Graham Parker album & DVD reviews

Last Chance To Learn The Twist

Goldmine 10/14/2023, by Tone Scott
Lonesome Highway 9/25/2023, by Declan Culliton
Slicing Through The Static 9/23/2023, by Ian Canty
The Big Takeover 9/7/2023, by Michael Toland

Five Old Souls

All About Jazz 3/6/2021, by Doug Collette

Cloud Symbols

• Paste 10/12/2007, by Lee Zimmerman
• Glidemagazine.com 9/28/2018: "‘Cloud Symbols’ Recalls One-Two Punch Of Graham Parker’s Earliest Albums," by Doug Collette
• Louder Than War 9/25/2018, by Craig Chaligne
• PopMatters 9/20/2018: "Graham Parker Sees 'Cloud Symbols' Where There Should Be Clouds," by Steve Horowitz

Mystery Glue

• Pennyblackmusic.co.uk 6/19/2015, by Lisa Torem
• MagnetMagazine.com 6/2/2015: Essential New Music: Graham Parker & The Rumour’s “Mystery Glue”, by J. Poet
• Popmatters 5/29/2015, by Charles Pitter
• Glidemagazine.com 5/27/2015, by Doug Collette
• Americansongwriter.com 5/20/2015, by Hal Horowitz

Official Bootleg Box

No Depression 12/19/2014: Rumour Is the Bootleg Box Set to Get Your Music Lover for Xmas Isn't from the "Basement", by Plain Sense

This Is Live

• Inside Pulse 9/2/2013, by Joe Corey
• Popmatters 8/28/2013: 'Graham Parker & The Rumour: This is Live' Gains Momentum, But Does Not Sustain, by J.C. Macek III

Three Chords Good

• Glidemagazine.com 1/8/2013, by Doug Collette
• No Depression 12/2/2012, by Rocking Magpie
• Never Mind The Bus Pass 11/30/2012
• There Stands the Glass 11/30/2012, by Happy In Bag
• Cool Album Of The Day 11/28/2012, by Bubby Lewis
• Breitbart.com 11/28/2012: Graham Parker's Progressive Nostalgia Trip, by Christian Toto
• The Vinyl District 11/27/2012, by Joseph Neff
• American Songwriter 11/15/2012, by Steven Rosen

Live at Rockpalast

• Glidemagazine.com 4/24/2013, by Doug Collette

Live at the FTC

• Seattle Post-Intelligencer 12/6/2010, by Greg Barbrick

Imaginary Television

• Roots of Rock 3/30/2010, by David Knowles
• No Depression 3/24/2010, by Michael Berick
• Americansongwriter.com 3/16/2010, by Peter Gerstenzang

Don’t Tell Columbus

• Your Flesh Magazine 6/14/2007, by Nick Blakey
• Las Vegas CityLife 6/7/2007, by Jarret Keene
• Amplifier Magazine 6/5/2007: The Lone Wolf, by Rick Schadelbauer
• Illinois Times 4/5/2007, by Rene Spencer Saller
• Dallas Observer 3/22/2007, by Darryl Smyers
• Cape Cod Times 3/19/2007, by Ken Capobianco
• PopMatters 3/14/2007, by Roger Holland
• Salon 3/13/2007, by David Marchese
• The Toledo Times 3/11/2007, by Rod Lockwood
• Paste 1/11/2007, by Andy Whitman

Songs Of No Consequence

• steveterrell.blogspot.com 2/2006, by Stephen W. Terrell
• Stomp and Stammer 7/12/2005, by Gregory Nicoll
• Splendid 7/12/2005, by Philip Stone
• The Music Box 7/2005, Volume 12, #7 by John Metzger
• Calgary Sun 7/7/2005: Cranky as ever, by Darryl Sterdan
• Boston Herald 6/8/2005: It's no rumor: Graham Parker's back, by Nate Dow
• PopMatters 6/8/2005, by Zeth Lundy
• RootsHighway 6/3/2005, by Fabio Cerbone (in Italian)
• Vital Source 6/1/2005, by John Hughes

Your Country

• RootsHighway 2004, by Fabio Cerbone (in Italian)
• FreeCity.de 2004, by Juergen Moll (in German)
• Boston Herald 5/28/2004, by Nate Dow
• 9 Times 5/2004, by Scott Fraley
• concertlivewire.com 4/19/2004: Parker finds new audience, by Andy Argyrakis
• fakejazz.com 4/2/2004, by Jeff Penczak
• The Music Box Volume 11, #4, 4/2004, by John Metzger
• USA Today 3/29/2004, by Mansfield
• clink magazine 3/28/2004, by Tris McCall
• Austin Chronicle 3/19/2004, by Jim Caligiuri
• Billboard.Biz 3/9/2004, by Joshua Klein
• Splendid 3/8/2004, by Jennifer Kelly
• RollingStone.com 3/8/2004, by David Sprague
• Bandoppler 3/7/2004, by Chris Estey
• UmbrellaMusic.com 2/13/2004, by Timothy Hawkins

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

• Ear Candy 8/2003, by Sean Koepenick
• New York Post 5/13/2003, by Dan Aquilante

King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Graham Parker

• Der Schallplattenmann sagt #326, 1/20/2003, by Peter Bongartz (in German)

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

• The Borderland MusicWatch Page #6, 2001, by John M Peters

Deepcut To Nowhere

• NetRhythms, by Mike Davies
• GeorgePelecanos.com - Off The Page, 2002, by George P. Pelecanos
• SoundStage! 2/2002, by Joseph Taylor
• Shepherd Express 1/3/2002: Going Nowhere, by Jon M. Gilbertson
• Kultura 12/10/2001, by Jan Seewald (in German)
• Superstar In Stereo 2001
• eye 11/1/2001, by Bill Reynolds
• bangSheet 10/26/2001
• Boston Globe 10/18/2001, by Ken Capobianco
• Creative Loafing 10/10/2001, by John C. Falstaff
• Der Schallplattenmann sagt #264, 10/8/2001, by Peter Bongartz (in German)
• Barfly 2001, by Tony Hillier
• feber 9/26/2001, by Mats Olsson (in Swedish)
• High Bias 9/9/2001, by Blythe Christopher
• The Toledo Times 9/2/2001: Graham Parker has surpassed his peers, by Rod Lockwood
• The Daily Camera 8/31/2001, by Michael Cote
• Gallery of Sound, by Brian Baker
• RollingStone.com 8/20/2001, by Rob O'Connor
• Jam! Music Reviews 8/10/2001: No surpises on 'Deepcut', by Darryl Sterdan
• Blender 8/2001: Aging new-waver rekindles that ’70s fire, by Dan Epstein

That’s When You Know

• feber 10/28/2001, by Mats Olsson (in Swedish)
• Rock Ahead 9/2001, by Jon Kirkman

Ultimate Collection

• CD Shakedown 9/21/2001, by Randy Krbechek
• The Daily Camery 8/31/2001, by Michael Cote
• Entertainment Today 4/6/2001, by Brad Auerbach
• The Night Owl, by Steve Marshall

Hold Back the Night

• The Vinyl District 8/5/2015: Graded on a Curve: Graham Parker and the Rumour, Hold Back the Night, by Michael H. Little

Loose Monkeys

• Spectator online 10/2/1999, by Rick Cornell
• CD Shakedown 7/23/1999: Letting the Inmates Run the Asylum, by Randy Krbechek
• SonicNet 3/18/1999: Out-Losered? By Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen

Not If It Pleases Me

• PLcoctail 6/18/1998 (in Russian)
• Top Magazine 5/1998, by Ken Kessler and Hugh Fielder

Live Alone: Discovering Japan

• q-tips 12/2001, by Holger Hansen (in German)
• Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange 1999, by David Schultz
• CD Shakedown 8/14/1998, by Randy Krbechek
• Houston Sidewalk 6/9/1998, by Chris Kemmerer
• Microsoft Music Central 4/14/1998, by Mark Brown

Last Rock'n'Roll Tour

• Review by Don Donofrio
• PC & mediji 9/1997, by Miha Mazzini (in Slovenian)
• Review by Kevin Avery
• Der Schallplattenmann sagt #065, 7/6/1997, by Peter Bongartz (in German)
• Houston Press 5/8/1997, by Hobart Rowland
• Review by Robert Whyte
• Wall of Sound, by Bob Remstein

Piss and Vinegar (tribute album)

• The Music Paper 8/97, by Jon Maye

Vertigo

• Der Schallplattenmann sagt #033, 10/27/1996, by Bernhard Sauer (in German)

Squeezing Out Sparks/Live Sparks reissue

• Perfect Sound Forever 11/97, by Dave Kaufman
• Audities On-Line 1/97, by Rick Schadelbauer
• Music Wire, October 1996: Arista Hops on the Remastering Bandwagon, by Barry Gutman

Acid Bubblegum

• The Old Grey Cat, by Diane Wilkes
• Jelly #5: Graham does not sell out, by Bill Kuhn
• Kiekkorinki 6/97 (in Finnish)
• Flagpole Magazine 6/4/97, by Jim Winders
• The Boston Phoenix, by Chris Erikson
• E! online
• Wall of Sound, by Grant Alden
• Allstar 10/1996, by Steve Holtje
• People Online, by Craig Tomashoff
• The Philadelphia Inquirer, by Nick Cristiano
• SF Bay Guardian, by Derk Richardson (Including RealAudio links)
• Pause & Play - The Music Column, 10/96, by Gerry Galipault
• Backstage Pass, by Gerald Laurence
• Music Wire, August 1996: Parker Chews 'Em Up and Spits 'Em Out, by Barry Gutman

No Holding Back

• Der Schallplattenmann sagt #031, 10/13/1996, by Peter Bongartz (in German)

BBC Live In Concert

• Mtude.com 12/28/2000, by Kaptain Powers
• MuzikMan 11/15/2000, by Keith Hannaleck
• Winnipeg Sun 10/27/2000: Graham Parker shows his passion, by Darryl Sterdan
• Vue Weekly 10/26/2000, by Paul Matwychuk
• Ink 19, 10/2000, by Brian Kruger
• Associated Press 9/2000: Live album doesn't help boost Parker's reputation, by Steven Wine
• Der Schallplattenmann sagt #018, 7/14/1996, by Peter Bongartz (in German)

KGSR broadcasts

• Austin Chronicle, by Raoul Hernandez

Live from New York

• Der Schallplattenmann sagt #019, 7/21/1996, by Peter Bongartz (in German)

The Smithereens: Attack of the Smithereens

• The Boston Phoenix, by Brett Milano
• Wall of Sound, by David Fenigsohn

12 Haunted Episodes

• Jam! Music Reviews, by John Sakamoto
• Chubu Weekly, by Bill Ellis
• Addicted To Noise 1.09: Graham Parker's Mellowed Spirit Haunts Episodes, by Robert Levine

Christmas Cracker

• hipchristmas.com

Burning Questions

• Something Else 9/6/2007, by Nick DeRiso
• Review by Andrew J Whitman

The Mona Lisa's Sister

• Consumable 5/27/1999, by Bill Holmes

Another Grey Area

• Under The Radar 4/14/2022, by Matthew Berlyant

The Up Escalator

• Rock Ahead 11/2003, by Jon Kirkman

Squeezing Out Sparks

• Crawdaddy 2/11/2009: Crate Digger, by Denise Sullivan
• generasound.com 10/29/2001, by Christophe Ernault (in French)
• Mott The Dog Reviews 10/8/2001

Heat Treatment

• theguardian.com 3/5/2012, by Greg Freeman
• guterman.100 entry, by Jimmy Guterman

Howlin' Wind

• MagnetMagazine.com 11/22/2017: Magnet Classics: The Making Of Graham Parker & The Rumour’s “Howlin’ Wind”, by A.D. Amorosi
• The Daily Vault 5/17/1997, by Scott Floman

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