| 词条 | Squeezing Out Sparks | ||||||
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| name = Squeezing Out Sparks | type = studio | artist = Graham Parker | cover = Squeezing out sparks cover.jpg | alt = | released = March 1979 | recorded = Lansdowne Studios, London | venue = | studio = | genre = New wave[1] | length = 37:18 | label = Arista, Mercury, Vertigo | producer = Jack Nitzsche | prev_title = The Parkerilla | prev_year = 1978 | next_title = The Up Escalator | next_year = 1980 | misc = {{Singles | single1 = Protection | single1date = 23 February 1979 (UK) | single2 = Discovering Japan | single2date = 4 May 1979 (UK) | single3 = Local Girls | single3date = July 1979 (US) }} }} Squeezing Out Sparks is the fourth studio album by English singer-songwriter Graham Parker and his band the Rumour. The album was released in March 1979. Although the Rumour were not credited on the cover, their name was included on the album label. Critically acclaimed, Squeezing Out Sparks was voted album of the year in The Village Voice{{'}}s year-end Pazz & Jop critics' poll and later ranked number 334 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. BackgroundWhereas Parker's previous albums were notable for their strong soul influences, with many prominent tracks and singles including a horn section, on this LP producer Jack Nitzsche favored a rawer sound. Coincidentally, popular punk band The Clash were undergoing a reverse process, trying to expand their musical arrangements. Therefore, the Rumour's rhythm and blues session players went on to record all the horn parts in the Clash's third and praised record London Calling. Parker explained the recording process in an interview, saying, "The album took eleven days to record. It took two days to get the studio [Lansdowne Studios in London] working because it had only been used by Acker Bilk and things like that. The third day we managed to play a song, and Jack said, 'Come and listen to this.' There was just this big mess coming out. So Jack and I went up to his hotel room and I told him we wanted to get back to fundamentals but we didn’t know how to. I said, 'Jack, you gotta say what you think.' He was a bit paranoid about criticizing the band. I said to him, 'Jack, we're English. We sneer, we're cynical, we're miserable. But we really don’t mean it.' So the next day we came in, and anything he said, I said, 'Yeah, come on. Carry on. Wot? Wot? Come on, say it. Here, have another beer.' And eventually we got it out".[2] Music videos were made for "Local Girls" and "Protection", and the tracks "Discovering Japan" and "Passion Is No Ordinary Word" received radio airplay. In addition, "You Can't Be Too Strong", an uncharacteristic somber acoustic guitar ballad, met with controversy over its subject matter and narrative: a man's reflections on his girlfriend's abortion. Critical reception{{Album ratings| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}[3] | rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide | rev2Score = A[4] | rev3 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music | rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}[5] | rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[6] | rev5 = Smash Hits | rev5Score = 8/10[7] | rev6 = Uncut | rev6Score = {{Rating|5|5}}[8] }}Squeezing Out Sparks was well-received by contemporary critics. Robert Christgau of The Village Voice called it "[a]n amazing record" in a "A+"-rated review for The Village Voice, adding that "Parker's mood, which has narrowed into existential rage with a circumstantial root, makes for perfect, untamable rock and roll."[9] In Rolling Stone, Greil Marcus wrote that the album "is no landmark", but nonetheless praised Parker for taking a risk and exposing himself in "a tale of true fear and drama".[10] The album was ranked among the top ten albums of the year for 1979 by NME, with "Protection" ranked among the year's top 50 tracks.[11] Critical reception for the album was capped by its being voted the best album of the year in the 1979 Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics' poll.[12] The album's critical reputation has grown since its release. Trouser Press called it "his toughest, leanest and most lyrically sophisticated LP",[13] while AllMusic cited it as "[his] finest album", "a masterful fusion of pub rock classicism, new wave pop, and pure vitriol".[3] In 2003, Rolling Stone placed it at number 335 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[14] Studio versions of "I Want You Back" (a Jackson 5 cover) and "Mercury Poisoning" were originally issued on a 45 rpm 7" single which was included with early copies of the album. In 1996, Arista issued Squeezing Out Sparks + Live Sparks with the original ten tracks followed by live versions of the same songs, in the same order, plus live versions of the two bonus tracks, "I Want You Back (Alive)" and "Mercury Poisoning". "Live Sparks" had originally been released only as a limited edition, promotional picture disc LP. Squeezing Out Sparks was reissued in the United Kingdom in 2001 on Vertigo/Mercury, with the two bonus studio tracks. Track listingAll songs written by Graham Parker except as indicated. Side one
Side two
Bonus tracks (2001 reissue)
Personnel
ChartsAlbum
References1. ^{{cite journal |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/40-albums-baby-boomers-loved-that-millennials-dont-know-20140514/graham-parker-squeezing-out-sparks-1979-19691231 |title=40 Albums Baby Boomers Loved That Millennials Don't Know |work=Rolling Stone |date=14 May 2014 |accessdate=12 October 2015}} {{Graham Parker & The Rumour}}2. ^{{cite web |last1=Henke |first1=James |title=Graham Parker: Rumour Becomes Fact |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/graham-parker-rumour-becomes-fact-96519/ |website=Rolling Stone |publisher=Jann Wenner |accessdate=31 January 2019}} 3. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/squeezing-out-sparks-mw0000191224 |title=Squeezing Out Sparks – Graham Parker & the Rumour / Graham Parker |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=12 October 2015 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}} 4. ^{{cite book |chapter-url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=1429 |chapter=Graham Parker and the Rumour: Squeezing Out Sparks |title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the '70s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |authorlink=Robert Christgau |publisher=Ticknor and Fields |year=1981 |isbn=0-89919-026-X}} 5. ^{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |last=Larkin |first=Colin |authorlink=Colin Larkin (writer) |publisher=Omnibus Press |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn=0-85712-595-8}} 6. ^{{cite book |chapter=Graham Parker |last=Abowitz |first=Richard |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&lpg=PA616&pg=PA616 |pages=616–17 |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8}} 7. ^{{cite journal |title=Albums |journal=Smash Hits |date=19 April – 2 May 1979 |last=Starr |first=Red |page=25}} 8. ^{{cite journal |title=Graham Parker: Squeezing Out Sparks |journal=Uncut |issue=52 |date=September 2001 |page=102}} 9. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv4b-79.php |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide |newspaper=The Village Voice |date=30 April 1979 |accessdate=5 January 2012 |first=Robert |last=Christgau |authorlink=Robert Christgau}} 10. ^{{cite journal |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/squeezing-out-sparks-19790517 |title=Graham Parker: Squeezing Out Sparks |journal=Rolling Stone |issue=291 |date=17 May 1979 |accessdate=14 May 2006 |last=Marcus |first=Greil |authorlink=Greil Marcus}} 11. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1979-2-1045405 |title=Albums and Tracks of the Year |author= |date= |work=NME |accessdate=9 November 2016}} 12. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres79.php |title=The 1979 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll |newspaper=The Village Voice |date=28 January 1980 |accessdate=29 November 2010}} 13. ^{{Cite web |work=Trouser Press |first=Jon |last=Young |first2=Terry |last2=Rompers |first3=Ira |last3=Robbins |authorlink3=Ira Robbins |title=Graham Parker (and the Rumour) |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=graham_parker |accessdate={{Date|2005-03-02}} }} 14. ^{{cite journal |journal=Rolling Stone |issue=937 |date=11 December 2003 |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time }} Citation posted at {{Cite web |title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 334 | Squeezing Out Sparks – Graham Parker |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/squeezing-out-sparks-graham-parker-19691231 |work=Rolling Stone |accessdate={{Date|2012-01-07}} }} 15. ^{{Cite web |work=allmusic.com |publisher=Billboard |title=Squeezing Out Sparks – Graham Parker > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums |url={{Allmusic|class=album|tab=charts-awards/billboard-album|id=r14846|pure_url=yes}} |accessdate={{Date|2012-01-07}} }} 5 : Graham Parker albums|1979 albums|Albums produced by Jack Nitzsche|Arista Records albums|Vertigo Records albums |
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