Another Grey Area

Graham Parker

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 9, 2007)
• Original Release Date: March 1982
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: American Beat
• ASIN: B000M8N43A
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #21,062 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Radio-friendly, but who needs friends like that?, January 6, 2000

By	J. L LaRegina "Jim LaRegina" (New Jersey) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Another Grey Area (Audio CD)

Graham Parker's ANOTHER GREY AREA is a must-have just for the CD bonus track "Mercury Poisoning," a 1979 song previously released to radio stations only. That is, unless you wish to purchase his 1976-91 anthology PASSION IS NO ORDINARY WORD, the other GP release that I know has that song.

As for the original (1981) ANOTHER GREY AREA tunes, about half range from good to excellent. In the right mood, I enjoy the album for its radio-friendly sound. Otherwise, I program the CD for "Mercury Poisoning, "You Hit The Spot," "Fear Not," Temporary Beauty," "Big Fat Zero," "Thankless Task" and the title track.

Rock radio was alive and well in the 1980s, and not surprisingly that decade saw Graham Parker's greatest commercial success. ANOTHER GREY AREA's "You Hit The Spot" and "Temporary Beauty" made the airwaves back then, not that you will hear them on today's classic rocks-in-their-heads stations. After all, we have to hear "Love Her Madly" a hundred times a week, don't we?

Parker himself recently named ANOTHER GREY AREA as tied (with STEADY NERVES) for his "least favorite" Graham Parker album. Nonetheless, GP at his least impressive is still worth a listen.

I could say more but the classic rock station is playing "Love Her Madly." If I don't listen to it now, I will have to wait another hour until they play it again.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite GP disc, October 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Another Grey Area (Audio CD)

Although I know many GP fans play down this collection as being too "slick," it still stands a classic GP for the quality of songwriting. It is a slick production, not the rougher sounds of Squeezing Out Sparks.

If the 11 original tracks that appeared on the disc, I rate 9 of them as excellent, while Crying For Attention and Thankless Task are good GP songs.

If it's a slick disc, it shows what slick can be witht he right artist.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Parker's cynical self at his best....., March 16, 2002

By	Steve Cooksey "nephron44" (pittsburgh, pa USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Another Grey Area (Audio CD)

Yes, we all know about Graham Parker's other albums.....the two first albums, Squeezing Out the Sparks, Mona Lisa's Sister, etc.
This slick overproduced album recorded without the Rumour is consistent, brilliant and Parker at his cynical best. You can almost see him sneering when doing the vocals. The songwriting is superb, and the "nose candy" studio muscians including Nicky Hopkins do a damn fine job. This is one of my favorite records to listen to while driving.....try it out. Remember "bitterness is my favorite flavor."