Human Soul [Original recording reissued, Import]

Graham Parker | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 1, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1989
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Import
• Label: Diablo Records UK
• ASIN: B000003BTK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #429,882 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Little Miss Understanding

2. My Love's Strong

3. Dancing For Money

4. Call Me Your Doctor

5. Big Man On Paper

6. Soultime

7. Everything Goes

8. Sugar Gives You Energy

9. Daddy's A Postman

10. Green Monkeys

11. I Was Wrong

12. You Got The World (Right Where You Want It)

13. Slash And Burn

14. Bonus Track

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Two sides, March 7, 2000

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This review is from: Human Soul (Audio CD)

Paul Campbell of New Jersey says it all. The first `side` (Little Miss Understanding to Soultime) are reminiscent of his first three albums when he had a more soul influence (Human Soul,y`see) delivered with great Muscle Shoals type production, crisp and molten, an arc of tuneful sweet songs; Call Me Your Doctor has a fantastic fade-out and a wicked,tight groove while Dancing For Money,like a lot of his songs,sounds instantly familiar with a classic feel and ringing Seventies guitar of the George Harrison/English softrock mould. That promises well; feel,groove and tune...but then on `side two` he decided to actually make big social comment away from his loved one,and comes unstuck; songs about AIDS,schoolgirl murders,empty consumerism, capitalist exploitation,and his own rockstar difficulties only deliver a scattering of good tunes;`Daddy`s A Postman` is full of hooks,turns,snapping guitars and keening vocals and for a Brit startlingly American power-pop. Everything Goes with a few changes could almost be an REM pop song and I Was Wrong has the great line we should all identify with `I thought I was someone special in another life/they gave me my fifteen minutes,then they pulled the knife`. But these are all one-minute long and blend into each other in a suite of songs...I mean,why? The full songs after that `suite`, You Got The World and Slash and Burn are very familiar-sounding (the former borrows a similar tune to his earlier `Love Without Greed` and Slash and Burn is a Parker rocker by rote). If the momentum of the first five songs had been continued and `Daddy`s A Postman` and `Everything Goes` extended and made into something personal we would probably be talking Parker`s best album ever.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the greatest "albums" ever by anyone., October 21, 2004

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Andrea Powers "lizzieismydog" (Southbridge MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Human Soul (Audio CD)

This is one of the CDs that I have played most in my life. A perfect mix of Chairman Parker's wit (caustic and otherwise), sing-along melody, empathy, love, soul.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Fine Yet Uncharacteristic Offering, October 30, 2001

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Eric R. Last "misterrockobscurities" (San Bruno, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Human Soul (Audio CD)

One of my favorite Graham Parker albums. I especially enjoy the suite of short, topical songs that all blend together: "Everything Goes/Sugar Gives You Energy/Daddy's A Postman/Green Monkeys". "Big Man On Paper" is one of his most touching songs. This is the most pop album Graham has ever made, but for a power pop fan such as myself, that's great. Another GP album that didn't really get the attention it deserved.