GERRY RAFFERTY : CAN I HAVE MY MONEY BACK ?

1. New Street Blues
2. Didn't I?
3. Mr. Universe
4. Mary Skeffington
5. The Long Way Round
6. Can I Have My Money Back?
7. Sign on the Dotted Line
8. Make You, Break You
9. To Each and Everyone
10. One Drink Down
11. Don't Count Me Out
12. Half a Chance
13. Where I Belong

Label : Transatlantic Records

Time : 40:23

Release Year : 1971

Review (Wikipedia) : 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.