SQUEEZING OUT SPARKS
THE ROMANTICS MAKE IT TO THE MAJORS
THE BEAT GOES ON
ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
LONDON—Graham Parker’s now 28, he’s barely begun his career in rock (less than four years ago, he was serving in a gas station), and he’s already been called “one of the decade’s great white R&B artists.” In recent months, nevertheless, much has been made of the fact that Parker has still not achieved the kind of record sales critics expect of a man of his caliber/reputation; much has also been made of Parker’s return on Squeezing Out Sparks to the horn-less simplicity of Howlin' Wind.