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Gutter Ballet by Savatage
Gutter Ballet is an album by Savatage, released in 1989. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “When the Crowds are Gone”, on 1 list with a best position of #420.
Gutter Ballet, Savatage's fifth full-length album, is the record where the band from Tarpon Springs, Florida, founded by brothers Jon and Criss Oliva, really started to stretch out. It was their second go-round with producer Paul O'Neill, who had come aboard for Hall of the Mountain King, and the partnership pushes them away from their power metal roots toward something grander and more progressive.
Criss Oliva's guitar still cuts like a buzz saw, with Johnny Lee Middleton, Steve Wachholz and new guitarist Chris Caffery in tow, but the title track and "When the Crowds Are Gone" deal in drama as much as volume, and the opera-tinged ambition points to where they were heading next. That road led straight to Streets: A Rock Opera.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Gutter Ballet on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When the Crowds are Gone | 1 | #420 | – | 1990 | |
| 2 | Gutter Ballet | 1 | #590 | – | 1990 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.