Greetings From the Gutter
By Dave Stewart
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Track listing
- 1 Heart of Stone 4:34
- 2 Greetings From the Gutter 4:12
- 3 Crazy Sister 3:50
- 4 Chelsea Lovers 5:39
- 5 Jealousy 4:52
- 6 St. Valentine's Day 4:27
- 7 Kinky Sweatheart 5:57
- 8 Damien Save Me 5:23
- 9 Tragedy Street 4:08
- 10 You Talk a Lot 5:39
- 11 Oh No, Not You Again 8:24
- Total length: 57:05
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6 Issues
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Greetings from the Gutter 33 rpm, Limited Edition
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Greetings From the Gutter Bonus Tracks
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Difficult business record reviewing. It's so easy to be distracted by external influences and rate an album because of them. Not that this exercise was ever meant to be objective. After all, I did shell out good money for everything in the collection so, technically, they all should attract high marks but, as with life in general, disappointment is a constant companion. So it was with trepidation that I put Greetings From The Gutter in the CD player as, apart from the singles "Heart Of Stone" and "Jealousy", I can't remember hearing this in its entirety since I bought it. And so, on a lovely summer's morning, I underwent what I'm sure can be likened to a religious conversion.
This is a good album. No, let me qualify that - this is a great album. Throughout Stewart veers between impressions of Lou Reed and Bowie during his scary monster phase, taking the opportunity to showcase his guitar playing talent which was sorely restricted when with the Eurythmics. His lyrics are psychedelic-retro but the music retains his pop sensibilities and it's a crying shame that this was released as Britpop was hogging the musical limelight. Even so, it probably still wouldn't have shipped units. What worries me now is will this have the same effect on me if I play it in the rain? But, if I'm right about external influences, maybe if I listen to Celine Dion facedown in a bath of cold custard I'll come to like her - not!
This is a good album. No, let me qualify that - this is a great album. Throughout Stewart veers between impressions of Lou Reed and Bowie during his scary monster phase, taking the opportunity to showcase his guitar playing talent which was sorely restricted when with the Eurythmics. His lyrics are psychedelic-retro but the music retains his pop sensibilities and it's a crying shame that this was released as Britpop was hogging the musical limelight. Even so, it probably still wouldn't have shipped units. What worries me now is will this have the same effect on me if I play it in the rain? But, if I'm right about external influences, maybe if I listen to Celine Dion facedown in a bath of cold custard I'll come to like her - not!
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Catalog
23 Dec 2023
13 Feb 2023
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1
Heart of Stone
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2
Greetings From the Gutter
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3
Crazy Sister
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4
Chelsea Lovers
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5
Jealousy
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6
St. Valentine's Day
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7
Kinky Sweatheart
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8
Damien Save Me
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9
Tragedy Street
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10
You Talk a Lot
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11
Oh No, Not You Again
5 May 2022
16 Sep 2021
25 Jun 2021
19 Jun 2021
10 May 2021
9 Apr 2020
24 Mar 2020
8 Jan 2020
21 Dec 2019
30 Aug 2018
27 Jul 2018
29 Apr 2018
27 Apr 2018
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1
Heart of Stone
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2
Greetings From the Gutter
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3
Crazy Sister
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4
Chelsea Lovers
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5
Jealousy
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6
St. Valentine's Day
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7
Kinky Sweatheart
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8
Damien Save Me
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9
Tragedy Street
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10
You Talk a Lot
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11
Oh No, Not You Again