Tracks

1. Stick To Me

2. I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down

3. Problem Child

4. Soul On Ice

5. Clear Head

6. New York Shuffle

7. Watch The Moon Come Down

8. Thunder And Rain

9. Heat In Harlem

10. The Raid

Performer Notes

This classic, late-1970s album by British rocker Graham Parker features many of his finest tunes, as well as the lesser-known tracks "Soul on Ice" and "Clear Head."
Remastered version.
Personnel: Graham Parker (vocals, guitar); Brinsley Schwarz (guitar, background vocals); Martin Belmont (guitar); John Earle (saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); John Altman (saxophone, baritone saxophone); Ray Beavis, Johnny Earl (tenor saxophone); Dick Hanson (trumpet); Chris Gower (trombone); Bob Andrews (piano, organ, keyboards, background vocals); Steve Goulding (drums, percussion, background vocals); Andrew Bodnar (drums); Darryl Lee Que (percussion).
Liner Note Author: Nigel Williams.
Recording information: Eden Studios, London, England.
Arranger: David Bedford.
Graham Parker and the Rumour's third new studio album to be released in 18 months finds the bandleader running short of top-flight material; "Thunder And Rain" and "Watch The Moon Come Down" are up to his usual standards, but songs like "The Heat In Harlem" find him dangerously out of his depth. As a result, although fiercely played, this star-crossed release (it had to be re-recorded when the first version suffered technical problems) is a cut below Parker's first two albums. ~ William Ruhlmann

Professional Reviews

Q (Summer/01, p.125) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Parker's best work. His still-bitter songs had a blossoming maturity....Well worth resurrecting."

Uncut (9/01, p.102) - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 - "...'Watch The Moon' and 'Soul On Ice' brilliantly captured the late Seventies psychic and emotional landscape..."