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 How Woodstock Changed Graham's Life :>), August 18, 2001
I have long been a fan of Graham Parker and The Rumor. I've noticed that some who have reviewed this CD mention the sound is so much different. I would think so. I believe it's the years living in the hills of Woodstock N.Y. that has done so. The biggest bonus of this CD is having his good friend, Garth Hudson of The Band playing on it. This is one fine CD and another musical journey for Parker.
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 Best,most consistent of his later records, November 19, 2002
I only recently rediscovered Graham Parker, and I have had a great time catching up on all his albums of the nineties. After a couple of months of steady listening, this is hands down my favorite Parker album, for the songwriting, the production and the performance. Unlike some of his other later albums, like Human Soul or Burning Questions, which are hit and miss throughout, this is a remarkably consistent collection of intelligent, catchy tunes. I think it strikes the perfect balance between his earlier rock albums and the later, more mature themed albums. Favorites include 'That's Where She Ends Up", one of his most unusual songs, A Brand New Book and The Sun Is gonna Shine Again
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Right Up There With His Very Best, February 16, 2001
Reviewer: A music fan
I have nearly all of Graham's albums, and this one is tied for best. Just about every song is great. The few that aren't great are very good. (I must say, though, that it did take a number of listenings to grow on me before I fell in love with it.) It's not in the style of his 1970s stuff. If you loved Mona Lisa's Sister, you'll love this one too.
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Outstanding, if too much, April 23, 2000
Graham Parker's best? No way. But "Struck by Lightning" finds him taking a lot of chances and mostly succeeding. He goes from pretty to propulsive to thought-provoking over the course of this fine disc, and a couple country-flavored songs and just too much music (a wee bit of trimming, please) are his only missteps. Quite nice.
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A beautiful, underrated, mature album from a real artist, March 23, 2000
Reviewer: A music fan
This is definitely one of Graham's best albums. The music is consistently excellent and it's beyond me why it wasn't played on the radio. As great as the music is, however, it's the lyrics that bring me back again and again, particularly on songs like "Kid with the Butterfly Net", a song about his young daughter that never fails to bring tears to my eyes now that I have a little girl of my own--"She walks through the fields/Walks in the heat through the fields/She swings with her arms but can what she catches be real/And when you see her by the water, you see what you want to/And all the chains around you cannot keep her prisoner/They haven't been forged yet/For the kid with the butterfly net". Beautiful.
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A masterpiece, October 23, 1999
You kind of need to be married with kid(s) to really appreciate this as a 5-star disc. Being used to a louder and in-your-face GP - this album seemed kind of overly sedate to me as it was released when I was single and without domestic concerns, but I liked songs here and there. But I have really come to appreciate it over the years, as I myself have the same thoughts GP had on this album. Children and Dogs says things to me now (1999) that just didn't click when I was single. The stripped down approached works.I especially liked the evil circus organ opening of They Murdered The Clown. And It Shook Me and Weeping Statutes are truly outstanding tracks.
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