Graham Parker and the Rumour: Squeezing Out Sparks
Simon Frith, Melody Maker, 17 March 1979
AS FAR AS I'M concerned, Graham Parker is one of the great rock singers. I'd pay happily for a tape of him singing in the bath, and this isn't going to be an impartial record review.
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