The Up Escalator is a Rock album by Graham Parker And The Rumour, originally released in 1980. On Gatefold: 66 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Power Pop
- raw
- swaggering
- outlaw
About
Ignited by the crosscurrents of pub rock and punk, these raw-boned songs have a scrapper’s impassioned spirit. Producer Jimmy Iovine took everything he’d learned working with Springsteen and helped Parker pare his songs down to the sinew. “Devil’s Sidewalk” and “The Beating of Another Heart” have the packed-in intensity of a crowded bar, as the stripped-down band pulls sweat from Parker’s vocal performance. While Danny Federici’s organ and Nicky Hopkins’s piano turn “Stupefaction” into a garage rock gem, Springsteen himself shows up for “Endless Night,” a momentary merger of roots rock, power pop, and punk.
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Tracklist
- 1No Holding Back3:21
- 2Devil's Sidewalk3:16
- 3Stupefaction3:33
- 4Empty Lives5:11
- 5The Beating Of Another Heart4:32
- 6Endless Night3:38
- 7Paralyzed3:15
- 8Maneuvers3:35
- 9Jolie Jolie3:02
- 10Love Without Greed3:28
Credits
Performers
- Andrew BodnarBASS
- Steve GouldingDRUMS BACKING VOCALS
- Brinsley SchwarzLEAD GUITAR BACKING VOCALS GUITAR
- Danny FedericiORGAN
- Jimmy MaelenPERCUSSION
- Nicky HopkinsPIANO
- Martin BelmontRHYTHM GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR GUITAR
- Peter WoodSYNTHESIZER
- Graham ParkerVOCALS ACOUSTIC GUITAR RHYTHM GUITAR
- Bruce SpringsteenBACKING VOCALS
- Bob AndrewsORGAN BACKING VOCALS
3 collectors on Gatefold own this · 66 pressings tracked on Gatefold