Squeezing Out Sparks (studio album) by Graham Parker & The Rumour

Squeezing Out Sparks by Graham Parker & The Rumour
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 5,562nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 105 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1979 (94th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (932nd)
Award Best albums of all time (5,562nd)
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Squeezing Out Sparks is ranked as the best album by Graham Parker & The Rumour.

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 105 votes)
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01/25/2024 10:56 JamesMowbray  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,92170/100
 
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11/26/2023 09:21 Jboy56  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 4,05178/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 74.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.

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85/100
From 02/18/2020 14:42
Quanta influência no que veria a seguir!
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90/100
From 05/30/2016 17:33
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.
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75/100
From 12/24/2014 17:46
This is both Graham Parker's best album and a high point of the late seventies.
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80/100
From 10/07/2014 14:49
I believe the strongest graham album overall
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75/100
From 04/21/2014 16:26
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.
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From 03/31/2014 06:02
Solid record, fun and catchy. Very similar to Elvis Costello, though its classic rock side is much more prominent. The guitarist is excellent.
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95/100
From 10/01/2009 20:57
This album is OK, but his real gem is "Heat Treatment" from 1976 on Mercury..
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