Lemon Recordings' Graham Parker rarities compilation The Official Art Vandelay Tapes is a legitimized version of a Parker bootleg that had circulated previously. The unofficial Art Vandelay Tapes (named for a character on Parker's favorite TV series, {#Seinfeld}) gathered together stray tracks, most of which had been released previously only as B-side singles or on different variations of Parker albums between 1977 and 1999. For example, "Women in Charge" (1980), {&"Too Much Time to Th...   [ read more ]

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Live Alone! Discovering Japan isn't all that different than Live! Alone in America. Parker runs through a set largely comprised of his classics, adding some newer material in for good measure. It's an engaging disc -- he remains not only a convincing performer, but also something of a showman, cracking jokes throughout the album -- but it's only of interest to hardcore fans, who will find it a pleasant, but decidedly minor, addition to their collection. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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Struck by Lightning was the culmination of Graham Parker's previous two records, where he increasingly began to chronicle domestic tasks and affairs of the married heart. For such an intimate subject, Parker wisely decided to scale back the musical ambition of Human Soul on Struck by Lightning, recording a lean, stripped-down album that relies heavily on acoustic guitars. Appropriately, his lyrics were some of the most concise he has written in years, breathing life into tales like {&"The Ki...   [ read more ]

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