Gutter Ballet
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| Studio album by Savatage | ||
| Released | 1989 | |
| Genre | Heavy Metal | |
| Length | 52:25 | |
| Label | Atlantic Records | |
| Producer(s) | Paul O'Neill | |
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| Savatage chronology | ||
| Hall of the Mountain King (1987) |
Gutter Ballet (1989) |
Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) |
Gutter Ballet is the sixth album produced by the progressive metal band Savatage. This was the second album created under the direction of producer Paul O'Neill.
This album was a true turning point for the band, for after Jon Oliva watched The Phantom of the Opera in Toronto, he decided to change the sound of the band, from a heavy metal to a more progressive sound, which is reflected in songs such as "When the Crowds are Gone" and "Gutter Ballet". The final three songs ("Mentally Yours", "Summer's Rain", "Thorazine Shuffle") are a conceptual suite dealing with a single character as revealed by the band in interviews.
The original title for the record was Temptation Revelation, but this was changed to Hounds of Zaroff which was a Steve Wacholz suggestion. However, the rest of the band did not like this idea and when desperately searching for a record title, Jon and Criss Oliva recorded Gutter Ballet in the studio, and did not potentially want an instrumental song as an album title. Gutter Ballet was recorded in the studio with just Jon and Criss.
Two videos from the album entered rotation on MTV, Gutter Ballet and When the Crowds Are Gone. The album was also the second with Chris Caffery on rhythm guitar. He would leave the band after this record, but would re-join in 1995 for the Dead Winter Dead record.
[edit] Track listing
- "Of Rage And War" – 4:47
- "Gutter Ballet" – 6:20
- "Temptation Revelation" (Instrumental) – 2:56
- "When The Crowds Are Gone" – 5:45
- "Silk And Steel" (Instrumental) – 2:56
- "She's In Love" – 3:51
- "Hounds" – 6:27
- "The Unholy" – 4:37
- "Mentally Yours" – 5:19
- "Summers Rain" – 4:33
- "Thorazine Shuffle" – 4:43
All songs by Oliva/Oliva/O'Neill except "Silk and Steel" by Criss Oliva and Paul Silver.
- Bonus track on the European Edel re-release
- 12. "All That I Bleed" (piano version) 4:35
- Bonus tracks on the European SPV re-release
- 12. "Hounds" (live) 7:20
- 13. "When The Crowds Are Gone" (live) 7:07
[edit] Lineup
- Vocals & Piano: Jon Oliva
- Guitars: Criss Oliva
- Guitars & Keys: Chris Caffery
- Bass: Johnny Lee Middleton
- Cymbals & Drums: Steve Wacholz
[edit] External links
| Savatage |
| Jon Oliva | Damond Jiniya | Chris Caffery | Al Pitrelli | Johnny Lee Middleton | Jeff Plate | Paul O'Neill |
| Criss Oliva | Keith Collins | Steve "Doc" Wacholz | Zak Stevens | Alex Skolnick | Jack Frost |
| Discography |
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| Studio Albums: Sirens | Power of the Night | Fight for the Rock | Hall of the Mountain King | Gutter Ballet | Streets: A Rock Opera | Edge of Thorns | Handful of Rain | Dead Winter Dead | The Wake of Magellan | Poets and Madmen |
| Extended Plays: The Dungeons Are Calling | Chance EP | Doesn't Matter Anyway EP |
| Live Albums: Japan Live '94 | Final Bell / Ghost in the Ruins |
| Compilation Albums: From the Gutter to the Stage | The Best and the Rest | Believe |
| Related articles |
| Doctor Butcher | Trans-Siberian Orchestra | Jon Oliva's Pain | Circle II Circle | Seven Witches | Megadeth | Testament | Annihilator |
