Howlin' Wind

by Graham Parker

Howlin' Wind cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: April 1976
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 41:59
  • Community rating: 3.75/5 from 7 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Backed by the ferocious rock and roll of The Rumour, this debut album instantly established Graham Parker as one of the most vitriolic and impassioned songwriters of the pub rock scene. The Nick Lowe-produced sessions bristle with a fiery mix of R&B horns, ragged guitar interplay, and biting lyrical cynicism. It served as a crucial precursor to the energy of the oncoming punk and new wave explosion.

Genres

Descriptors: british, literate, Riff-Driven, witty, political, soulful, rhythmic, vocal, bluesy, guitars

Tracklist

  1. White Honey (3:34)
  2. Nothin's Gonna Pull Us Apart (3:20)
  3. Silly Thing (2:53)
  4. Gypsy Blood (4:36)
  5. Between You And Me (2:24)
  6. Back To Schooldays (2:53)
  7. Soul Shoes (3:13)
  8. Lady Doctor (2:50)
  9. You've Got To Be Kidding (3:28)
  10. Howlin' Wind (3:56)
  11. Not If It Pleases Me (3:11)
  12. Don't Ask Me Questions (5:37)

Credits

  • Graham Parker - primary artist, written-by
  • Graham Parker And The Rumour - arranged by

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