Graham Parker - Live Alone In America +Album Reviews

A Man and His Guitar

James Marceda | Dumfries, VA | 10/06/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I saw the tour from which this album was drawn. Just Gram and his guitar. He was charming and rocking. The CD brings back great memories of a great show for me. Being objective, most of the covers of his earlier work are spendid with one or two exceptions. The reason to own this one, however, is for the three songs that, so far as I know, do not appear on any other Parker release. The stand-out is "The Three Martini Lunch:" a sad but - oh so true - look at Hollywood in the 1980's and beyond."

Angst for the memories!

scottdammit | midvale, utah United States | 02/22/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"An incendiary and intoxicating blend of festive white-boy soul, rowdy Pub Rock, stark Reggae, acerbic social satire,languid & lusty love songs, all emphatically delivered by the suitably intense Mr. Parker. Toss in a cover of Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" and it's a party in a small, plastic rectangular box!G.P. bounces from the jaunty "White Honey" to the wistful "Watch The Moon Come Down," eventually hitting a skankin' groove on "Protection" and "Soul Corruption". The latter song contains a racial epithet that is, in context, only used to describe the injust way governments treat minorities. G.P. isn't the type to sugarcoat his emotions, whether on the poignant "Don't Let It Break You Down" or the bawdy "Hotel Chambermaid". Great stuff!"

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Rico | Pittsburgh, Pa | 10/26/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Tracks:

1) White Honey

2) Watch The Moon Come Down

3) Black Honey

4) Protection

5) Soul Corruption'

6) Gypsy Blood

7) Back to School Days

8) Durban Poison

9) The 3 Martini Lunch

10) Back in Time

11) Hotel Chambermaid

12) Don't Let if Break You Down

13) You Can't Be too Strong

14) A Change is Gonna Come"

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