Clowns to the Left, Jokers to the Right: 1970-1982

Gerry Rafferty

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 25, 1997)
• Original Release Date: March 25, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Raven [Australia]
• ASIN: B000003IXE
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #196,791 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Please Sing a Song for Us

2. Blood & Glory

3. Rick Rack

4. Steamboat Row

5. Can I Have My Money Back?

6. New Street Blues

7. Mary Skeffington

8. Sign on the Dotted Line

9. Stuck in the Middle with You

10. Everyone's Agreed That Everything...

11. Who Cares?

12. Benediction

13. Right or Wrong

14. Baker Street

15. Right Down the Line

16. Night Owl

17. Get It Right Next Time

18. Take the Money and Run

19. Royal Mile (Sweet Darlin')

20. Bring It All Home

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

1997 collection on Raven featuring 21 tracks from the singer/ songwriter's most profitable & productive period, 1970-1982. 75 minutes of cuts from The Humblegums, Stealer'sWheel & his solo albums in the '70s. Includes 'Stuck In The Middle With You', 'Baker Street', 'Right Down The Line', 'Night Owl', 'Can I Have My Money Back?', 'Get It Right The Next Time', etc. The full title is 'Clowns To The Left, Jokers To The Right 1970-1982'.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars You have to take what's available, February 22, 2006

By	J. Carroll "Jack" (Island Heights,NJ) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This is a decent representation of Rafferty's work from his early folk duo,The Humblebums (partnered with Billy Connolly, no less) to his early 80's solo work and the wonderful "Baker Street." There are a number of quality tunes here and the chatty liner notes proved to be an interesting retrospective of Rafferty's career, but as another reviewer noted, this package is lacking some key songs. At least try to collect all the singles from the time period. I am ofetn disappointed by the lack of completeness with these greatest hits sets, but sometimes you have to take what's available.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Missing some key songs!, September 20, 2002

By	A Fan (VA) - See all my reviews

It seems that many of these "best of" compilations always leave out one or two of an artists hits and replace them with some forgetable deep track. I don't understand what they are thinking when they do this. This collection is more guilty of this than most. They left off 3 top 40 hits - Star (Stealers Wheel), Home & Dry and Days Gone Down - and the album classic City to City! Gerry and Stealers Wheel only had a total of 7 top 40 hits and they leave off nearly half of them!?! Come on now, somebody wasn't paying attention when they put this collection together!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent Gerry Rafferty complilation!, October 4, 2005

By	musicfanatic - See all my reviews

This Gerry Rafferty compilation is everything it should be and more! It has his work with The Humblegums, Stealer's Wheel and his solo work! It is the most comprehensive compilation of Gerry Rafferty that you can get, to date. The sound is great and you couldn't ask for better, in a compilation, really. This is a must for Gerry Rafferty/70's pop/rock fans!