Acid Bubblegum＜限定盤＞

Musician - "...a gripping diatribe against the stupidity and crassness of modern life....he's fashioned a diverse, sturdy array of tunes to convey bad tidings, while singing as passionately as ever..." Q - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...Still bitching down the road, articulate as ever....ACID BUBBLEGUM wields a pigeon's impartiality about dumping on the most revered of icons..." Entertainment Weekly - "...while he's never going to be cited for eclecticism or stylistic exploration, one can always depend on him for a clutch of taut, R&B-based cynical/romantic indictments, dissections, and laments. This one's no exception." Musician (1/97, pp.85-88) - "...a gripping diatribe against the stupidity and crassness of modern life....he's fashioned a diverse, sturdy array of tunes to convey bad tidings, while singing as passionately as ever..." Q (2/97, p.100) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...Still bitching down the road, articulate as ever....ACID BUBBLEGUM wields a pigeon's impartiality about dumping on the most revered of icons..." Entertainment Weekly (9/27/96, p.80) - "...while he's never going to be cited for eclecticism or stylistic exploration, one can always depend on him for a clutch of taut, R&B-based cynical/romantic indictments, dissections, and laments. This one's no exception."

1996's ACID BUBBLEGUM was quickly hailed as a return to form for pub-rock vet Graham Parker, whose albums over the preceding decade had been considerably mellower than the late-'70s bile fests that had made his name. You couldn't really call ACID BUBBLEGUM mellow.
From the album title on down, the titles say it all: "Turn it Into Hate", "Sharpening Axes", "Bubblegum Cancer". The anti-record biz "Beancounter" is one of Parker's most venomous songs since the infamous "Mercury Poisoning", and the snarling "Get Over it and Move On" suggests that Parker's too wrapped up to take his own advice. There are lighter moments, like the tributary "Obsessed With Aretha" and the tender "Girl at the End of the Pier", and the wry "They Got it Wrong (As Usual)" is more bemused than splenetic. ACID BUBLEGUM is a grand cathartic blast.|