Your Country by Graham Parker

Your Country

Available from Amazon
Usually ships in 24 hours

Your Country

Features

Audio CD (March 9, 2004)

Original Release Date: March 9, 2004

Label: Bloodshot Records

About the Artist
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.

Product Description:
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.

Reader Reviews
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 country sounding recording. More of the old country that I grew up with, and not what you hear on radio now...but in any case Parker moved out with a very strong recording here, still incisive with his commentaries and a bit introspective too. "Nation of Shopkeepers" may have been a look back at his roots, a very good story song and understated, very different from much of his past work. "Cruel Lips," which he did with Lucinda Williams was an exceptional duet and could have garnered some radio airplay if it had the right push. The cover of "Sugaree" was also an eyebrow raiser, but I liked Parker's approach to it. Ending with "Crawling from the Wreckage" was a little reminder that Parker still rocks and wasn't gonna let you forget. This might be a bit different for fans who expect stuff from his past bands like Shot and the Rumour, but it occupies a proper space for a fine writer and performer. Well done, Graham!

Back To Top