Graham Parker’s New Album Coming

The resilient and still vital Graham Parker has a new album listed for release on Amazon with  a March release date published, although his official site does not mention it as yet.

But I like the sound of the description he has apparently provided to Amazon:

“… I went off to write treatments to my own imaginary TV shows which I would grace with the correct theme tunes, not ones chosen by idiots. (Instead of lyrics on the album cover, you get plots!) –Graham Parker

The Product Description provided by Amazon is equally enticing:

“Inspired by the grossly lame themes used for sitcoms and television dramas, “Imaginary Television” is Graham Parker thinking outside of “the box,” or maybe inside it. Parker created his own TV treatments, wrote the tunes to go along with them, and rocking ensued.”

It seems likely that the new album will be a deserving addition to a body of work you may be surprised to see collected in one list:

Graham Parker & The Rumour

* Howlin’ Wind (1976)
* Heat Treatment (1976)
* The Pink Parker EP (1977)
* Stick To Me (1977)
* The Parkerilla (1978)
* Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
* The Up Escalator (1980)

Graham Parker

* Another Grey Area, 1982
* The Real Macaw, 1983

Graham Parker & The Shot

* Steady Nerves, 1985

Graham Parker

* The Mona Lisa’s Sister, 1988
* Human Soul, 1989
* Struck by Lightning, 1991
* Burning Questions, 1992
* Graham Parker’s Christmas Cracker EP, 1994
* 12 Haunted Episodes, 1995
* Acid Bubblegum, 1996
* Loose Monkeys (outtakes), 1999
* That’s When You Know (1976 demos + Live at Marble Arch), 2001
* Deepcut To Nowhere, 2001
* Your Country, 2004 (featuring an appearance by Lucinda Williams)
* Songs of No Consequence, 2005 (with the Figgs as his backup band)
* Don’t Tell Columbus, 2007