Struck by Lightning is a solo album by the English musician Graham Parker, released in 1991.[2][3] It was Parker's best selling album of the 1990s, reaching number 131 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.[4]
Many of the album's songs are about getting older and family life.[15] "Ten Girls Ago" references Parker's former drug addiction.[16] "They Murdered the Clown" and "When I Was King" are about the music business.[17]
The Milwaukee Sentinel wrote that "Parker is obviously trying to stake out his own vision of what a middle-aged rock musician ought to be."[23]The Boston Globe determined that, "musically, he's still playing in the melodic pop area that's been his stomping ground for some time."[24] The Los Angeles Times stated that "Dylan's John Wesley Harding, Smokey Robinson and early Van Morrison are among the key stylistic and spiritual touchstones here."[21]
The Austin American-Statesman concluded that Struck by Lightning "completes his transformation from British firebrand to Woodstock family man, though it retains both the emotional edge and lyrical incisiveness that have long distinguished his best work."[25] The Chicago Tribune wrote that the album "sounds as intimate as a living-room jam session."[20] The Calgary Herald deemed the songs "solid, workmanlike efforts."[19]
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