Gutter Ballet
by Savatage

Gutter Ballet by Savatage
Year: 1989
Release date: 1989-12-01
Overall rank: 6,504th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 49 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (86th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (927th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,504th)

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Savatage bestography

Gutter Ballet is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by Savatage on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Savatage is Hall Of The Mountain King which is ranked number 4183 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 348.

Savatage album bestography « Higher ranked (4,183rd)
Hall Of The Mountain King
This album (6,504th)
Gutter Ballet
Lower ranked (11,679th) »
Streets: A Rock Opera

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Overall rank: 6,504th | 1980s rank: 927th | 1989 rank: 86th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 49 votes)
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95/100
What a record, looking at Streams in Spotify or Apple Music ... maybe one of the most underrated metal albums of all time.
Not one bad or repetitive song. Vocals, Mix, Production, Guitars, ... everything on point.
Gutter Ballet is maybe the best song they ever wrote. Of Rage and War, When the Crowds are gone, Hounds, Unholy, Shes in Love, Mentally Yours all are equally great but differ enough from each other.
The Rest with Temptation Revelation, Silk and Steel, Summers Rain, Thorazine Shuffle are a little bit worse but only compared to the exceptional rest, on a "normal" metal record it would still be more than great songs.

In my opinion even better than the Hall of the Mountain King...
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Rating:  
75/100
After the Hall of the Mountain King, there were great expectations with this release. Overall it isn't as strong as HOTMK. It is considerably more "theatrical" and Jon Oliva's vocals become a bit grating.
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