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File: GERRY RAFFERTY. Debut 1973 LP of great pop harmony by outfit led by Gerry Rafferty! Includes "Stuck In The Middle With You".
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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It's very nice to see this great album on cd again. A long time ago it was released only in Japan. Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan were at the top of their songwriting powers. The album has a nice ageless production by the legendary Leiber/Stoller. There's not a bad song on the album: how can an album with 'late again', 'stuck in the middle with you' on it be bad? Personal favourite is 'next to me'. After two more Stealer Wheel albums Gerry went to greater fame with 'Baker Street'. Joe Egan made two more albums 'Back on the road' and 'Map'; especially 'Back on the road' was a very good album which deserves to be put out on CD!!
In the meantime: enjoy this fantastic pop/folk/rock album !!
In the meantime: enjoy this fantastic pop/folk/rock album !!
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
When people talk of the greatest debut albums ever made, this one rarely if ever gets a mention but around here it's regarded as one of the very best of the greatest! Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty had stockpiled a superb collection of compositions between them (what they didn't use was held over for the excellent follow-up, Ferguslie Park) and they secured the services of the legendary Leiber & Stoller as producers- a coup by any standards. In point of fact, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller had not done much work in the folk-rock idiom before this and were thus cast as facilitators for what Egan & Rafferty wanted to accomplish in the studio. And what was achieved was nothing short of remarkable. The performances by the band were truly stunning while the singing was the stuff that dreams are made of, while the producers supplied one of the warmest & sympathetic sonic environments that I've ever heard. In short- a classic! But it wouldn't mean anything without quality songs & there's no filler here at all. Every track offers its own delights. There are 3 tracks, however, that stand out as timeless. First up, there's 'Stuck In The Middle With You'- a smash hit which found second lease of life by being used to accompany the torture scene in 'Reservoir Dogs'. The hit single had me rushing out to buy this album in 1973 & I was truly taken aback by its quality. Why so few other people bothered to check out the album from which the hit was drawn remains a mystery to me & all I can say is that they really had no idea what they were missing out on. Then there's the opening track, Joe Egan's wonderful 'Late Again', which sounds as good today as it ever did. Finally, I ought to add that 'You Put Something Better Inside Of Me' possesses a spine-tingling musical magic that I don't think time can ever diminish. Hearing it again some 36 years after making my first vinyl purchase, it gave me goosebumps. The 2 albums that followed this one were both of a very high standard but such was the brilliance of this debut that it proved to be a hard act to follow. Joe Egan later issued a couple of albums before falling off the radar screen while his erstwhile partner Rafferty became a hugely successful star when, six years later, he released 'Baker Street'. But the best of both men is to be found here. Buy it & let these songs seep into your soul, as they have done with mine. If you love what you hear it is likely to be a love for keeps.
Format:Audio CD
A brilliant album stood the test of time I may be grey but I am aware that there where some awful albums from my youth, this isn't one of them and still feels fresh and contemporary on re-listening after a long period when it was unavailable as a CD.
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Classic
This and "Right or Wrong" are two of the most underated albums ever.
Buy them both and you won't find one track to disappoint. Read more
Buy them both and you won't find one track to disappoint. Read more
Published on 4 May 2010 by Barry Spall
Classic Folk-Rock
Stealers Wheel are one of my favourite early bands. This 1972 album was the first of three excellent releases featuring the gifted songwriting and harmonious vocals of Gerry... Read more
Published on 17 April 2007 by JP
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