Gerry Rafferty - Can I Have My Money Back (1971)

Artist...............: Gerry Rafferty
Album................: Can I Have My Money Back
Genre................: Rock
Source...............: Cd
Year.................: 1971
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy
Codec................: Flac
Information..........: TntVillage
Covers...............: Front
Total Size...........: 231 Mb


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The gifted Gerry Rafferty sometimes soared the staggering singer/songwriter heights of that unattainable

deity, Dylan. Unfortunately, this cynical Scot also encountered a variety of corporate roadblocks (hence

the title track) that continually affected his productivity. Another blatant shot at the bigwigs looms in

"Sign on the Dotted Line," written with future Stealers Wheel partner Joe Egan (the duo detailed industry

fatigue further in the sinister "Stuck in the Middle With You"). The limited Rafferty works that actually

made it to wax remain potent years later. Song by song, Rafferty delineates life ("New Street Blues"), love

("Didn't I"), and fitness ("Mr Universe") with a classy professionalism that still retains an emotional

impact, a trait unique to the '70s, and Rafferty is a consummate '70s star. This record harnesses the

cosmic production presence prevalent in the latter discs of the decade, when Rafferty's commercial

Renaissance arrived with City to City, but returns to earth with intrinsically fluid melodies, facile

poetry, and folksy playing. Simply superlative, Can I Have My Money back is the first of too few full-

lengths from a sporadic but splendid talent.



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01. New Street Blues
02. Didn't I?
03. Mr. Universe
04. Mary Skeffington
05. Long Way Round
06. Can I Have My Money Back?
07. Sign On The Dotted Line
08. Make You, Break You
09. To Each And Everyone
10. One Drink Down
11. Don't Count Me Out
12. Half A Chance
13. Where I Belong