Artiste: Gerry Rafferty
Nationality: British
Album: On a Wing and a Prayer
Year: 1992
Label: Epic
Genre: Pop
Tracks:
Time's caught up on you
I see red
It's easy to talk
I could be wrong
Don't speak of my heart
Get out of my life woman
Don't give up on me
Hang on
Love and affection
Does he know what he's taken on
The light of love
Life goes on
Chronological position: Seventh album
Rank: High Priest
Comments: It's quite amazing to watch the progression of a breakup through the track listing, as this album came about while Raffery was in the throes of divorce from his wife of twenty years. Tracks like the opener, “Time's caught up on you”, which sounds reflective, move on to “I see red”, which is self-explanatory, though it is something of a ballad with some really nice brass, then the somewhat accusatory “It's easy to talk” and on to bitter songs like “Don't speak of my heart” (although again a ballad, and a beautiful one into the bargain) and the angry “Get out of my life woman.” This is immediately followed by what sounds like second thoughts or fears in “Don't give up on me” with a great latin beat and some fine mandolin and “Hang on”, a snide dig at the ex-wife and her new lover in “Does he know what he's taken on” and ending on the philosophical acceptance of “Life goes on.” Beautiful orchestration in “The light of love”. Superb album.
Intention: There are still some of his I need to listen to.
