Human Soul [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] [IMPORT]

Graham Parker

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 1, 1997)
• Original Release Date: January 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Import
• Label: Diablo Records UK
• ASIN: B000003BTK
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #338,198 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
1990 album includes 'Little Miss Understanding', 'My Love's Strong' & 'Daddy's A Postman'.

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

By	barry ledgister (Birmingham England) - See all my reviews

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

By	Andrea Powers "lizzieismydog" (Southbridge MA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

By	Eric R. Last "misterrockobscurities" (San Bruno, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.