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Stealers Wheel - Ferguslie Park Audio CD

A fair review of the Stealers Wheel "Ferguslie Park" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Stealers Wheel reviews here, or go back to the Stealers Wheel tabs.

Stealers Wheel Band: Stealers Wheel
Title: Ferguslie Park
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Release Date: 2004-08-09
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Good Businessman 2: Star 3: Wheelin' 4: Waltz (You Know It Makes Sense) 5: What More Could You Want 6: Over My Head 7: Blind Faith 8: Nothing's Gonna Change My Mind 9: Steamboat Row 10: Back on My Feet Again 11: Who Cares 12: Everything Will Turn Out Fine

Another Great Rafferty Egan Compilation
It is to Bad they did not remain together longer as a Duo, because with each release they just Got Better.
This is yet Another Great Rafferty Egan Release. It is about time they Released these three Classic Albums on cd, now if they would just Release Joe Egans two Solo albums as well on cd.


Steeler's Wheels; Ferguslie Park
Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty are extremely good song writers and performers both together and individually. I owned the album, when released, in the 1970's and have waited a long time to own it and the other Steeler's Wheel releases on CD. Owning their works, as Steeler's Wheel, is one of the high points in my music collection. This album/CD was/is one of my personal favorites.


A Rafferty/Egan Masterpiece


For my money, just about any track on Ferguslie Park eclipses "Stuck in the Middle" (perhaps that is because I've heard it hundreds of times beyond endurance). The sad thing is that Stealers Wheel here in America usually means "Stuck in the Middle with You," which is what the "oldies" stations seem to play ad nauseam, as if that were the only song they ever recorded.

Something else should also be said: Joe Egan is all the singer-songwriter that Gerry Rafferty is, though he never went on to the same illustrious post Stealers career as did Rafferty. Listen to "Star" and "Wheelin'," or "Nothing's Gonna Change My Mind. " Why Egan didn't go on to better things boggles the mind.

I know that "timeless" is an overused phrase, but this album (yes, I still think of these records as albums) is just that. Buy it, even if you've never heard of Stealers Wheel before.

And for the fans, the Lemon reissue is a well put together package, with very good artwork and liner notes including full lyrics.

Enjoy.
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Everything Didn't Work Out Fine
So I reccommend you update that description. I had a similar experience as "Coon from Alabama" did when I played my CD copy of "Ferguslie Park," and found that it did not contain single version of "Everyone's Agreed Everything will Turn Out Fine" as advertised. That being said, it was good to finally hear this album again after so many years, especially "Steamboat Row. " When Universal finally gets around to re-issuing Stealer's Wheel in U. S. , hopefully they will include the complete catalogue.


One of the greatest pop/rock albums
While I personally rank all 3 albums pretty much on the same level, this one pokes out a bit ahead since it has 2 more songs than the other 2 ten-track albums. Gerry Rafferty & Joe Egan made some beautiful, clever & fun music in their sadly short run as Stealers Wheel. =)

Gorgeous harmonies, sweet & catchy melodies. . and fun joy-for-the-ears arrangements. . it is a tremendous shock that this album has been unavailable on CD for a decade (and previously only on a Japanese-only CD which was impossible to find). . and this group continues to be overlooked.

From the Beatlesque "Star" to the beautiful "Over My Head", and chilling "Who Cares?". . . all the way to the awesome finale "Everyone's Agreed That Everything Will Turn Out Fine". . EVERY song is a pop/rock gem. If you love Gerry Rafferty's music, or Stealers Wheel's hit "Stuck In the Middle With You", then you can't go wrong with this album.

HIGHLY recommended!.


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