Heat treatment

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Second album by rock and roll singer-songwriter near-legend Graham Parker. A close follow-up to the debut album, Howlin' Wind, Heat Treatment was well received by critics and contains signature Parker songs like the rollicking title track, "Pourin' It All Out", and "Fool's Gold". "That's What They All Say" is a Dylan-esque putdown from a realist perspective, while "Turned Up Too Late" was perhaps Parker's most emotionally mature composition to date. "Black Honey" is a dark, downcast sequel to the debut's upbeat first track "White Honey". "Hotel Chambermaid" was covered many years later by Rod Stewart.

In recent years Parker on his website [link] has singled out this album as one of his least favorite of his own works, citing his inexperienced vocal technique, his rushed songwriting, and the stiff production by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. In the 1980s Lange became a massively successful producer of such groups as AC/DC and Def Leppard.

In 2001, Vertigo/Mercury issued a remastered and expanded CD, including two tracks from The Pink Parker EP.

Contents

1 Track listing

1.1 2001 Bonus Tracks (Pink Parker EP)

2 Personnel

2.1 Additional personnel

3 Charts

Track listing

All songs written by Graham Parker except as indicated.

"Heat Treatment" – 3:07
"That's What They All Say" – 3:46
"Turned Up Too Late" – 3:38
"Black Honey" – 3:57
"Hotel Chambermaid" – 2:55
"Pourin' It All Out" – 3:15
"Back Door Love" – 3:01
"Something You're Going Through (4:10
"Help Me Shake It" – 3:37
"Fool's Gold" – 4:15

2001 Bonus Tracks (Pink Parker EP)

"Hold Back the Night" (Dennis Harris, Allan Felder, Ronald Baker, Earl Young) – 3:01
"(Let Me Get) Sweet on You" – 2:46

Personnel

Graham Parker – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Bob Andrews – keyboards, backing vocals
Brinsley Schwarz – guitar, backing vocals
Steve Goulding – drums, backing vocals
Andrew Bodnar – Fender bass
Martin Belmont – guitar, backing vocals

Additional personnel

John (Viscount) Earle – saxophones
Danny Ellis – trombone
Albie Donnelly – saxophones
Dick Hanson – trumpet

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1977	Billboard Pop Albums	169

Single {| class="wikitable" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" !align="left"|Year !align="left"|Song !align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Position |- |align="left"|1977 |align="left"|"Hold Back the Night" |align="left"|Billboard Pop Singles |align="left"|58 |-

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