Description: Graham Parker’s 1982 album, Another Grey Area, is the pivot point in his remarkable career. While the singer-songwriter is justly famous for the work he did with the Rumour during the first five years of his record-making, 1975-1980, his parting of the ways with that pub-rock band allowed him to explore a different kind of singing and a different kind of songwriting.Inspired by the sound of John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy (1980), Parker sought out that album’s producer, Jack Douglas. Recording in New York with musicians that included members of Billy Joel’s band, Douglas produced an album that spotlighted Parker’s songwriting and evolving vocal abilities. While the backing was less frenetic, Parker’s lyrics were as cutting as ever on one of his strongest batches of songs to date. “Temporary Beauty,” a turntable and early MTV hit, became one of Parker’s signature songs. And while the Top 50 Another Grey Area did not yield a hoped-for commercial breakthrough, Parker’s first solo album set the stage for the next four decades of his very much ongoing career. While previous CD reissues of Another Grey Area included an anachronistic Rumour-backed bonus track from the 1970s, Iconoclassic Records’ definitive 40th Anniversary Edition appends five extra tracks from the surrounding 1982 period, including a cassette bonus track, single B-sides, remixes, and live tracks. Another Grey Area sounds better than ever thanks to the remastering of six-time Grammy Award-winning engineer Mark Wilder. The full story of the album is revealed in four-time Deems Taylor Award-winner Geoffrey Himes’ liner notes, based on two interviews with Graham Parker, 40 years apart.1. Temporary Beauty2. Another Grey Area3. No More Excuses4. Dark Side of the Bright Lights5. Can’t Waste a Minute6. Big Fat Zero7. You Hit the Spot8. It’s All Worth Nothing Alone9. Crying for Attention10. Thankless Task11. Fear NotBONUS TRACKS12. Habit Worth Forming13. You Hit the Spot (Extended Version)14. No More Excuses (Version)15. You Hit the Spot (Live)16. Another Grey Area (Live)
Price: 11.98 USD
Location: New Windsor, New York
End Time: 2024-09-27T16:08:46.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Catalog Number: ICON 1050
Style: 1980s
CD Grading: Mint (M)
Inlay Condition: Mint (M)
Case Type: Jewel Case: Standard
Features: Remastered, Sealed
Color: Gray
Case Condition: Mint (M)
Language: English
Edition: Anniversary Edition
Era: 1980s
Artist: Parker, Graham, Graham Parker
Record Label: Iconoclassic
Format: CD
Release Year: 2022
Release Title: Another Grey Area (40th Anniversary Edition)
Genre: Rock
