Squeezing Out Sparks by Graham Parker

Squeezing Out Sparks

Graham Parker

1979
2.87
Rating
294
Votes
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4%
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28%
3
47%
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19%
5
2%
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It was okay

Fucking outrageous, it's like he's doing an Elvis Costello impression for some reason. On the one hand, I guess mission accomplished from the original project that I can pick up on that now. On the other hand, all of Costello's six albums on there sounded identical to each other. The People wanted more of that in the feed?

I didn't love it

Forgettable 70s

This is the kind of 80s music that doesn’t excite me much. The cool guy singer songwriter that sings about tales of unique life. To me it’s just an album of blow hard music with more unique instrumentals and rhythms. Nothing too exciting on this one. 5.4/10

This did not hit me right at all today.

I definitely get Elvis Costello vibes from this, which isn’t great for me since 6 albums of Elvis Costello on the original list didn’t warm me up to the sound. Most of the songs were ok for me although a few started to wear. And I think that apostrophe in “UFO’s” needs to go.

Mmmmhh just ok

Some solid 70s rock instrumentals aren’t enough to keep this feeling like some copycat Costello – vocal antics do nothing for me but incite rage, so the repetitive choruses and kooky delivery didn’t do much here to improve the LP’s standing.

This dude just seems like a poor man's Elvis Costello, which is definitely not a good thing.

Two in one week not available in my region.

Great. More Elvis Costello. Hell no.