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Summary: Another Great Gerry Power House Release
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5.0 out of 5 stars Another Gerry Power House Release, July 19, 2008
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This Classic Album is an All Time Great. Not 1 Weak song on the Whole Album. One of my Favorite Gerry songs was on this cd, Right Down The Line. I Really Love that song, but then again I Love Most all of Gerry's Songs, and he has none that I do not like. At one time when his old web site Message Board was up and going Gerry was working on making some more New Music, but unfortunately it went by the wayside, or at least we have never heard any more about it. That is Very Sad as we were ANXIOUSLY awaiting New Gerry Music. Well we can only Hope that maybe someday it might be Released. Anyway Grab this one up, because it is a MUST for all Gerry Fans.
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Summary: Still great after all these years....
Comment: It's the summer of '78 again ( I wish ) whenever I listen to this album. "Baker Street" always will be a classic to me with it's great guitar solos and wailing sax(not to mention great lyrics), but it's not the only outstanding tune here. "Right Down the Line", "Home and Dry", "The Ark" and "Whatever's Written In Your Heart" are four more good reasons to own this disc. Definitely one of the classics from the late 70's.
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Summary: Great tunes exactly as you remember them
Comment: Great tunes exactly as you remember them, from one of Gerry Rafferty's two best albums.
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Summary: Ahead of his tine, contemporary and strangely 70's too
Comment: Wow, i know Gerry was a star in the 70's when i was growing up, but that was just for his hits. The greatest compliment I can pay Gerry, is that he is the British equivalent (Sorry, might be Irish)of, Jackson Browne, a truly magnificent performer, delivering a truly magnificent album, reminding me a bit of the breakthrough album of George Harrison's, Cloud Nine.
The album starts with The Ark which is amazingly, even more relevant today. Followed by Baker Street, which is genius in any decade. Right on Time is Dire Straits meets Santana but better and proves nothing is a fluke on this album.
Stealin Time is another timeless classic and skip a tune so is Whatevers written in your heart and Home and Dry. The end result is as if Paul Carrack was transported back into 1974, but that would be undermining the genius of Gerry Rafferty.
Wey hey his other albums are really good too
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Summary: An Album of Stunning Proportion
Comment: There are albums that are an indelible part of rock music history--"Sgt. Pepper's", "Thriller", and "Nirvana" are watershed albums that immediately come to mind. Then, there are albums that are simply stunning in their impact on the individual listener and deserve an equal place with the best rock has to offer. Such is "City to City". No rock album has ever hit me with the impact of "City to City", and it is one of my "five albums to have if stranded on a desert island". Like many, I bought the album after hearing "Baker Street" many times on radio. I put the album (vinyl, by the way) on and thought I would wait through "The Ark" to get to "Baker Street". Imagine my surprise at being totally blown away by "The Ark"; what a way to open the album. Listening to it reminds me of the charge I get listening to "The Great Gate of Kiev" at the conclusion of Mussorgky's "Pictures at An Exhibition". After "Baker Street", the music never slacks. "Right Down the Line", "City to City", the utterly satisfying "Stealin' Time", then two more outstanding mix of lyrics and instrumentation with "Mattie's Rag" and "Whatever's Written in Your Heart". By this time in the album, expect to be blown away--but don't stop yet, because the final three ("High and Dry", "Island", and "Waiting for the Day") satisfy the ear and make this album a total joy. If you've listened to "City to City", you know what I'm talking about; if not, be prepared to be stunned. This is rock music at its finest.
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