Is a 2CD 40-Track 'Chronicles' Best-Of Anthology covering his stay at MercuryĪnd Vertigo Records between 19. "Vertigo" by GRAHAM PARKER (and The Rumour) on Vertigo/Mercury 534 100-2 (Barcode 731453410022) Here to remind us of our mistakes and emotional misdemeanors and offer upįorty acts of suburban contrition so we can reassess and forgive ourselves for our many colored-vinyl trespasses. Used to call 'A Chronicles Anthology' on the sticker) is But the right worshipful Graham Parker (a gent from Chobham in Surrey) always seemed to struggle to rise above the music pulpit to be heard.įrom the forgotten hills of England in 1996 (and one of those splurges the industry
Him like they had say Elvis Costello or Nick Lowe or Hell, even Dave Edmunds. Through Punk and New Wave (and bought the safety pins and buttons) – I kind of thought that asĮach new record seemed to get demonstrably better than the last – the public would embrace At least among my Dublin matesĪnd I, GP & Crew were the Super Unleaded nozzle to us. And in some kind of curiously begrudging non-commercial 'stop reminding us of our predicament' way – they were. R&B with Punk Rock lyrics about the frustrations and exhilaration of dole-ridden young life in New Wave England.
Rumour should have been huge - what with their edgy songs that fused 60s Hotel rooms with frisky chambermaids and a search the world over (well mostly
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