Track Listing

1. Baker Street
2. Right Down The Line
3. City To City
4. Waiting For The Day
5. Get It Right Next Time
6. Take The Money And Run
7. Days Gone Down (Still Got The Light In Your Eyes)
8. Why Won't You Talk To Me
9. Royal Mile
10. Wastin' Away
11. Bring It All Home
12. Don't Close The Door
13. Sleepwalking
14. Change Of Heart
15. On The Way
16. Night Owl

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4621 in Music
• Released on: 1998-06-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
It's impossible to travel on the Circle Line in London without reflexively going into a mental sax solo when the train stops at Baker Street. This sort of thing doesn't happen when you stop at Tooting Broadway (a Kitchens Of Distinction song), Camden Town (Suggs), or Victoria (The Kinks)--which, in a roundabout way, is to say that in the late 1970s few were the songwriters who could pen a tune as evocative as the ex-Stealers Wheel frontman. As with that hit, there's a restless, inscrutable quality to Rafferty's best songs that perhaps finds its root in the songwriter's early days touring the folk circuit in the Humblebums. "Sleepwalking" and "City To City" seem to simulate the rattle of a sleeper carriage, while their Scottish author's Dylanesque tones suggest a certain comfort in the nomadic lifestyle--no more so than on "Night Owl", a bittersweet ode to the performing life. Rafferty will, one suspects, forever be known for "Baker Street". But, before we whip out the violins, it's worth considering that sax player Raphael Ravenscroft received just a single performance fee for his troubles! --Peter Paphides

Customer Reviews

The train keeps on rollin' and just rocks me to sleep!
Fantastic. I only bought this because it had Baker Street on it, but Gerry is a superb musician and vocalist. Ever listened to a song and wished it went on for longer than it did? This whole album is full of these songs. City to City is another excellent song but the surprise for me was that there are some songs I like even more than the irrepressible Baker Street. The Days Gone Down track is the pinnacle of the album for me. It's the kind of wistful road theme that engenders a desire to listen to it on some epic journey. A must have. Plus Mr Rafferty's history is amazing, from performing sets with Billy Connolly & the Humblebums to the Stealers' Wheel failed collaboration. I've listened to this album far more than most of any I own.

..not many can touch his excellent qualities
Listening to the lastest and greatest each generation has had to offer over the past years its no wonder few, if any, have even come close to the brillance that Gerry Rafferty's music gave the world during the 70's and into the 80's. Gerry was just a natural talent much like Joni Mitchell of her 70's achievments but both of these artists have gone on to make wonderful music on the fringes, cast off to the island of misfits. This cd is well rounded and shows many of Gerry's sides and being from the States(although) my heritage is English,Irish,Scotch and Welch I have appreciated and still seek out everything by this Master of song. Gerry has such a soothing vocal dimension and great guitar lines and I have always loved the touches of of his part of the world he gives to his music. I look forward to anything new from this highly underrated and missed artist.

Definitely NOT the best
There is so much more to Gerry Rafferty than Baker Street. Some of his genius features on this album, but the "best of", I don't think so. Dig out his CD's you'll be pleased you did. Find these tracks........"The Right Moment" "Garden of England" "Light of Love" "Barking at the Moon", and you're getting close to his best stuff - trust me!