On The Break [EP]

On The Break [EP]

ASIN: B0002Z9BLC

Track Listings

1. Get In Line Caroline

2. Disaster Waiting To Happen

3. A Heart Is A Terrible Thing To Break

4. Molly Dear

5. Kathleen

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Musically speaking, Greg Parker's style has been most accurately described as "honky-tonk power pop," "Maximum C&W," and "21st century countrypolitan." Any of these catch phrases would aptly describe his debut five song EP, On The Break, released on Whitewall Records. The first single, "Get In Line Caroline," an impassioned kiss-off disguised as a bouncy pop gem, is an excellent starting-point for getting a handle on the Parker sound. Pounding bluegrass, sublime balladry, and raw garage rock are also contained on this effort. By all accounts, On The Break has established Parker as one of the most compelling, talented, and endearing new artists to come out of the Americana genre in years. Ron Wynn of the Nashville City Paper concluded his glowing review of the disc by saying that it "deserves support and attention from everyone claiming to enjoy undiluted country."

Product Description
As someone who despises modern country, but adores the '40s and '50s stuff, I have some time for Knoxville, TN's Mr. Parker. He's got no Stetson, and he doesn't dress the part either—in fact, with his upturned quaff, he looks a lot like a young Morrissey in the Smiths days — but there's no mistaking his homespun, old-style country heart. "You think you broke my will/You broke my heart/That's just a start/So get in line Caroline/I'm going to show you how it feels/Wasting time on a love that isn't real" is the kind of sweet, saddened, knowing lyric sung with a breaking croon that is full and slightly twangy, but never corny and always quite persuasive — in fact, he blows away Tritt, McGraw, Keith, Hill, Brooks, Twain, Tucker, Black, and all their miserable ilk, with just his vibrant voice alone. His delectable songs are simple, like my favorite George Jones tunes, but the guitars ring and pick perfectly like a Buck Owens ditty ("Disaster Waiting to Happen") and "A! Heart Is A Terrible Thing To Break" could be a Patsy Cline, early Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, or Hank Williams song. And just to show he can, the closing "Kathleen" is more of a honky tonk C&W blues-country stomp. I didn't expect to like this, and you might not either. We'll both be surprised then. -Jack Rabid, Big Takeover, Issue 54, Spring 2004

Product Description

Extremely RARE EP, Japanese import, 4-track EP. TRACKS; 1.Break On Through 2.Love Street 3.Hello, I Love You 4.Touch Me. Issued on Elektra Records/WEA Music, 1991, # WMC5 351.

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