Gutter Ballet

by Savatage

Gutter Ballet cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 December 1989
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:02:33
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Gutter Ballet' signifies a stylistic pivot for Savatage, moving away from straightforward heavy metal toward more complex, theatrical arrangements. Influenced heavily by Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'The Phantom of the Opera', the album incorporates piano and orchestral elements alongside traditional metal instrumentation.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, progressive, theatrical, storytelling, conceptual

Tracklist

  1. Of Rage And War (4:46)
  2. Gutter Ballet (6:20)
  3. Temptation Revelation (2:56)
  4. When the Crowds Are Gone (5:46)
  5. Silk And Steel (2:58)
  6. She's In Love (3:51)
  7. Hounds (6:28)
  8. The Unholy (4:37)
  9. Mentally Yours (5:20)
  10. Summer's Rain (4:33)
  11. Thorazine Shuffle (4:43)
  12. Alone You Breathe - Acoustic Version (4:38)
  13. Handful Of Rain - Acoustic Version (5:31)

Credits

  • Savatage - primary artist
  • James A. Ball - engineer
  • Paul O'Neill - producer

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