Stuck in the Middle with You [Import]

Stuck in the Middle with You [Import]

Track Listings

1. Stuck in the Middle With You

2. Who Cares?

3. Benediction

4. Go as You Please

5. Late Again

6. Everyone's Agreed That Everything Will Turn Out Fine

7. Blind Faith

8. Star

9. Outside Looking In

10. Found My Way to You

11. Right or Wrong

12. You Put Something Better Inside of Me

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
1998 compilation on Spectrum featuring 18 of the greatest bythis Scottish pop duo from the '70s, comprised of GerryRafferty and Joe Egan. Includes the top 10 smash 'Stuck InThe Middle With You' (re-popularized in 1992 when it washeard in the background during the infamous ear scene inQuentin Tarantino's film 'Reservoir Dogs') and the top 30hit 'Star', plus 'Everything'll Turn Out Fine' and 'LateAgain'.

Tracks:

Stuck in the Middle With You
Who Cares?
Benediction
Go as You Please
Late Again
Everyone's Agreed That Everything Will Turn Out Fine
Blind Faith
Star
Outside Looking In
Found My Way to You
Right or Wrong
You Put Something Better Inside of Me

Album Description

1998 compilation on Spectrum featuring 18 of the greatest bythis Scottish pop duo from the '70s, comprised of GerryRafferty and Joe Egan. Includes the top 10 smash 'Stuck InThe Middle With You' (re-popularized in 1992 when it washeard in the background during the infamous ear scene inQuentin Tarantino's film 'Reservoir Dogs') and the top 30hit 'Star', plus 'Everything'll Turn Out Fine' and 'LateAgain'.

Customer Reviews:

Stealers Wheel- Who knew?.......2007-07-13

I had heard the song Stuck in the Middle with You on the radio for years, but never knew who performed it. Someone told me it was Bob Dylan, so I did some research and found out that it was Stealers Wheel. So I purchased the cd just because I loved Stuck in the Middle with You. But, there are so many other songs on the cd that I enjoy as well. I like to listen to the cd when I am exercising or cleaning the house. Most of the songs have a good beat and I can keep a good pace. I would definitely recommend this cd. I have listened to it non-stop since purchasing it.

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right.......2004-12-02

It may have taken a decade for Gerry Rafferty to come to terms with his past (his classic "Baker Street" was about meeting Joe Egan several years post-Wheel breakdown), but "The Best Of Stealers Wheel" will rekindle the flame for anyone who puzzled over originally hearing "Stuck In The Middle With You." Thanks to some more obsessive fans (Quentin Tarrentino has used both "Stuck" and "Star" in his movies), Stealers Wheel has held on to their cult audience. This "Best Of" is the definitive collection, being the first to include "Stuck In The Middle With You," "Star" and "Everyone's Agreed That Everything Will Turn Out Fine," Stealers Wheel's three charting American Singles.

The US got tricked by the Wheel back in 1973. A single with a lyric that sounded torn from Bob Dylan's back pages and harmonies that mirrored CSN&Y climbed into the Top Ten. "Stuck In The Middle With You" was an immediate classic, and the brains behind Stealers Wheel suddenly found themselves turned into overnight success stories. Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan had been kicking about England for several years (Rafferty had cut a solo album and recorded with folk rockers the Humblebums before forming Stealers Wheel), and the group had already been signed, broken up and reformed before the first album came out.

That debut, a delicious mix of English folk harmony and Beatlesque pop, contained several great songs. These included "You Put Something Better Inside Of Me" and "I Get By." Produced by the legendary Lieber/Stoller team (writers and producers for the likes of Elvis Presley, Ben E King and The Coasters), the album had a clean and uncanny sense of craft. Unfortunately, Rafferty and Egan were a volatile pair. They had broken up again before starting the second album, then reformed and promptly fired the then current Wheel line-up to proceed as a Steely Dan like studio entity, recording "Ferguslie Park" with session hands.

Another pair of minor hits came off that album, the deceptively disillusioned "Star" and the more optimistic "Everyone's Agreed That Everything Will Turn Out Fine," and the FM radio staple "Good Businessman." But the tension between the two escalated. It led to a terrific and unheralded third album, "Right Or Wrong," before the duo splintered for good. That swan song yielded a couple great tunes here, in particular the title track and "Benediction," as well as the music hall sound of "Found My Way To You."

Also worth noting, both the debut and "Ferguslie Park" are back in print, on CD for the first time.

Classic first rate band!!.......2004-10-08

"Stealers wheel" may not be a name recognised by the general public..but if given a listen-there are some clear cut gems here! 'stuck in the middle' is the hit of this cd-but its just the beginning of a great polished sound! other highlites include-'star', right or wrong', walltz,stealin', steamboat row, ect..this band also featured the talents of GERRY RAFFERTY(who later on recorded "baker street' and right down the line. AMAZING harmonies, musicianship and craft(joe eagan) and other quality musicians.

More than a One Hit Wonder.......2001-12-27

Compiled from their three albums of the early 70's, this actually turned out to be quite a fine piece of pop music. I purchased this CD based on my appreciation for "Stuck in the Middle with You" but soon found that it turned out to be one of the weaker numbers on the compilation. Complete with slide guitar, harmonica, violins, jangly piano, this is certainly a band that has the rock-country-folk sound down to a science. Virtually every song is a winner. Some of the standouts, in my opinion, include "This Morning", "Star", "Steamboat Row" and "Go As You Please". It's mellow, but also includes a couple tunes that can get you up and dancing. Gerry Rafferty has never really broken through as a big talent and it's a bit curious as to why he hasn't. Certain alt-country bands of the 90's sound quite a bit derivative. It's easy now to see where some of their influences have come from. If you're a fan of Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo, or Slobberbone, you might want to give this disc a spin.

Average customer rating:

Superhits: 1973
Dobie Gray , Tony Orlando and Dawn , Todd Rundgren , Maureen McGovern , Stealers Wheel , Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show , B.W. Stevenson , Skylark , Art Garfunkel , and Helen Reddy
Manufacturer: Time Life Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000SXFWNO

Product Description

Song list: 1. Helen Reddy: Delta Dawn 2. Jim Croce: Bad, Bad Leroy Brown 3. Tony Orlando and Dawn: Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree 4. Three Dog Night: Shambala 5. Dobie Gray: Drift Away 6. Al Green Call Me (Come Back Home) 7. James Taylor: Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight 8. Aretha Franklin: Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) 9. Carly Simon: You're So Vain 10. Todd Rundgren: Hello It's Me 11. Maureen McGovern: The Morning After 12. The Four Tops: Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) 13. Stealers Wheel: Stuck In The Middle With You 14. The Spinners: Could It Be I'm Falling In Love 15. Gladys Knight and the Pips: Midnight Train to Georgia 16. Seals and Crofts: Diamond Girl 17. Diana Ross: Touch Me In The Morning 18. Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show: The Cover of "Rolling Stone" 19. B.W. Stevenson: My Maria 20. Skylark: Wildflower and 21. Art Garfunkel: All I Know.