Steady Nerves
Steady Nerves is a 1985 album by Graham Parker and The Shot.[1]
Steady Nerves | ||||
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Studio album by Graham Parker and the Shot | ||||
Released | 1985 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
Producer | William Wittman, Graham Parker | |||
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The album was produced by William Whitman, who Parker's record company, Elektra, initially opposed. As a result, Elektra only forwarded the funds for four songs to be recorded before the company gave approval for Whitman; ultimately, the rest of the album was recorded and released.[2]
The album contains his only US Top 40 hit, "Wake Up (Next to You)".[3] Parker said of the song, "That breathy voice - I wrote the song like that. It was in my imagination, and when it came to recording, I could do it, with a bit of tuning up and stuff."[4] Of "The Weekend's Too Short", he said, "'Weekend's Too Short' is definitely a song not written from my point of view. I mean, I don't care about the weekends particularly, do I? I don't work 9 to 5 all week and let loose on Friday night."
Track listing
All songs written by Graham Parker.
- "Break Them Down"
- "Mighty Rivers"
- "Lunatic Fringe"
- "Wake Up (Next To You)"
- "When You Do That To Me"
- "The Weekend's Too Short"
- "Take Everything"
- "Black Lincoln Continental"
- "Canned Laughter"
- "Everyone's Hand Is On The Switch"
- "Locked Into Green"
- "Too Much Time To Think" [CD bonus track]
Personnel
- Graham Parker – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
- Brinsley Schwarz – lead guitar, backing vocals
- George Small – keyboards
- Kevin Jenkins – bass
- Michael Braun – drums
- Huw Gower, William Wittman – additional backing vocals
- Louis Cortelezzi – saxophone on "Wake Up (Next to You)"
- Jay Leonhart – acoustic bass on "Locked Into Green"
- Uptown Horns – horns on "Locked Into Green"; arranged by Ralph Schukett
- Hubert Kretzschmar – album cover, graphic design
References
- "Steady Nerves - Graham Parker & the Shot | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- "`NERVES` STEADIES PARKER`S CAREER". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- "Graham Parker - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ""Parker's Still Pretty Angry," by J.D. Considine". homepages.uni-regensburg.de. Retrieved 16 June 2020.