5640 - THE DIRTY STRANGERS - West 12 To Wittering (Another West Side Story) (2009)

THE DIRTY STRANGERS
''WEST 12 TO WITTERING (ANOTHER WEST SIDE STORY)''
2009
35:28

1 - Talk To Me/3:08
2 - Ain't That Too Much/2:59
3 - South Of The River/2:23
4 - Liberty Smile/2:11
5 - All Away/2:08
6 - Bad Girls (You're Going Nowhere)/2:37
7 - She's A Real Botticelli/2:25
8 - Love For Life/2:13
9 - Survival Dance/3:21
10 - Don't Come Easy/2:16
11 - Gold Cortina/3:16
12 - Nowhere Maybe/2:42
13 - Just Another Story/3:16

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5639 - THE DIRTY STRANGERS (1988)

THE DIRTY STRANGERS
''THE DIRTY STRANGERS''
1988
39:56

1 - Thrill Of The Thrill/3:47
2 - Baby/2:41
3 - Easy To Please/2:43
4 - Wide Boys & Slim Pickings/3:23
5 - Oh Yeah!/2:46
6 - Didn't Want To Be An Angel/4:13
7 - Wild One/3:35
8 - Bathing Belles/3:05
9 - Here She Comes/2:13
10 - Little Miss Vanity/3:09
11 - Hands Up/2:43
12 - Diamonds/5:06

Angie Brown /Vocals (Background)
Paul Fox /Guitar
Mark Harrison /Drums, Percussion, Vocals (Background)
Lin /Vocals (Background)
Keith Richards /Guest Artist, Guitar
Phil Spalding /Bass
Chris Winter /Harmonica
Ron Wood /Guest Artist, Guitar
Mickey Gallagher

REVIEW
By Dave Sleger
Essentially a Rolling Stones clone, the Dirty Strangers are singer/songwriter Alan Clayton's sounding board as well as his vehicle for showing the world that he knows Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood. This is a compilation of 11 tracks from their 1987 debut coupled with eight late-'80s live cuts. At times, Clayton sounds uncannily similar to Mick Jagger; other times, a bit of wise guy Tonio K sneaks into his delivery. Although the inclusion of the Stones' guitarists makes for an interesting footnote, the live tracks recorded with the Dirty Strangers' regular guitarists, Paul Fox and Phil Spalding, demonstrate that the celebrity contribution wasn't musically necessary. This is energetic, gritty, low-down rock & roll that unfortunately never caught on in the '80s, but has aged extremely well.

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