Stealers Wheel [Import, Original recording remastered]

Stealers Wheel | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 1, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Lemon Records UK
• ASIN: B0001AEVGI
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,202 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Late Again

2. Stuck in the Middle

3. Another Meaning

4. I Get By

5. Outside Looking In

6. Johnny's Song

7. Next to Me

8. José

9. Gets So Lonely

10. You Put Something Better Inside Me

Editorial Reviews

Unavailable for some 15 years, this is the 1973 debut album from Britain's answer to Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young. Features 10 tracks including the massive transatlantic hit 'Stuck In The Middle'. Lemon. 2004.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional debut with one of the band's biggest hits "Stuck in the Middle with You"--good remaster no bonus tracks, September 21, 2011

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This review is from: Stealers Wheel (Audio CD)

Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty combined their forces for Stealer's Wheel after Gerry's disappointment with the sales and reception from his first solo album (and playing in The Humblebums with comedian/musician Billy Connolly--Egan and Rafferty had played together and in the same circles before). Egan and Rafferty had noticed in the past that their voices melded well (they harmonized on Everly Brothers songs), enjoyed working on Rafferty's first solo album and decided to join forces again.

Stealer's Wheel became in the process a one-hit wonder to most folks for the song "Stuck in the Middle with You". "Star" (from their second album)of course charted as well actually charting higher than "Stuck in the Middle with You" which is tragic because there's so much more great music here and on the two subsequent albums Egan and Rafferty made.

The Cherry Red reissue of this album sounds pretty good with good dynamic range it sounds very good but not spectacular. That could be down to the recording studio. Rumor has it that this album was remastered from the tapes prepared for the vinyl version (I don't know that this is true but it's possible)as many of the songs here sound different than some of the Steeler's Wheel anthologies and the Gerry Rafferty three disc anthology released this year.

There aren't any bonus tracks (you know that there has to be outtakes/alternate takes, etc.). The liner notes are quite pretty good and rather presenting them as a booklet it's a fold out with the cover as a poster on the other side.

This is a terrific album (although their best work was to come)with good mastering. Fans will want this and it's worth picking up.

Recommended.

As usual Cherry

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stuck in the Middle!, February 5, 2011

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Keegan R. Lerch "classytrumpet" (Bethlehem, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stealers Wheel (Audio CD)

Here we finally see this album available again after so many years of neglect from the compact disc market! This Pop-Rock classic from 1973 is the first album from Stealers Wheel, of which the band would only release two more studio albums. Headed by Joe Egan (vocals, keyboards) and Gerry Rafferty (Vocals, guitar), this group had interesting ups and downs in its 3-year journey on the pop-charts.
Produced by the famous Leiber-Stoller, this album also featured Paul Pilnick (lead guitar), Tony Williams (bass), and Rod Coombes (drums). The standout hit on this album is the pop single-sensation hit "Stuck in the Middle with You," which was most noteably featured in Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs." (Which is how I first heard the song!) All of the songs are penned by Egan and Rafferty, and reflect the sound of the Beatles at times, especially on "Another Meaning." Perhaps this is due to the fact that ex-Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick recorded this album... So, take the slightly rocky journey through Stealers Wheel debut album; with pop-folk-tinged melodies and good playing, this album still sounds good today!

9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beatlesque melodies galore!, May 4, 2007

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GPC "Grassman" (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stealers Wheel (Audio CD)

What a superb, little-known "lost" classic album! If you enjoy Beatles music and wish there was more, look no further than this excellent, highly melodic masterpiece by Stealers Wheel. If all you know is "Stuck in the Middle With You", then you're in for a treat. Gerry Rafferty was at his peak as a songwriter at this time; most of his later stuff pales by comparison.