The Best of Stealers Wheel [Import]

The Best of Stealers Wheel [Import]

Track Listings

1. Stuck in the Middle With You

2. Nothing's Gonna Change My Mind

3. Star

4. This Morning

5. Steamboat Row

6. Next to Me

7. Right or Wrong

8. Go as You Please

9. Benediction

10. Waltz (You Know It Makes Sense)

11. Blind Faith

12. Late Again

13. Wheelin'

14. Jose

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
14 track collection on Connoisseur featuring the Scottish duo's top 10 1973 hit 'Stuck In The Middle With You', their top 30 hit from 1974, 'Star' and 12 other tracks. The band was comprised of Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan. The song 'Stuck In The Middle With You' was re-popularized in 1992, when it was featured during the infamous ear amputation/ torture scene in Quentin Tarantino's film 'Reservoir Dogs' &has maintained a cult popularity status since. 1990 release.

Tracks:

Stuck in the Middle With You
Nothing's Gonna Change My Mind
Star
This Morning
Steamboat Row
Next to Me
Right or Wrong
Go as You Please
Benediction
Waltz (You Know It Makes Sense)
Blind Faith
Late Again
Wheelin'
Jose

Album Description

14 track collection on Connoisseur featuring the Scottish duo's top 10 1973 hit 'Stuck In The Middle With You', their top 30 hit from 1974, 'Star' and 12 other tracks. The band was comprised of Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan. The song 'Stuck In The Middle With You' was re-popularized in 1992, when it was featured during the infamous ear amputation/ torture scene in Quentin Tarantino's film 'Reservoir Dogs' &has maintained a cult popularity status since. 1990 release.

Album Details

Stealers Wheel was actually the duo of Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan. their greatest success was the worldwide smash "Stuck in the Middle with You", which was a huge hit at the time of its release in the 70's and revived again in the 90's thanks to the film "Resevoir Dogs". Also includes 'Star', 'Right or Wrong', 'Jose', 'Nothing';s Gonna Change My Mind' & nine more.

Customer Reviews:

stealers wheel .......2007-01-08

its great you can get this on cd ...but the tracks should be re-master so the sound could sound better...you can hear better sound off gerry raffertys 2006 cd call days gone down ''the best of'' its a import most of stealers wheel hits are there.

There's a better Stealers Wheel collection available.......2004-12-02

This "Best Of" is the NOT the definitive Stealers Wheel collection. You may want to steer yourself to "Stuck in the Middle with You," the 2000 Polygram International release that is 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. (Note that "Fine" is not on this particular set.)

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

Made me feel good again!.......2004-11-20

I didn't give it 5 stars only because I tend to skip around the CD when in my car to get to songs I prefer (or skip back to them). I suppose we all have different tracks we like and a few that really make us feel inspired when we hear them. I bought this album for "Stuck in The Middle With You" but "Star" and "Steamboat Row" really work for me. Of course "Late Again", "Wheelin'", "Nothing's Gonna Change My Mind" are really good too. I do agree with another reviewer who said that "Stuck in The Middle" kind of moved to the rear. There are songs that are better than "Stuck" (hard to believe but true) on this disc. If you feel a little misty for the past this is an album you should have!

The best Stealers Wheel collection.......2004-06-23

This is the best (and only) Stealers Wheel collection available. It includes their only two top 40 hits, the top 5 classic Stuck In The Middle With You and Star. It also includes strong selections from their 3 albums. My only complaint is that it is missing the minor hit Everyone's Agreed That Everything Will Turn Out Fine, which just missed the top 40. Considering it was their 3rd biggest hit, there is really no excuse not to include it on any Stealers Wheel compilation.

Great Collection But By Default.......2002-11-01

Gerry Rafferty went solo with the critically acclaimed "Can I Have My Money Back" album after he dissolved his partnership with Bill Connolly in the Humblebums. In 1972 Rafferty hooked up with another partner Joe Egan in Stealers Wheel.
Here, Rafferty hit his stride with a more worthwhile songwriting partner in Joe Egan. With 'Stuck In the Middle With You', it seemed like they were on to great fortune in releasing three solid albums in "Stealers Wheel", "Ferguslie Park" and "Right Or Wrong" with production from Lieber and Stoller ( of Coasters fame) on the first two albums and Mentor Williams (Dobie Gray's 'Drift Away') on the last. Unfortunately the hits dropped off dramatically after 'Stuck In the Middle' with their three album legacy tragically destilled (or hacked) down to this pleasing fourteen track compilation.
From the harmonium driven 'Late Again' to the haunting, surreal ballad 'Next To Me'(both from the "Stealer's Wheel" album 1972), from rockin' 'Wheelin'' and lively Brewer and Shipley styled hit 'Star' (both from "Fergulie Park" 1973) and from the power pop of 'Go As You Please' to the strange mix of Gregorian chant and Celtic waltz melody in 'Benediction'(both songs from "Right Or Wrong" 1975)you can't lose. Great folk CSN&Y harmonies abound sometimes set accessible pop melodies, or to haunting celtic arrangements and even some power pop sensibilities.
It is with a bit of trepidation that I am giving this compilation a five star. It is only by default because this seems to be the only release available by Stealer's Wheel and it is easy to have a good listening experience from a collection that came from already solid releases.
This Collection should be only a starting point. If you can find the original albums on CD then go for it (I was only able to obtain 'Ferguslie Park' on CD as a Japanese import about ten years ago) or otherwise seek out vinyl copies of "Stealers Wheel", "Ferguslie Park" and "Right Or Wrong". Or better yet, we all ought to petition the reissue labels to issue these original three on compact disc.
"Baker's Street" would actually be anti-climactic.

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The Very Best of Stealers Wheel
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Manufacturer: Universal/Polygram
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000026P8P
Release Date: 1995-03-27

Tracks:

Another Meaning
Benediction
Blind Faith
Everything Will Turn Out Fine
Found My Way To You
Gets So Lonely
Go As You Please
I Get By
Johnny's Song
Jose
Late Again
Next To Me
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Right Or Wrong
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Album Description

18-track compilation of theScottish pop duo's greatest moments. Featuring Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan.

Album Details

18 Disc Anthology of the Recording Career of the Scottish Duo of Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty, featuring the Number One Hit "Stuck in the Middle with You".

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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.