Heat Treatment

Heat Treatment is the second album by English singer-songwriter Graham Parker and his band The Rumour, released in October 1976.

"That's What They All Say" is a Dylan-esque putdown from a realist perspective, while "Turned Up Too Late" was perhaps Parker's most emotionally mature composition to date.

Rolling Stone's Simon Frith wrote that Heat Treatment "confirms the promise" of Howlin' Wind and showcases Parker and his band performing with a "sheer attack" that makes Howlin' Wind "sound suddenly subdued".

[6] Heat Treatment finished second in The Village Voice's 1976 Pazz & Jop critics' poll of the year's best albums, with Howlin' Wind placing fourth.

[7] In recent years, Parker on his website has singled out the album as one of his least favorite of his own works, citing his inexperienced vocal technique, his rushed songwriting, and the stiff production by Robert John "Mutt" Lange.