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Product Details

  • Audio CD (March 9, 2004)
  • Original Release Date: March 9, 2004
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Bloodshot Records
  • ASIN: B0001CCWX0
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #146,220 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Personnel: Graham Parker (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, harmonica); Lucinda Williams (vocals); Ben Peeler, John Would (lap steel guitar); Tom Freund (melodica, keyboards, acoustic & electric basses, background vocals); Don Heffington (jews harp, drums, percussion). Recorded at Stanley Recording Studios, Venice, California.


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For nearly 30 years, Parker has coupled punk's energy with his love of American R&B, country, and soul that has rightly earned him a spot in rock's pantheon of original and influential figures. He's got a snotty barroom brawler's rasp and sneer, a soul man's swagger, and an ear for indelible hooks and pop songcraft. "Your Country" is a warm and melodic genre-bending masterpiece. His songs go from Motown to Nashville to blistering rock to the keening lonesomeness of a weary troubadour.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best just keeps getting better, March 10, 2004
By Tankery "Tankery" (New Orleans) - See all my reviews
  
Graham put out his best album ever last time with Deepcut to Nowhere. Great grooves, great hooks, superb lyrics. This one doesn't miss a beat. Ironically, Lucinda Williams sings on Cruel Lips-Ironic in the sense that all great musicians from her to Springsteen to Dylan think Graham is a genius songwriter.
There's something to a country tinge to many of the songs-especially the first three, but many of the songs groove to that trademark, hook-laden, rock and roll Graham has honed and perfected over the years. Fair Ground is one of the greatest songs he has ever written and pretty much puts into one song where the great Mr. Parker is at this point in his career. A great point, by the way.
To get excited by a release from an artist who has delivered so much in almost the last 30 years is one thing, but to have an artist doing his best stuff after 30 years is something rivaling the devine.
If you haven't yet discovered the greatness in Graham Parker, first, shame on you, second, start with Deepcut to Nowhere and then snatch up Your Country.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Comfortably Americana, May 1, 2004
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I must confess that I was not much of a Graham Parker fan until I purchased a copy of A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd and heard his incredibly stark and haunting version of Comfortably Numb. At that point, I had to learn more. The earlier stuff rocks -- this guy dances circles around Elvis Costello. But Your Country provided an even more profound surprise. Brit Pub Rocker Graham Parker has mastered . . . AMERICANA? It's true and Lucinda Williams is there to provide her stamp of approval on Cruel Lips. Your Country features a first rate, crack band and warm, inviting production values from John Would and Stanely Recordings (Check out Would's band Yortoise "I Love You to Death" if you get a chance). In addition to brilliant songwriting, its obvious that Graham can more than carry off all musicianship required by Your Country. But add in a superior player like Tom Freund and you get something pretty close to an all time classic. All I can say is purchase and enjoy -- I did!
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5.0 out of 5 stars a must own for even a casual parker fan, April 2, 2004
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parker has been hit or miss his whole career, but when he hits, as in the case of "squeezing out sparks", "mona lisa's sister" and "struck by lightning", he's as good as anyone out there. this is his best since "struck by lightning" for sure (although "burning questions" is pretty great too). not a weak track to be found here, and several of them, most notably "the rest is history", "nation of shopkeepers", and "fairground", rate among parker's best ever. if you're even enough of a fan to read this review, you need to own this.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A superior recording
'Your Country' is not a country music album! I don't care if Lucinda Willimas does sing on it; nor do I care that it was released Chicago-based Bloodshot Records, an outfit known... Read more
Published on October 12, 2007 by Jersey Kid

5.0 out of 5 stars A new twist from an old master
Have most of his (and the Rumour by themselves) early albums, and think they are great. This is as good, or better than any of the early work! Read more
Published on August 11, 2006 by J. Lewis

4.0 out of 5 stars Graham Parker, Countrified
This was a bit of a departure, or so I thought when I picked up "Your Country." Used to Parker's hard-hitting, acidic vocal and writing style, I was surprised to hear an almost... Read more
Published on November 9, 2005 by tgfabthunderbird

4.0 out of 5 stars It Pleases Me
Definitely GP's best in awhile - to me. It's not like "Acid Bubblegum" and it is like "Struck by Lightning" (though less sentimental than the latter). Read more
Published on November 3, 2004 by foundpoem

5.0 out of 5 stars He does it again
I was a big GP fan back in the early days, but like a lot of people, I started to lose interest around the time of Another Grey Area and The Real Macaw. Read more
Published on August 4, 2004 by Larry Latham

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Return to Form
I loved GPs early stuff through The Real McCaw. His later stuff has been inconsistent with a few gems (Struck By Lightning / Mona Lisa's Sister). Read more
Published on July 7, 2004 by Michael J. Holland

3.0 out of 5 stars Pop, Rock, Country and Soul for Grown-ups
This is not a groundbreaking, earthshaking, gimmicky CD ... just a cohesive, engaging, satisfying release by an old pro who still has something to say. Read more
Published on May 10, 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars DIVERSE AND CAPTIVATING CD
This gentleman gets better with age. A wonderful collection of songs, with as always, intelligent and interesting lyrics. Very tight band and excellent sound quality. Read more
Published on April 7, 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Another brilliant album by Graham Parker
Beginning with his debut album in 1976, Graham Parker has been among the most consistently great solo artists there has ever been. Read more
Published on March 29, 2004 by Steve

4.0 out of 5 stars Parker goes Americana
Some of Parker's output in the '80's and '90's has suffered from a blandness in musicianship and production, almost as if Parker were still fervently attempting to remove himself... Read more
Published on March 28, 2004 by Alan Zucker

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