Biography

New wave's original angry young man beat Elvis Costello and Joe Jackson to the record racks in the mid 1970s with his R&B-influenced brand of tight, vituperative rock. With sharp, witty lyrics and a knack for hooks, Parker and his band the Rumour raced to the top of most critics' polls, if not the charts. Over the years he refined his approach but remained one of the post-punk age's most venerated singer-songwriters.

Top Tracks

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• A Miracle A Minute

• A World Without Love

• Anniversary

• Another Grey Area

• Back To Schooldays

• Bad To Me

• Behind The Wall Of Sleep

• Bring Me A Heart Again

• Chain Of Fools

• Character Assasination

• Class Act

• Daddy's A Postman

• Dark Days

• Discovering Japan

• Dislocated Life

• Disney's America

• Don't Ask Me Questions

• Don't Let It Break You Down

• Durban Poison

• Endless Night

• Fairground

• Force Of Nature

• Get Started, Start A Fire

• Glass Jaw

• Gypsy Blood

• Haunted Episodes

• Hello Little Girl

• Help Me Shake It

• Hold Back The Night

• Howlin' Wind

• I Got My Soul

• I Just Can't Capture Her Imagination [version 1]

• I Want You Back (alive)

• If It Ever Stops Rainin'

• I'm Into Something Good

• It Takes A Village Idiot

• It's My Party (but I Won't Cry)

• Just Like A Man

• Just Like Herman Hesse

• Little Miss Understanding

• Local Girls

• Love Gets You Twisted

• Love Or Delusion

• Lunatic Fringe

• Mercury Poisoning

• My Love's Strong

• No Holding Back

• Nobody Hurts You

• Passion Is No Ordinary Word

• Platinum Blonde

• Protection

• She Wants So Many Things

• Silly Thing

• Somebody Saved Me

• Soul Shoes

• Substitute

• That's When You Know

• The Beating Of Another Heart

• The Bleep

• The Kid With The Butterfly Net

• The Other Side Of The Reservoir

• The Rest Is History

• There's Nothing On The Radio

• They Got It Wrong (as Usual)

• They Murdered The Clown

• Turn It Into Hate

• Under The Mask Of Happiness

• Vanity Press

• Whiet Honey

• White Honey

• You Can't Be Too Strong

• You Hit The Spot

• You're Not Where You Think You Are

Discography

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• Imaginary Television

  Bloodshot

  2010

• Carp Fishing on Valium: The Songs

  Floating World

  2009

• Don't Tell Columbus

  Bloodshot

  2007

• The Live Vandelay

  Lemon Recordings

  2005

• Songs of No Consequence

  Bloodshot

  2005

• Your Country

  Bloodshot

  2004

• Blue Highway

  Pilot

  2003

• Deepcut to Nowhere

  Razor & Tie / Razor & Tie Music

  2001

• The Last Rock N Roll Tour

  Razor & Tie / Razor & Tie Music

  1997

• Acid Bubblegum

  Razor & Tie / Razor & Tie Music

  1996

• Live on the Test

  Griffin

  1995

• 12 Haunted Episodes

  Razor & Tie Music

  1995

• Live Alone! Discovering Japan

  Diablo (UK) / Gadfly Records

  1993

• Burning Questions

  Diablo (UK)

  1992

• Struck by Lightning

  Diablo (UK)

  1991

• Human Soul

  Diablo (UK)

  1990

• Live! Alone in America

  RCA

  1989

• The Real Macaw

  Razor & Tie Music

  1983

• Another Grey Area

  1982

• The Up Escalator

  Diablo (UK)

  1980

• Squeezing Out Sparks

  Arista

  1979