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Songs from the Gutter

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Songs from the Gutter
Studio album by
Released2002
GenreRock, folk
Length80:31
LabelShameless/Flying Sparks/Hot
ProducerNigel Stonier
Thea Gilmore chronology
Rules For Jokers
(2001)
Songs from the Gutter
(2002)
Avalanche
(2003)

Songs from the Gutter is the fourth album by the English singer-songwriter Thea Gilmore. It was released in 2002 on her own Shameless label in association with Flying Sparks and Hot Records.[1] The album included a bonus disc of material previously only available over the internet.

Track listing

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All songs written by Thea Gilmore, except where noted.

  1. "Down To Nowhere" – 3:53
  2. "When Did You Get So Safe?" – 3:24
  3. "Tear It All Down" (The Gilmore/Nigel Stonier) – 4:06
  4. "The Dirt Is Your Lover Now" – 4:30
  5. "I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine" (Bob Dylan) – 4:43
  6. "Lip Reading" – 3:34
  7. "Heart String Blues" – 4:22
  8. "Mud On My Shoes" – 3:29
  9. "Water To Sky" – 2:41
  10. "And We'll Dance" – 4:01
Bonus disc
  1. "Cover Me" (Bruce Springsteen) – 3:37
  2. "I'm Not Down" (Strummer/Jones/Simonon/Headon) – 2:59
  3. "Hydrogen" (1996) – 3:32
  4. "Beelzebub" (1996) – 4:07
  5. "Maybe" (1996) – 3:56
  6. "Red Farm" (1997) – 3:56
  7. "Brittle Dreams" (1996) – 3:47
  8. "December In New York" (1997) – 3:38
  9. "Gun Cotton" (1999) – 4:14
  10. "Don't Set Foot Over The Railway Track" (2000) – 2:27
  11. "Lavender Cowgirl" (2000) – 2:57
  12. "You Tell Me" (2001) – 3:37
  13. "Straight Lines" (2001) – 5:33

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Allmusic's Rick Anderson gave the album four stars, calling it "essential".[2] Billboard called her vision on the album "dark, cold, yet rapturous".[3]

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Sexton, Paul (2002) "The EQ Review", Billboard, 30 November 2002, p. EQ-3. Retrieved 17 January 2018 via Google Books
  2. ^ a b Anderson, Rick "Songs from the Gutter Review", Allmusic. Retrieved 17 January 2018
  3. ^ "A Thea Thing", Billboard, 12 February 2005. Retrieved 17 January 2018