- pub rock, rock
- 36 min
- 10 tracks
- Arista
The Up Escalator is an album by Graham Parker and the Rumour, released on 23 May 1980 by Stiff Records as LP and as cassette. In the USA, the album was released by Arista. Released after Parker's successful 1979 album Squeezing Out Sparks, the album features production by Jimmy Iovine.
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Spare, classical in form, grave and cool.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- rawmeticulous
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Tracks
- A1No Holding Back3:18
- A2Devil’s Sidewalk3:14
- A3Stupefaction3:30
- A4Empty Lives5:06
- A5The Beating of Another Heart4:20
- B1Endless Night3:35
- B2Paralyzed3:12
- B3Maneuvers3:28
- B4Jolie Jolie2:59
- B5Love Without Greed3:24
10 tracks, 36 minutes.
About the album
- Label
- Arista
- Released
- 1980
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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