The Up Escalator

The Up Escalator
Studio album by Graham Parker
Released	1980 May 23
Genre	Rock
Label	Stiff Records Arista
Producer	Jimmy Iovine
Graham Parker chronology
Squeezing Out Sparks (1979) The Up Escalator (1980) Another Grey Area (1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Smash Hits	9/10[1]

The Up Escalator is an album by Graham Parker and The Rumour and was released on May 23, 1980 by Stiff Records as LP (SEEZ 23) and as cassette (ZSEEZ 23).^[2] In the USA distributed by Arista.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Graham Parker

Up (Side 1)

1. "No Holding Back"
2. "Devil's Sidewalk"
3. "Stupefaction"
4. "Empty Lives"
5. "The Beating of Another Heart"

Down (Side 2)

1. "Endless Night"
2. "Paralyzed"
3. "Maneuvers"
4. "Jolie Jolie"
5. "Love Without Greed"

Personnel

• Graham Parker - guitar, vocals
• Bruce Springsteen - background vocals on "Endless Night"
• Nicky Hopkins - acoustic piano
• Jimmy Maelen - percussion
• Martin Belmont - guitar
• Danny Federici - organ
• Steve Goulding - drums
• Brinsley Schwarz - guitar, background vocals
• Peter Wood - synthesizer
• Andrew Bodnar - bass

Certifications

Canada-Gold ^[3]

Sources

• The Up Escalator album cover

References

1. Hepworth, David. "Albums". Smash Hits (June 12–25, 1980): 31.
2. "Stiff - Home". Stiff-records.com. Retrieved 2015-07-14.
3. "Gold/Platinum". Music Canada. Retrieved 2015-07-14.