Acid Bubblegum
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| Acid Bubblegum | ||||
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| Released | 1 October 1996 | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Label | Razor & Tie | |||
| Producer | Graham Parker | |||
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Acid Bubblegum is an album by the English musician Graham Parker, released on 1 October 1996.[1][2] Its title is a play on the genres of acid rock and acid house.[3] Parker supported it with a North American tour, backed by the Figgs.[4]
Parker wrote the songs on acoustic guitar.[3] "Turn It into Hate" was written a few years before his previous studio album, 12 Haunted Episodes, and set the tone for the rest of Acid Bubblegum's "aggrieved" songs.[5] Parker was backed by Andrew Bodnar on bass, Gary Burke on drums, and Jimmy Destri on keyboards.[6] He produced the album, which was recorded in 13 days.[6] "Obsessed with Aretha" was written after Parker saw Aretha Franklin perform at the Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in 1995; he had long been impressed with her "technically great" voice but found it to be symbolic of a lack of "soulfulness" in society.[7][8] "They Got It Wrong (As Usual)" alludes to the suicide of Kurt Cobain.[9] "Bubblegum Cancer" criticizes the tobacco industry for marketing cigarettes to minors.[10] "Girl at the End of the Pier" is about the suicide of a young woman.[11]
