Squeezing Out Sparks
by Graham Parker & The Rumour
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Graham Parker & The Rumour bestography
The best album by Graham Parker is Squeezing Out Sparks which is ranked number 6031 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 224.
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Squeezing Out Sparks track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 01/20/2026 16:25 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,463 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 07:28 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2025 16:09 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,784 | 82/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2025 01:17 |  RockyRaccoon | 7,168 | 84/100 |
| ! | 11/27/2024 05:20 |  slatsheit | 2,042 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.0.
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VictorVale 02/18/2020 14:42 | #247933
Quanta influência no que veria a seguir!
An underrated artist and underrated album. Squeezing out sparks, is one of the great British LP's of the seventies. Parker and co. create a sound similar to what Elvis Costello would sound like a year or so down the line. SOS, features some fantastic songs, such as, discovering Japan, waiting for the ufos, and the brilliant, you can't be too strong. A superb album then, deserves more credit. (Edited)
swhaze 12/24/2014 17:46 | #130048 | TOP COMMENT
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This is both Graham Parker's best album and a high point of the late seventies.
I believe the strongest graham album overall
Very much underrated. Adding to the fun is backup band The Rumour, in my opinion the best backing band ever. With a.o. Brinsley Schwarz, of the eponymous band. (Edited)
drakonium 03/31/2014 06:02 | #108146 | TOP COMMENT
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Solid record, fun and catchy. Very similar to Elvis Costello, though its classic rock side is much more prominent. The guitarist is excellent. (Edited)
ffudnebbuh 10/01/2009 20:57 | #6516 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is OK, but his real gem is "Heat Treatment" from 1976 on Mercury.. (Edited)
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