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John Parr - John Parr (1984)

Posted By: BlondStyle

Date: 19 Feb 2023 17:13:21

"John Parr" is the self-titled debut album by John Parr, released in 1984. It contains 3 Billboard Top 100 songs, the hit "Naughty Naughty" #23, "Magical" #73 and "Love Grammar" #89. "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" is included on the 1985 London Records issue of the album (#LONLP 12) in the UK. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 7, 1985, remaining there for two weeks. It was the main theme for the Joel Schumacher's 1985 film St. Elmo's Fire. The song also peaked at #6 in the UK, Parr's home country and became a number-one hit for John Parr around the world and provided many awards and a Grammy nomination.

~Wikipedia

1984 was a terrific year for music, certainly the best of the decade, so it was easy for somebody like John Parr to sort of slip in underneath the radar with a record that was teasingly, tastefully raunchy a strip anthem for civilized bachelor parties, a perfect compliment to the Reagan era. This turned out to be a pretty good touchstone for the album, which was a far bigger hit than anybody that views Parr as just a man in motion would expect. It didn't just reach the Top 50, spending half a year on the Billboard charts, but spawned three Hot 100 hits with "Love Grammar" and "Magical" hitting the lower regions after "Naughty Naughty" peaked at 23. These two songs don't have the thematic hook of "Naughty Naughty" which, let's face it, has the kind of attitude that results in a classic one-hit wonder but they're both good mainstream-oriented album rockers that try to come to terms with the synth-saturated style of the new wave. That would be a reasonable assessment of this self-titled album, actually, since it's immaculately produced, filled with cavernous drums, pristine synthesizers, sequenced rhythms, slick surfaces, and big hooks that don't really catch everything that would fit both pop and album rock radio in the mid-'80s. And that's really what is the most interesting thing about the album, years after its initial release. This is what the mainstream of rock sounded like, as it desperately attempted to assimilate the advances (or at least quirk and style) of new wave, relying as much on synths and slickness as hard rock. Looking back, it's easy to see why the producers of St. Elmo's Fire picked Parr to deliver their theme for a quintessentially '80s movie. This record proves that even if Parr didn't stand out from the pack, he certainly captured the times.

~Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Release of this album: 1984 [LP London Records, Cat.# 826 384-1, Europe]
Release of this CD: 1985 [CD Mercury (West Germany), Cat.# 826 384-2 / UPC: 042282638427]
℗ 1984 Phonogram Internaitional B.V., The Netherlands.
Track 10 ℗ 1985 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., U.S.A.
Marketed by Phonogram.
Printed in West Germany.
Made in West Germany.

Credits:

Arranged By – John Parr Band
Art Direction – Bob Defrin
Backing Vocals – Chuck Kirkpatrick, John Parr, John Sambataro
Bass – Brad Lang
Drums, Percussion – Graham G.B. Broad
Engineer – David Thoener, Femi Jiya, Geoff Lyth, Ian Morais, John Verity, Mark Dodson
Guitar – Chris Marra
Guitar, Soloist – John Parr
Keyboards – John Cook, Richard Cottle (tracks: 3, 4, 6)
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Organ [Hammond] – Peter Solley
Photography By – Gary Heery
Producer – John Parr (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 8), Peter Solley (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 7, 9)
Remix – David Thoener, John Parr
Sounds [African Sounds] – Graham Broad, John Parr
Synthesizer [Fairlight] – J.J. Jeczalik

Tracklist:

01. Magical (03:55)
(John Parr, Meatloaf)
02. Naughty Naughty (03:42)
(John Parr)
03. Love Grammar (04:21)
(John Parr)
04. Treat Me Like An Animal (04:28)
(John Parr)
05. She's Gonna Love You To Death (03:45)
(Betsy Durkin Matthes, John Parr)
06. Revenge (04:41)
(John Parr)
07. Heartbreaker (05:21)
(John Parr, Julia Downes)
08. Somebody Stole My Thunder (04:51)
(John Parr)
09. Don't Leave Your Mark On Me (04:22)
(John Parr, Julia Downes)
10. St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) (04:10)
(David Foster, John Parr)

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Official DR value: DR13

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