Heat Treatment

Heat Treatment
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1976
RecordedRockfield Studios, Wales
GenreRock
Length35:41
LabelVertigo, Mercury
ProducerRobert John "Mutt" Lange, Nick Lowe (track 7 only)
Graham Parker chronology
Howlin' Wind
(1976)
Heat Treatment
(1976)
Stick to Me
(1977)

Heat Treatment is the second album by English singer-songwriter Graham Parker and his band the Rumour, released in October 1976. A close follow-up to Parker's debut album Howlin' Wind, Heat Treatment was well received by critics and contains signature Parker songs like the rollicking title track, "Pourin' It All Out", and "Fool's Gold". "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. "Black Honey" is a dark, downcast sequel to the debut's upbeat first track "White Honey". "Hotel Chambermaid" was covered many years later by Rod Stewart. The Rumour was credited on the back cover and the label, but not on the album's front cover.

In 2001, Vertigo/Mercury issued a remastered and expanded CD, including two tracks from The Pink Parker EP.