Savatage : Gutter Ballet (Japan Expanded Edition - Remastered 2016)

CAUSE IN THE DARK

IT'S EASIER TO SEE

 Gutter Ballet 

is the

 fifth full-length album

 produced by

 the American

 Heavy Metal band

 Savatage. 

This was the

 second album

 created under

 the direction

 of producer 

Paul O'Neill 

and was

 initially released 

in December 1, 1989.

Overview

This album was a 

true turning point

 for the band, 

as the sound transitioned

 from a 

heavy metal to 

experiment with a more

 progressive sound, 

which is reflected in

 songs such as 

"When the Crowds Are Gone"

 and

 "Gutter Ballet". 

During the 

final recording sessions, 

while 

Criss Oliva 

was tracking guitar solos,

 Paul O'Neil 

gave Jon Oliva

 tickets to see

Andrew Lloyd Webber's

 musical 

The Phantom of the Opera

 on Broadway.

 Jon was so inspired 

that immediately

 following the performance,

 he went back to 

the studio and wrote

 the music for 

the title track.

 Gutter Ballet

 is not a concept album, 

but 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. 

As late as May 1989, 

the eventual title track

 of the album

 had not been written 

and the band was 

having doubts 

surrounding

 the album title. 

The title

 Gutter Ballet 

finally came from that 

of a play producer

 Paul O'Neill 

had written 

ten years earlier

 and which would

 later make-up

 the majority of the

 band's next work, 

Streets. 

The song 

"Gutter Ballet" 

was written with

 just O'Neill,

 Jon 

and

 Criss Oliva

 in the studio. 

Jon's drumming skill 

was competent 

enough to perform 

on the track

 and he also provided

 the bass guitar duties

 for the track. 

Had the band 

originally stuck

 with the story 

set-out in 

Paul O'Neill's original 

1979 story, 

the song 

"When the Crowds Are Gone"

 would have followed 

Streets track

 "A Little Too Far".

TRACKLIST

Of Rage And War 

Gutter Ballet 

Temptation Revelation 

When The Crowds Are Gone 

Silk And Steel 

She's In Love 

Hounds

The Unholy

Mentally Yours

Summers Rain

Thorazine Shuffle

BONUS TRACKS

All That I Bleed

 (Acoustic Version)

Alone You Breathe

 (Acoustic)

Handful Of Rain

 (Acoustic Version)

If I Go Away

 (Acoustic Version)

When The Crowds Are Gone

 (Acoustic Version)

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