Can I Have My Money Back?

by Gerry Rafferty

Can I Have My Money Back? cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1971
  • Label: Transatlantic
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:18:49
  • Community rating: 3.66/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following his tenure with The Humblebums, the Scottish troubadour's solo debut is a masterclass in melodic, Beatlesque folk-pop. Despite its commercial failure at the time, 'Can I Have My Money Back?' showcases highly refined songwriting and lush vocal harmonies. It directly anticipated the massive soft-rock success he would achieve later in the decade with Stealers Wheel and as a solo star.

Genres

Descriptors: addiction, alcohol, acoustic, harmonies, narrative, folk, melodic, storytelling, confessional

Tracklist

  1. New Street Blues (2:57)
  2. Didn't I? (3:42)
  3. Mr. Universe (2:45)
  4. Mary Skeffington (2:34)
  5. The Long Way Round (4:49)
  6. Can I Have My Money Back? (2:00)
  7. Sign On the Dotted Line (2:35)
  8. Make You Break You (3:30)
  9. To Each and Everyone (2:42)
  10. One Drink Down (2:49)
  11. Don't Count On Me (3:47)
  12. Half a Chance (3:55)
  13. Where I Belong (2:01)
  14. Look Over the Hill and Far Away (3:42)
  15. Patrick (2:23)
  16. Rick Rack (2:50)
  17. Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway (4:36)
  18. Please Sing a Song for Us (2:45)
  19. Blood and Glory (2:32)
  20. I Can't Stop Now (4:43)
  21. All the Best People Do It (2:59)
  22. Steamboat Row (2:06)
  23. Shoe Shine Boy (3:17)
  24. Keep It to Yourself (3:18)
  25. My Singing Bird (3:20)

Credits

  • Gerry Rafferty - primary artist, written-by
  • Joe Egan - written-by
  • John Patrick Byrne - written-by

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