His best album since Every PictureTells A Story, this brought together sympathetic production by Tom Dowd and many of Stewart's finest songs of the '70s--including...
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After bouncing back to life with Atlantic Crossing, Rod Stewart crafted his most self-consciously ambitious record with A Night on the Town. The centerpiece of the album,...
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Stewart's first album on Warner Brothers was a significant step upward from the two Mercury albums which preceded it. Great interpretive covers abound, including Stewart's...
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Atlantic Crossing wasn't simply the moment when Rod Stewart left Britain for the greener pasture of America, it was the moment when he accepted his role as a full-fledged,...
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A very fun album, this sets the tone via its initial single "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy"--which, though it was occasionally taken the wrong way by some fans and critics, is one of...
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In its simplest terms, Blondes Have More Fun is Rod Stewart's disco album, filled with pulsating rhythms and slick, synthesized textures. It's also his trashiest, most...
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Like its sister, Best of Rod Stewart, Vol. 2 was also expanded in 1998 to include several bonus tracks -- it now weighs in at a hefty 19 tracks. The biggest hits were put on...
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Now that Stewart's used up his supply of Motown and old R&B hits, he's beginning to cover songs that sound much fresher. Among them: "Some Guys Have All The Luck" and "Can...
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Even though it has a couple of flaws -- particularly the appearance of "Maggie May," which doesn't quite fit in with the rest of the material -- Greatest Hits is an...
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Stewart emerged big-time on international levels with this set--not least because of the inclusion of ultrahit "Maggie May," but also because of its memorable title track. A...
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Without greatly altering his approach, Rod Stewart perfected his blend of hard rock, folk, and blues on his masterpiece, Every Picture Tells a Story. Marginally a...
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Most critics' favorite early Stewart album, this is a masterwork of taste and style. It's only failing may be an over-reliance on cover material--which in this case includes...
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Gasoline Alley follows the same formula of Rod Stewart's first album, intercutting contemporary covers with slightly older rock & roll and folk classics and originals...
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Out Of Order 1/1/1988, Yahoo! Music, Dave DiMartino
Includes "Forever Young," "Try A Little Tenderness," and "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out." Now cynics could feasibly ask: OK, what's the dif between this guy and,...
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With the support of Power Station guitarist Andy Taylor and drummer Bernard Edwards, Rod Stewart rebounds from his previous career nadir of "Love Touch" with Out of Order....
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Originally released in the '70s, Mercury's The Best of Rod Stewart was expanded to a generous 18 tracks in 1998. Many of those added tracks were not proper hits -- they were...
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If there was a point when it started becoming difficult to enjoy Stewart in his full-on party mode, it's right here, via "Hot Legs"--which translates great when it's...
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Often the least-praised of Stewart's initial albums, in fact there's more substance here--in terms of quality songs and musical arrangements--than you'd likely believe. A...
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On his debut album (titled An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down in Britain, and The Rod Stewart Album in America, presumably because its original title was "too English"...
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A two-disc anthology of Rod Stewart's early Mercury recordings, which, in conjunction with the albums he recorded with the Faces, are inarguably his finest (nothing from the...
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A good, solid album for Stewart in the '90s, this includes a cover of Van Morrison's "Have I Told You Lately." Guest stars? How about Tina Turner and the...
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Rod Stewart continued to regain his strength with Vagabond Heart, the follow-up to his comeback album, Out of Order. Vagabond Heart is a stronger, more diverse album than...
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Sadly a poor choice of titles, this follow-up to Every PictureTells A Story seemed too much like a re-run to spark much enthusiasm upon its release. Much of what's here is...
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Essentially a harder-rocking reprise of Every Picture Tells a Story, Never a Dull Moment never quite reaches the heights of its predecessor, but it's a wonderful,...
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Stewart's tremendous live tours were draining much of the creativity out of his records. This covers-filled set is ultimately highlighted by the inclusion of single "Young...
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Though it lacks a truly great selection of songs, Tonight I'm Yours is a fine latter-day effort from Rod Stewart, and one of the last records that makes Rod sound like he's...
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Not bad, but not very good either. Stewart's skill as a songwriter keeps getting overshadowed here by a wealth of covers--in this case including "You Send Me," "Sweet Little...
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Stewart's best album of the '90s was everything his most recent work hasn't been: quiet, tasteful, and non-formulaic. A great look backward at Stewart's distinguished past,...
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The inherent problem with Rod Stewart's Unplugged album is that it seems like a supremely calculated attempt to revive his career exactly as Eric Clapton did. Stewart...
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Rod Stewart's always been way ahead of the pundits who said he threw away a promising R&B career for the supposed excesses of "Hot Legs" and "Do Ya Think...
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When We Were the New Boys finds Rod Stewart tackling the music of his Brit-pop offspring and coming to terms with his pub rock roots. It's a bit of a risky move, since he...
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The release of the three CD/CD-Rom box set Rod Stewart 1964-69) obviated the need for any further compilations of the erstwhile Mod's pre-fame and fortune recordings, but of...
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Downtown Train (Selections from the Storyteller Anthology) is a 12-track distillation of Rod Stewart's four-disc box set, but instead of containing early hits, it...
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In some ways, 1973 was a little early for Rod Stewart to release a greatest-hits album, since he had only released four albums to that point. Nevertheless, Sing It Again Rod...
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Taking its cue from Madonna's ballad collection Something to Remember, Rod Stewart's If We Fall In Love Tonight combines several of his biggest ballads with three new songs....
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Storyteller: The Complete Anthology is a flawed but effective four-disc box set covering Rod Stewart's entire career. Although most of Stewart's biggest hits and best-known...
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This double CD purports to assemble "every Rod Stewart recording from the '60s with the exception of his own work with the Jeff Beck Group." It doesn't seem 100 percent...
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Mercury/Polygram began recycling their Rod Stewart recordings almost immediately after he left the label for Warner. Rebound's The Ballad Album and its companion, The Rock...
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Mercury/Polygram began recycling their Rod Stewart recordings almost immediately after he left the label for Warner. Rebound's The Rock Album and its companion, The Ballad...
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Rod Stewart's volume of 20th Century Masters is heavy on hits, and the songs that aren't hits are staples of Stewart's classic early-'70s repertoire. It is true that not...
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Rhino's 2001 collection The Very Best of Rod Stewart aims to be comprehensive. Rhino has open access to the Warner vaults, and Stewart had many, many hits for the label --...
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There's a reason why music critics should never suggest that a certain singer would sound good singing the phone book. Eventually some smart-ass is going to try. Until then,...
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It's the kind of concept that seems brilliant on paper: revive the career of one of the great vocalists of the rock era by having him sing the great American pop songs of...
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In 2003, WSM followed up its imperfect but adequate 2001 collection The Very Best of Rod Stewart with Encore: The Very Best Of, Vol. 2, an 18-track compilation that gathers...
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