Stealers Wheel (album)

Stealers Wheel
Studio album by
Stealers Wheel
Released17 November 1972
RecordedApple Studio, London
Genre
[citation needed]
Length34:12
LabelA&M
ProducerJerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Stealers Wheel chronology
Stealers Wheel
(1972) 		Ferguslie Park
(1973)
Singles from Stealers Wheel
  1. "Late Again"
    Released: 1972
  2. "You Put Something Better Inside Me"
    Released: 1972
  3. "Stuck in the Middle with You"
    Released: April 27, 1973
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

Stealers Wheel is the debut studio album by Scottish folk rock band Stealers Wheel.[4] It was released on 17 November 1972 by A&M Records. The album was a critical and commercial success, reaching No. 50 in the US Billboard 200 album chart, with their hit single "Stuck in the Middle with You" coming from the album.

The cover painting is by John Patrick Byrne. The words "Stealers Wheel" are embedded ten times in the design, in addition to the large lettering in the bottom left-hand corner (eleven in total). The album has each member of the band's heads on different animals (clockwise from top left: Rod Coombes as a zebra, Paul Pilnick as a bird, Tony Williams as a rabbit, Joe Egan as a lion, and Gerry Rafferty as a tiger).

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Late Again"Joe Egan, Gerry Rafferty3:16
2."Stuck in the Middle with You"Egan, Rafferty3:25
3."Another Meaning"Egan3:01
4."I Get By"Egan3:16
5."Outside Looking In"Rafferty3:54
6."Johnny's Song"Rafferty3:45
7."Next to Me"Egan, Rafferty3:37
8."José"Egan3:23
9."Gets So Lonely"Egan2:57
10."You Put Something Better Inside Me"Egan, Rafferty3:50

Personnel

Source: [5]

Stealers Wheel

with:

  • Iain Campbell - bass
  • Luther Grosvenor - lap steel guitar (on "Stuck In The Middle With You"), lead guitar (on "I Get By"), acoustic guitar, harmony and backing vocals (on "Late Again")
  • (uncredited - saxophone)

Production

  • Geoff Emerick, John Mills - engineering. The album went on to receive the European Edison Award for recording excellence.

Charts

Chart (1973) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 44

References

  1. ^ "Stealers Wheel - Stealers Wheel | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  4. ^ Martin, Douglas (4 January 2011). "Gerry Rafferty, Songwriter, Dies at 63" – via NYTimes.com.
  5. ^ "Stealers Wheel". www.stealerswheel.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 292. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.


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