9/15/1978, p. 33, by Luis Feliu

Squeezing Out Sparks

• Melody Maker 3/17/1979: "Parker - the main squeeze," p. 31, by Simon Frith
• NME 3/17/1979: "Parker says yes to surgery," by Tony Stewart
• Sounds 3/17/1979: "Anoraksia nervosa," p. 42, by Pete Silverton
• Billboard 3/31/1979, p. 165
• Record World 3/31/1979, p. 1
• Bay Area Reporter 4/12/1979, p. 26, by Adam Block
• Smash Hits 4/19/1979, p. 25, by Red Starr
• Sweet Potatoe 5/1979, p. 21, by Irv Peltz
• New York 5/14/1979, p. 79, by Tom Bentkowski
• Rolling Stone #291, 5/17/1979: "GP's tale of fear and drama," p.66 & 68, by Greil Marcus
• Circus 5/29/1979, p. 51 & 52, by Bob Sheridan
• Creem 6/1979: "Roll over Costello (And Tell Nick Lowe The News)," p. 53, by Richard Riegel
• Stereo Review 6/1979: "Exit Elvis, pursued by Graham," by Steve Simels
• Trouser Press #39, 6/1979 (*)
• Hi Fidelity/Musical America 7/1979 (*)
• Music Player and Listener 7&8/1979: "GP's liberation" (*)
• Music Journal 9&10/1979 (*)
• Rolling Stone 8/27/1987, p. 108 (Top 100 Albums Of The Last 20 Years)

High Times

• Roadrunner 11/1979, p. 21, by Donald Robertson

The Best Of Graham Parker And The Rumour

• NME 4/26/1980: "Squeezing out GP," p. 39, by Paul Morley
• Sounds 4/26/1980: "No mercy for hatchet jobs," by Pete Lock
• Record Mirror 5/3/1980: "No Parking," p. 17, by Mike Nicholls
• International Musician & Recording World 7/1980, p. 32, by David Lawrenson

The Up Escalator

• Billboard 5/24/1980, p. 84
• Cashbox 5/24/1980, p. 19
• Music Week xx/xx/1980: "Parker reaches near perfection"
• Record Mirror 5/31/1980: "Ups and Downs," p. 18, by Simon Ludgate
• Record World 5/31/1980, p. 1
• Sweet Potatoe 6/1980, Vol. 2 No. 10, p. 10, by George Psalmanazar
• Sounds 6/xx/1980: "This Way Is Up," by Phil Sutcliffe
• Smash Hits 6/12/1980, p. 31, by David Hepworth
• NME 6/14/1980, by Charles Shaar Murray
• The Washington Post 6/22/1980, p. K9, by Geoffrey Himes
• The Face #3, 7/1980, p. 59, by David Hepworth
• Rolling Stone #322, 7/24/1980, by Debra Rae Cohen
• Creem 8/1980, p. 52, by Richard C. Walls
• Goldmine 8/1980, by J.J. Syrja
• Boston Globe 2/12/1981, p. A9, by Sean McAdam

Another Grey Area

• Melody Maker 3/13/1982: "Another no-go area," by Allan Jones
• NME 3/13/1982: "The Down Escalator," by Charles Shaar Murray
• Record Mirror 3/13/1982, by Simon Hills
• Smash Hits 3/18/1982, p. 27, by David Hepworth
• Sounds 3/20/1982: "The bland leading the bland," p. 37, by Sandy Robertson
• Record Business 3/22/1982, p. 16
• Rolling Stone #366, 4/1/1982, by Jon Pareles
• Billboard 4/17/1982, p. 56
• People 5/3/1982, p. 22
• Circus 5/31/1982 (*)
• Trouser Press #74, 6/1982, p. 35, by Dave Schulps
• Hit Parader 7/1982, p. 22, by Roy Trakin
• Modern Recording & Music 7/1982, p. 72, by Karen Schlosberg
• Goldmine #299, 1/1992, p. 152 (*)

The Real Macaw

• New York Times 8/17/1983, p. C19, by Robert Palmer
• Billboard 8/20/1983, p. 60
• Rolling Stone #404, 9/15/1983, p. 59, by Christopher Connelly
• Melody Maker 9/17/1983, by Paul Strange
• No1 9/17/1983, p. 32, by Mark Cooper
• NME 9/24/1983: "Tired And Feathered," p. 31, by Mat Snow
• Circus 10/1983 (*)
• Musician 10/1983 (*)
• Record 10/1983, p. 56, by J.D. Considine
• Record Mirror 10/1/1983 (*)
• Creem 11/1983, p. 53, by Craig Zeller
• Stereo Review v. 48, 11/1983: "GP returns to his peak form in The Real Macaw," p. 73, by Steve Simels
• Trouser Press #91, 11/1983, p. 39, by Charles McCardell
• New York 11/28/1983, p. 121, by Tom Bentkowski
• Goldmine #299, 1/1992, p. 152 (*)

Steady Nerves

• Billboard 4/6/1985, p. 66
• Sounds 4/20/1985, p. 24, by Glyn Brown
• NME 4/27/1985: "Still Parky In Here," p. 27, by Danny Kelly
• Musician 5/1985 (*)
• People 5/13/1985, p. 28, by David Hiltbrand
• Rolling Stone #449, 6/6/1985, p. 56, by Parke Puterbaugh
• Juke xx/xx/85: "Parker's album not quite the shot," by Glyn Brown
• Creem 8/1985 (*)
• Guitar 9/1985 (*)

Look Back In Anger

• Billboard 9/14/1985, p. 90

Pourin' It All Out: The Mercury Years

• Chicago Tribune 1/24/1986: "Pourin` Is Graham Parker At His Early Best," by Daniel Brogan
• Billboard 2/1/1986, p. 80

The Mona Lisa's Sister

• Los Angeles Times 4/30/1988: "Look For The Cheering To Begin With Graham Parker's New Album," part 6, p. 1, by Robert Hilburn
• Live Wire 5/1988, p. 21, by Mark Barsotti
• Billboard 5/7/1988, p. 76
• Newsday 5/8/1988: "Graham Parker's Compelling New Sound," part II, p. 27, by John Milward
• Rolling Stone #526, 5/19/1988: "Graham Parker squeezes new sparks," p. 163+, by Anthony DeCurtis
• Village Voice 5/24/1988, by Robert Christgau
• People 5/30/1988, p. 13, by David Hiltbrand
• Time 5/30/1988 (*)
• The Washington Post 6/3/1988: "Premiere Parker, Stripped-Down Style," p. N13, by Geoffrey Himes
• Q #22, 7/1988: "Purified," p. 89, by Mark Cooper
• Spin 7/1988, p. 86 - 87, by Billy Altman
• NME 7/2/1988: "Oh Parker Well Done", p. 33, by Terry Staunton
• Sounds 7/2/1988, p. 30, by David Cavanagh
• Melody Maker 7/30/1988, p. 31, by Penny Kiley
• Hi-Fi 8/1988 (*)
• Pulse 8/1988: "The art of no compromise" (*)
• Stereo Review v. 53, 8/1988, p. 58f, by Ron Givens (*)
• Music Week 8/5/1988, p. 22, by Dave Cavanagh
• Guitar Player 10/1988 (*)
• Rolling Stone 11/16/1989, p. 146 (100 best 1980ties albums)

Live! Alone In America

• Billboard 3/11/1989, p. 88
• Rolling Stone #548, 3/23/1989, p. 177, by David Handelman
• Musician 5/1989 (*)
• People 5/1/1989, p. 24, by David Hiltbrand
• Q #32, 5/1989, by David Sinclair

Human Soul

• Billboard 11/11/1989, p. 90
• Chicago Tribune 11/16/1989, by Greg Kot
• Q #39, 12/1989, by John Bauldie
• Musician 12/1989 (*)
• Cash Box 12/16/1989, p. 22, by David Byrnes
• Orlando Sentinel Tribune 1/12/1990, p. 18, by Parry Gettelman
• The Washington Post 1/14/1990, p. G12, by Geoffrey Himes
• Rolling Stone #571, 2/8/1990, by Ira Robbins
• Village Voice 3/13/1990, by Robert Christgau
• Goldmine 3/23/1990, by Michael Gallucci
• NME 1990 (*)

Howlin' Wind/Heat Treatment/Stick To Me Vertigo CD reissues

• Record Collector 9/1990

Struck By Lightning

• Chicago Tribune 2/11/1991, by Greg Kot
• Billboard 2/16/1991, p. 70
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch 2/22/1991: "Lost Loves Lamented By Graham Parker," p. 4F, by Steve Pick
• Musician 3/1991 (*)
• Q #54, 3/1991, by Phil Sutcliffe
• Vox #6, 3/1991, p. 68, by Mal Peachey
• The Washington Post 3/3/1991: "The Last of The Literary," p. G1, by Geoffrey Himes
• Rolling Stone #599, 3/7/1991, p. 80 - 81, by David Wild
• Stereo Review v. 56, 3/9/1991, p. 74+, by Parke Puterbaugh (*)
• People 3/11/1991, p. 16, by David Hiltbrand
• Time 3/25/1991 (*)
• Orlando Sentinel Tribune 4/5/1991, p. 25, by Parry Gettelman
• NME 1991 (*)
• Goldmine 5/31/1991, by John M. Borack

Burning Questions

• St. Louis Post-Dispatch 8/7/1992: "Parker Again Shines As Rock's Idea Man," p. 4F, by Steve Pick
• Billboard 8/8/1992, p. 50
• Musician #167, 9/1992, p. 104 (*)
• Vox #24, 9/1992, p. 86, and Vox #25, 10/1992, p. 73, by Andy Robson
• Orlando Sentinel Tribune 9/4/1992, p. 6, by Parry Gettelman
• Rolling Stone #639, 9/17/1992, p. 94, by Elysa Gardner
• Goldmine #317, 9/18/1992, p. 141 - 142, by Carl Caffarelli
• People 9/21/1992, p. 20, by Craig Tomashoff
• Q #72, 9/1992, p. 78, by Paul Davies
• Dirty Linen #43, 12/1992, by James Mormon
• Audio 12/1992, p. 152, by Jon & Sally Tiven (*)

The Best Of Graham Parker And The Rumour

• Q #71, 8/1992, p. 103, by David Hepworth
• Goldmine #320, 10/30/1992, p. 66, by John M. Borack
• Vox #29, 2/1993, p. 57, by Patrick Humphries

The Best Of Graham Parker 1988-1991

• Goldmine #324, 1992, p. 124 (*)

Live Alone! Discovering Japan

• Goldmine #468, 7/3/1998, p. 167, by Lee Zimmerman
• Dirty Linen #77, 8/1998, by Pieter Hofmann

Passion Is No Ordinary Word: The Graham Parker Anthology 1976-1991

• Billboard 10/9/1993, p. 78
• The Washington Post 11/14/1993, p. G9, by Geoffrey Himes
• Relix 12/1993, p. 62 (*)
• Rolling Stone #672-673, 12/23/1993, p. 148, by J.D. Considine
• Entertainment Weekly 12/3/1993, p. 76 (*)
• Goldmine #358, 4/15/1994, p. 69, by Carlo Wolff
• Discoveries #71, 4/1994, p. 112, John F. Butland
• Q #91, 4/1994, by John Aizlewood
• Mojo #7, 6/1994, p. 108, by Tony Clayton-Lea

Live On The Test

• Q #95, 8/1994, by Steve Lamacq
• Mojo #9, 8/1994, p. 115, by Spike Hyde
• Vox #47, 1994, p. 110 (*)
• Goldmine #380, 2/17/1995, p. 130, by Michael Heatley

Graham Parker's Christmas Cracker

• Pulse 12/1994, by Steve Malleo
• New York Times 12/16/1994, p. C33, by Neil Strauss
• Westword 12/21/1994, by Michael Roberts
• Dirty Linen #61, 12/1995, p. 67, by Ed Silverman

12 Haunted Episodes

• Orlando Sentinel 3/10/1995, by Parry Gettelman
• The Austin Chronicle 3/17/1995, by Rob Patterson
• The Washington Post 3/31/1995: "Parker Mixes Anger and Love," p. N12, by Geoffrey Himes
• Pulse 4/1995
• Los Angeles Times 4/20/1995: "Graham Weighs In," p. 4 (OC Live), by Mike Boehm
• Audio 5/1995, p. 82, by Michael Tearson (*)
• Mojo 5/1995, p. 112, by Johnny Black
• Rolling Stone #707, 5/4/1995, p. 69, by Paul Evans
• Guitar One 6/1995, by Buzz Morison (*)
• Q #106, 7/1995, p. 125, by Sid Griffin
• Option #63, 7-8/1995, p. 127 (*)
• Goldmine #394, 9/1/1995, p. 52, by Fred Mills

Live From New York, NY

• Q #119, 8/1996, p. 125, by Sid Griffin
• Goldmine #420, 8/30/1996, p. 50, by John M. Borack
• Stereo Review 9/1996 (*)
• The Washington Post 10/16/1996, p. B07, by Geoffrey Himes

BBC Live In Concert

• Q #120, 9/1996, by Sid Griffin
• Goldmine #423, 1996, p. 14 (*)

Acid Bubblegum

• Entertainment Weekly 9/27/1996, p. 80 (*)
• Boston Phoenix 10/10/1996, by Chris Erikson
• The Washington Post 10/16/1996, p. B07, by Geoffrey Himes
• New York Times 10/18/1996, section C, p. 26: "Still Stubbornly Surly," by Jon Pareles
• Chicago Tribune 10/25/1996, by Rick Reger
• CMJ New Music Monthly 11/1996, p. 12, by Franklin Bruno
• Goldmine #425, 11/8/1996, p. 186, by Lee Zimmerman
• Stereo Review 12/1996 (*)
• Musician #218, 1/1997, p. 85 - 88, by Jon Young
• Q #125, 2/1997, p. 100, by Phil Sutcliffe
• Relix 2/1997, Volume 24, #1: "Independents Daze," by Mick Skidmore
• Rock Beat Int'l #10, Spring 1997, by Geoff Cabin
• Mojo #46, 9/1997, p. 124, by Sylvie Simmons
• Vox 10/1997, by Sean Egan
• Q #134, 11/1997, p. 138, by Paul Davies

Squeezing Out Sparks/Live Sparks reissue

• The Washington Post 10/16/1996, p. B07, by Geoffrey Himes
• Relix 4/1997, Volume 24, #2: "Plundering the Vaults," by Mick Skidmore
• Discoveries 6/1997, by John Butland
• Goldmine #455, 1/2/1998, p. 199, by John Gilbertson

Piss and Vinegar (tribute album)

• Rock Beat Int'l #10, Spring 1997, by Geoff Cabin
• Goldmine #452, 11/21/1997, p. 207, by Jon M. Gilbertson

The Last Rock'n'Roll Tour

• People 5/26/1997, p. 28, by David Handelman
• Hi-Fi 6/1997, by Kevin Guyer
• Rock Beat Int'l #11, Summer 1997, p. 26, by Geoff Cabin
• Option #76, 9-10/1997, p. 111 (*)

Temporary Beauty

• Q #132, 9/1997, by David Quantick

Not If It Pleases Me

• Q #140, 5/1998, by Paul Davies
• Vox 5/1998 (*)

Stiffs & Demons

• Q 8/1999, by Sid Griffin

That's When You Know

• Q 8/2001, by John Aizlewood
• Uncut #52, 9/2001, p. 102, by Gavin Martin

Deepcut To Nowhere

• Billboard 8/25/2001, p. 16, by Andrew Boorstyn
• Pulse 9/2001, by Tom Lanham
• No Depression #35, 9/2001, p. 141 - 142
• Blender xx/2001, by Dan Epstein
• Vintage Guitar 12/2001, by John Heidt
• Boulder Weekly 1/10/2002: "Graham Parker out of nowhere," by Alan Sculley

Various Artists: Labour of Love - The Music of Nick Lowe

• Offbeat 10/2001, by Christopher Blagg
• Billboard 10/6/2001, p. 18, by Wes Orshoski
• Sound Waves 11/2001, by Dave Geller

You Can't Be Too Strong: An Introduction To Graham Parker & The Rumour

• Q 11/2001, by Sid Griffin

Blue Highway

• Uncut 5/2003

Parker, Pierson, Janovitz: From A Window - Lost Songs of Lennon & McCartney

• Cincinnati CityBeat 5/7/2003, by Benj Clarke
• Record Collector 12/2003, by Pete Nash
• Uncut 2/2004

Your Country

• Entertainment Weekly 2/xx/2004, by Tom Sinclair (*)
• New York Daily News 2/29/2004, by Jim Farber
• No Depression #50, 3/2004, p. 133, by Don McLeese
• The Washington Post 3/10/2004, by Shannon Zimmerman
• The New Yorker 3/15/2004
• Harp 4/2004, by Rick Allen
• Mojo 4/2004, p. 108, by Tim Sheridan
• Goldmine 4/xx/2004 (*)
• Chicago Tribune 4/20/2004, by Joshua Klein
• Blender 5/2004, by Karen Schoemer
• Uncut 5/2004
• Playback:stl 6/2004, by Wade Paschall
• Face Magazine (USA) 11/2004, by Tory Gates
• Downbeat 2/2005, p. 80, by Hugh Gregory (*)

!Live Alone: The Bastard of Belgium

• Harp 6/2005, by Stuart Munro

Songs Of No Consequence

• The Riverfront Times 5/25/2005, by Steve Pick
• Chicago Tribune 6/3/2005, by Daniel Durchholz
• The Washington Post 6/3/2005, p. WE08, by Mark Jenkins
• Classic Rock 7/2005, by Hugh Fielder
• Harp 7/2005, by Ken Micallef
• Uncut 8/2005, by Luke Thorn
• The Big Takeover #56, 2005
• Rock Beat Int'l #27, Winter 2006, p. 33, by Geoff Cabin

Don’t Tell Columbus

• No Depression #68, 3/2007
• Goldmine #694, 3/2/2007, by Lee Zimmerman
• Mojo #161, 4/2007, p. 108, by Fred Dellar
• The Washington Post 4/27/2007, p. WE09, by Geoffrey Himes
• Roll 7/2007, by Peter Aaron

The Vertigo Singles Collection

• Record Collector #351, 7/2008, by Terry Staunton

Imaginary Television

• Uncut 4(?)/2010, by Graeme Thomson
• Goldmine #779, 6/4/2010, p. 58, by John M. Borack

The Bootleg Box

• Record Collector #385, 2/2011, by Terry Staunton

80’s Reverb Rules OK!

• Record Collector #397, 1/2012, by Ian Abrahams

Three Chords Good

• Rolling Stone #1171, 12/6//2012, p. 71, by Will Hermes
• Uncut #188, 1/2013, p. 75, by Bud Scoppa
• Goldmine #825, 3/2013, p. 40, by John M. Borack (*)
• Record Collector #419, 10/2013, by Terry Staunton

Mystery Glue

• Q #347, 6/2015, p. 110, by David Quantick
• Record Collector #441, 6/2015, by Michael Heatley
• Maverick #133, 7/2015, p. 76, by Nick Dalton (*)
• Uncut 7/2015, p. 79, by Luke Torn

These Dreams Will Never Sleep

• Mojo #277, 11/2016, p. 105, by Mark Blake
• Record Collector #459, 11/2016, p. 100, by Rich Davenport
• Uncut 11/2016, p. 51, by Nigel Williamson

Cloud Symbols

• Classic Rock 9/18/2018, by Chris Roberts
• Record Collector #485, 11/2018, by Terry Staunton
• Uncut #258, 11/2018, by Luke Torn

Last Chance To Learn The Twist

• Record Collector #548, 09/2023, by Terry Staunton
• Uncut #329, 10/2023, p. 33, by Bud Scoppa
• Classic Rock 10/2023, by Stuart Bailie
• The Big Takeover #93, 11/2023, by Bryan Swirsky (dual review w/ the reissue of 1996's "Acid Bubblegum") (*)
• Rock Beat Int'l #48, Winter 2024, p. 15, by Geoff Cabin

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Graham Parker Live

• Music 2/23/1984: "The down escalator," p. 26, by Patrick Humphries
• Record 11/1984, p. 44, by Wayne King

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Graham Parker at Rockpalast

• Record Collector #313, 8/2005, p. 120, by Michael Heatley

Graham Parker & The Rumour Live at Rockpalast

• Record Collector #407, 11/2012, p. 107, by Terry Staunton

This Is Live

• Record Collector #424, 2/2014, p. 106, by Terry Staunton

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• Time Out 11/7/1975
• NME 11/15/1975: "Hope & Anchor's Pub Rock Proms '75," p. 42 & 43, by Chas de Whalley

• NME 1/3/1976: "Rumour: Newlands Tavern, Peckham," by Chas de Whalley (*)
• NME 1/24/1976: "A Rumour to listen to ... / Graham Parker: Southampton," by Chas de Whalley
• NME 3/20/1976: "Graham Parker & the Rumour: Dingwalls," by Tony Stewart
• Sounds 4/3/1976: "Graham Parker: London"
• Melody Maker 5/1/1976: "Graham Parker and the Rumour," p. 27, by Harry Doherty
• Sounds 6/19/1976: "Graham Parker & the Rumour: Marquee," by Moira McCormick
• Performance/The International Talent Weekly 9/3/1976: "Parker's Brand of Pub Rock," by John Milward
• NME 10/2/1976: "Graham Parker - it's no rumour! Andy Fairweather-Low / Graham Parker And The Rumour / Bowles Brothers Band - London Roundhouse," p. 47, by Mo Geller
• NME 10(?)/xx/1976: "October Revolution," by Nick Kent
• Sounds (?) 10(?)/xx/1976: "Made in the shades - Graham Parker, London," by Giovanni Dadomo
• XXX xx/xx/1976: "Graham Parker - Out Of The Clubs And Into The Theatres"
• Billboard 11/20/1976: "Talent In Action: Graham Parker - Roxy, Los Angeles," p. 36 & p. 41, by Ed Harrison
• Village Voice 12/13/1976: "Graham Parker Pours It All Out," p. 121, by Paul Nelson
• NME 12/25/1976: "Soul night NY & whitey uptown - Graham Parker / Southside Johnny / Robert Palmer," p. 29, by Stephen Demorest

• NME 3/12/1977: "A Good Scrap (but the Yank wins)," p. 48, by Phil McNeill
• Melody Maker 3/19/1977: "Graham Parker," p. 23, by Michael Watts
• Sounds 3/19/1977: "Pouring it all out," p. 37, by Chas de Whalley
• Record Mirror 8/20/1977: "Too much of a good thing," p. 17, by Jim Evans
• The Guardian 8/29/1977: "Graham Parker - Reading," p. 8, by Robin Denselow
• The Daily Aztec 9/23/1977: "Thin Lizzy knows its limits," p. 6, by Mark Allen Tinkle
• Los Angeles Times 10/1/1977: "Thin Lizzy and Parker at Civic," pt. II, p. 10 & 11, by Robert Hilburn
• Sounds 10/15/1977: "Parker comes from the behind - Thin Lizzy/Graham Parker, Los Angeles," p. 46, by Sylvie Simmons
• Record World 11/5/1977: "Whoa Doctor," p. 16, by David McGee and Barry Taylor
• NME 11/19/1977: "Do nothing until you see this band - Graham Parker & The Rumour, Edinburgh," p. 55, by Ian Cranna
• Madcity Music Sheet Vol. 1 No. 28, 11/22/1977: "Graham Parker And The Rumour," p. 11, by Gary Radloff
• Sounds 11/26/1977 (*)
• Melody Maker 12/3/1977: "Parker gives 'em stick," p. 14, by Allan Jones
• Music Week 12/3/1977: "Graham Parker," by John Hayward
• NME 12/3/1977 (*)
• Sounds 12/3/1977: "Graham Parker And The Rumour / Clover: Rainbow," p. 40, by Chas de Whalley
• Variety 12/15/1977 (*)

• Evening Press 4/4/1978: "Parker turns on big heat," by Tom McPhail
• NME 4/29/1978: "Parker: the paradox and the plight," p. 65, by Ian Cranna
• Melody Maker 5/6/1978: "Sky high Parker," p. 5, by Harry Doherty
• Sounds 5/13/1978: "Graham Parker And The Rumour - Roundhouse," p. 57, by Hugh Fielder
• Record Mirror 5/27/1978: "Jonathan Richman, Graham Parker, Thin Lizzy - Pink Pop," p. 39, by Tim Lott
• Sounds 5/27/1978: "Richman rouses dozy Dutch - Pink Pop Festival, Holland," p. 52, by Geoff Barton
• Melody Maker 7/22/1978: "The buildup to Dylan, artist by artist" (*)
• NME 7/22/1978: "Chaos & concern," p. 7, by Paul Morley
• NME 7/22/1978: "200,000 people can't be wrong," p. 44, by Tony Stewart
• Record Mirror 7/22/1978: "Whatever else... it was really nice - Blackbushe Picnic, Blackbushe," p. 43, by John Shearlaw
• Record Mirror 7/22/1978: "The Northern Carnival, Alexandra Park, Manchester," p. 44, by Mike Nicholls
• Sounds 7/22/1978, p. 26, by Hugh Fielder (part of "Nice To See Ya, Bob" article)
• Sounds 7/22/1978: "The future is here today - AntiNazi League/Rock Against Racism Festival, Manchester," p. 45, by Ian Wood
• Roadrunner 10/1978: "Graham Parker," p. 15, by Cee (aka Clinton) Walker
• Variety 10/18/1978 (*)
• Melody Maker 11/11/1978: "Perfect Venue for Parker," p. 28, by Richard Williams
• NME 11/11/1978: "Graham Parker And The Rumour - The Venue," by Paul Du Noyer
• Sounds 11/11/1978: "Graham Parker And The Rumour - The Venue," p. 43, by Dave McCullough

• Melody Maker 3/3/1979: "Graham Parker - Olympic Ballroom, Dublin," by Brian Trench
• NME 3/10/1979: "Somewhere, the edge went AWOL," p. 48, by Gavin Martin
• Record Mirror 3/10/1979: "Graham Parker And The Rumour - Cardiff University," by Jonathan Wheeler
• Record Mirror 3/xx/1979: "Graham Parker And The Rumour, The Sports - Hexagon Club, Reading," by James Parade
• Music Week 4/14/1979: "Graham Parker: Hammersmith Odeon," p. 58, by David Dalton
• NME 4/14/1979: "Passion is no ordinary skill," p. 47, by Paul Morley
• Sounds 4/xx/1979: "Stanzas for stoned tap dancers: Graham Parker And The Rumour - Hammersmith Odeon," by Dave McCullough
• Los Angeles Times 4/13/1979: "Rumour, Parker: Power Pairing," pt. IV, p. 18, by Robert Hilburn
• Variety 5/2/1979 (*)
• Record Mirror 5/5/1979: "Graham Parker - Roxy, Los Angeles," by Mark Cooper
• Billboard 5/12/1979: "Talent In Action: Graham Parker, The Rumour, Susan - Roxy, Los Angeles," p. 29, by Paul Grein
• New York Times 5/13/1979, p. 40, by Robert J. Palmer (*)
• The Virginian-Pilot 5/15/1979: "Parker, Rumour Exude Rock-and-Roll Energy," p. B8, by Eric Feber
• The Red and Black 5/22/1979: "Graham Parker, Rumour deliver stunning showcase," p. 6, by Nelson D. Ross
• Record World 5/26/1979: "Parker Blows Away Copa Crowd," p. 20, by Mike Sigman
• Sounds 6/2/1979 (*)
• Ottawa Citizen 6/11/1979, p. 40, by Bill Provick
• Variety 12/5/1979 (*)

• NME 10/18/1980, p. 55, by Paul Morley
• Melody Maker 10/18/1980: "Graham Parker and the Rumour, Hammersmith Palais, London - Parker on the up ... ," by Paulo Hewitt
• Record Mirror 10/18/1980: "Raise Your Glasses," p. 38, by Mike Nicholls
• Sounds 10/xx/1980: "Geep firing on all cylinders," by Hugh Fielder
• Melody Maker 11/22/1980: "The Rumour, Hope & Anchor, London," by Steve Sutherland
• NME 11/22/1980: "The Rumour," p. 60, by Paul Tickell

• Melody Maker 4/10/1982: "Sad and sickly Parker," by Frank Worrall (*)
• Sounds 4/xx/1982: "Graham Parker/John Watts, Newcastle - Another Grey Day," by Ian Ravendale
• Record Mirror 4/17/1982: "Bright Area," by Simon Hills
• The Daily Collegian 4/26/1982: "It's no Rumour, Parker's back," p. 22, by Debbie Krivoy
• Sounds 5/1/1982 (*)
• New York Times 5/5/1982: "Anger Gone, Graham Parker Is Back," p. C23, by Robert Palmer
• The Washington Post 5/10/1982: "Graham Parker," p. C10, by Geoffrey Himes
• The Aquarian #419, 5/12/1982, by Craig Zeller
• Variety 5/26/1982 (*)

• Albany Student Press 9/27/1983: "Graham Parker Rocks On," p. 11, by Chris Berlingieri
• The Ithacan 9/29/1983: "Graham Parker, p. 17, by John Sharples
• Variety 10/19/1983 (*)
• Billboard 10/29/1983: "Graham Parker, Mental As Anything - Ritz, NYC," p. 45, by Kim Freeman

• Boston Globe 4/30/1985: "Clapton Goes From Strength To Strength," p. 54, by Steve Morse
• Variety 5/15/1985 (*)

• Melody Maker 7/1986 (*)

• New York Times 6/6/1988: "Snarls Of An Underdog," p. C20, by Jon Pareles
• The Washington Post 6/7/1988: "Graham Parker," p. D4, by Geoffrey Himes
• Chicago Tribune 6/10/1988: "As Romantic As It Sounds, Parker's Back," p. C8, by Chris Heim
• U.P.I. 6/12/1988: "Graham Parker -- sparks still flying," by Peter Rapalus
• Variety 6/15/1988 (*)
• Los Angeles Times 6/16/1988: "Parker Tempers Anger With Ardor At The Roxy," part 6, p. 7, by Steve Hochman
• Billboard 7/2/1988: "Graham Parker, Roseland, New York City," p. 32, by Jean Rosenbluth
• Newsday 7/20/1988: "Marti Jones: Her All-Star Hootenanny," part II, pg. 9, by Stephen Williams
• Melody Maker 11/19/1988, "Graham Parker - Town & Country Club, London," p. 22, by Caren Myers

• Los Angeles Times 4/5/1989: "Graham Parker Back To His Label-Bashing Tricks," part 6, p. 2, by Steve Hochman
• Orange County Register 4/6/1989: "Pungent Parker charms, disarms crowd," p. K06, by Cary Darling
• Boston Globe 4/21/1989: "Alone in America, Graham Parker thrives," p. 57, by Jim Sullivan
• Newsday 4/29/1989: "Sparks Still Fly With Parker," part II, p. 15, by Stephen Williams
• Variety 5/3/1989 (*)
• East Coast Rocker #151, 1989: "When Less Is More," by Jay Lustig
• Rolling Stone #553, 6/1/1989: "Alone but Alive," p. 29, by Jeffrey Ressner

• Variety 2/28/1990 (*)
• The Independent 3/2/1990: "Painting the Town red," p. 15, by Jim White
• New York Times 3/25/1990: "Reprise of the 50's and 60's In Edmunds's Rock Revue," p. 63, by Jon Pareles
• San Diego Union-Tribune 4/5/1990: "Long-time greasers pretty slick in Edmunds' Rock 'n' Roll Revue," p. E-1, by Robert J. Hawkins
• San Diego Union-Tribune 4/5/1990: "Edmunds Revue rocks too long," p. C-8, by George Varga
• Los Angeles Times 4/9/1990: "Dave Edmunds' Revue A Smoking Combination," p. F7, by Jim Washburn
• San Francisco Chronicle 4/9/1990: "Well, the Joint Was Rockin'," p. F1, by Joel Selvin
• Billboard 5/5/1990: "Dave Edmunds' Rock & Roll Revue, Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, Calif.," p. 40, by Chris Morris

• Los Angeles Times (Orange County edition) 9/29/1992: "Lighting A Fuse To 'Burning Questions'," p. F2, by Jim Washburn
• Chicago Tribune 10/11/1992: "Graham Parker still not quite his old self," p. C7, by Greg Kot
• Chicago Sun-Times 10/12/1992: "Williams, Parker Weighty," p. 31, by Jim DeRogatis
• Boston Globe 10/14/1992: "Graham Parker: Pleasant not passionate," p. 80, by Jim Sullivan
• The Washington Post 10/20/1992: "Parker and Williams: Rock Passions," p. E4, by Geoffrey Himes
• Flipside #81, 1992, p. 84 (*)
• Billboard 12/5/1992: "Graham Parker, Mr. Reality - Town Hall, New York," p. 20 & p. 26, by Jim Bessman

• Dirty Linen #44, 2/1993, p. 33, by Joe F. Compton
• Chicago Tribune 8/5/1993: "Small audience hints that Crosby, Nash unplugged," p. 24, by Dan Kening
• The Washington Post 8/9/1993: "Crosby, Nash and Friends," by Mike Joyce
• Los Angeles Times 10/23/1993: "Parker For The Defense," p. F2 (Orange County edition), by Mike Boehm
• The Hollywood Reporter 10/25/1993, by Darryl Morden
• Dallas Morning News 10/28/1993: "Cool With Cult," p. 37A, by Manuel Mendoza
• The Hartford Courant 11/20/1993: "Parker pours it all out in no-frills show," p. E10, by Roger Catlin

• Boston Globe 3/24/1994: "Beat goes on at Kerouac fest," p. 70, by Steve Morse
• Mojo 7/1994, p. 94, by Randee Dawn Cohen

• New York Times 4/3/1995: "A Mellower Graham Parker," p. C16, by Jon Pareles
• Chicago Sun-Times 4/11/1995: "Graham Parker's Changed Style Is No Rumour," p. 30, by Lloyd Sachs
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch 4/13/1995: "Graham Parker Offers Eclectic Mix Of 20 Years Of Songs," p. 4G, by David Surkamp
• Daily Variety 4/24/1995, by Phil Gallo
• Los Angeles Times 4/24/1995: "Graham Parker: Mildly Angry These Days," p. F2, by Mike Boehm
• The Plain Dealer 5/18/1995: "Small Crowd Cheers Long Set Of Requests," p. 7B, by John Soeder
• The Columbus Dispatch 5/19/1995: "Graham Parker Lights Up Stache's," p. 10D, by Bill Eichenberger
• The West Australian 8/XX/1995: "Hey, Lord, this was a big surprise," by Michael Dwyer

• The Washington Post 2/9/1996: "Graham Parker: Caustic and Cool," p. F08, by Mike Joyce
• Star Tribune 6/8/1996: "Singers sittin' around - and sweatin' - at Fine Line," p. 4B, by Neal Justin
• Boston Globe 6/17/1996: "Singing and slinging 'Words' at the Middle East," p. 34, by Jim Sullivan
• New York Times 10/18/1996: "Still Stubbornly Surly," p. C26, by Jon Pareles
• The Hollywood Reporter 11/8/1996, by John Lappen
• Los Angeles Times (Orange County Edition) 11/9/1996: "Enough Of Graham Parker's Gifts To Go Around," p. F2, by Buddy Seigal
• The Arizona Republic 11/12/1996: "High-Voltage Parker Makes A Point Of Staying Current," p. C5, by Salvatore Caputo
• The Times Union 11/22/1996: "The Figgs, Parker are pure rock pleasure," p. B9, by Michael Eck

• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 7/14/1997: "Young band lights Parker's fire," p. 8, by Jon M. Gilbertson
• The Austin Chronicle 7/18/1997: "Live Shots: Graham Parker - Cactus Cafe, July 5," by Michael Bertin

• The Birmingham News 10/16/1998: "Black shines at 'Tellin' Stories'," by Mary Colurso
• The Washington Post 10/21/1998: "'Tellin' Stories' Both Sweet and Sad at the Birchmere," p. D06, by Dave McKenna
• Daily Variety 10/22/1998: "The Telling Stories Tour," p. 8, by David Sprague

• Dallas Morning News 6/25/1999: "Bile-Mannered," p. 37A, by Thor Christensen
• Edmonton Sun 8/8/1999: "Graham Parker rolls out the hits with solo guitar," by Neal Watson

• The Washington Post 9/29/2001: "Graham Parker shows his edge," p. C09, by Joe Heim
• The Birmingham News 10/14/2001: "Parker and Figgs Reveal True Grit In Intense, Vibrant Performance," p. 24-A, by Mary Colurso

• Los Angeles Times 1/12/2002: "Aged, but Not Mellowed," by Randy Lewis

• The Washington Post 4/21/2004: "Graham Parker," p. C09, by Pamela Murray Winters
• No Depression #52, 7/2004: "Graham Parker / Anne McCue - Duck Room (St. Louis, MO)"

• Boston Globe 1/3/2005: "Parker and punk show highlight New Year's Eve," by Tom Kielty
• The Washington Post 6/8/2005: "Graham Parker: At 54, Still Good for Some Sparks," p. C07, by Buzz McClain

• The Washington Post 5/1/2007: "Rocker Graham Parker, Borrowing From Himself," p. C07, by Steve Kiviat

• Record Collector #422, Christmas 2013: "Graham Parker & The Rumour - Leeds Academy, 22nd October, 2013," p. 112, by Ashley Jones

• Record Collector #448, Christmas 2015: "Graham Parker & The Rumour - Southampton Brook, 12th October, 2015," by Oliver Gray

• Record Collector #462, 1/2017: "Ian Hunter & The Rant Band - London Shepherd's Bush O2 Empire, 11/11/16," by Mark Taylor

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