Songs from the Gutter explained

Songs from the Gutter
Type:	studio
Artist:	Thea Gilmore
Cover:	Thea_Gilmore-Songs_from_the_Gutter.jpg
Released:	2002
Genre:	Rock, folk
Length:	80:31
Label:	Shameless/Flying Sparks/Hot
Producer:	Nigel Stonier
Prev Title:	Rules For Jokers
Prev Year:	2001
Next Title:	Avalanche
Next Year:	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

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

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

Personnel

• Thea Gilmore - vocals
• Nigel Stonier - guitar, keyboards
• Paul Beavis - drums
• Robbie McIntosh - guitar

Notes and References

1. Sexton, Paul (2002) "The EQ Review", Billboard, 30 November 2002, p. EQ-3. Retrieved 17 January 2018 via Google Books
2. "A Thea Thing", Billboard, 12 February 2005. Retrieved 17 January 2018