Condition:
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Label: Mercury / Polygram
Catalog#: 1-9423
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album,
Record: VG++
Cover: VG++ corner wear
Not gatefold
late 70`s issue
Country: Canada
Released: 1973
Genre: Rock
Style: Soft Rock, Pop Rock
Credits: Producer - Rod Stewart
Tracklisting:
A1 Every Picture Tells A Story (5:58)
A2 Seems Like A Long Time (4:00)
A3 That's All Right (6:02)
A4 Tommorow Is Such A Long Time (3:44)
B1 Maggie May (5:46)
B2 Mandolin Wind (5:32)
B3 (I Know) I'm Losing You (5:22)
B4 Reason To Believe (4:07)
Rod Stewart's Every Picture Tells A Story is generally rated as one of the greatest records in the history of rock. In his book, The Top 100 Rock 'N' Roll Albums of All Time, Paul Gambaccini listed the album at number one. I'd disagree with Mr. Gambaccini that it is the best of all time, but it is among the elite. From beginning to end, every song is superb and he takes the sound from Gasoline Alley to another level. The title track is opens the album with a bang. The song is filled with descriptive and vivid lyrics and Mr. Stewart sings it with passion and fury. "Seems Like A Long Time" slows things down and has some very poignant lyrics. He does a roaring take on "That's All Right (Mama)" clearly inspired by Elvis Presley's version of the song. It sounds like it could have been recorded in some barn in the south. The song segues into a sampling of "Amazin' Grace" in which Mr. Stewart's gravelly voice gives it a degree of solemnity. "Tomorrow Is A Long Time" is another Bob Dylan cover that has a cool keyboard sound. "Mandolin Wind" starts off slowly and then builds to a fiery crescendo. The Faces join the party on a funky cover of The Temptation's "(I Know) I'm Losing You". "Reason To Believe" is a cover of a Tim Hardin song, but Mr. Stewart makes it all his own. "Maggie May" is the song that has become the album's definitive song and a radio classic. As a double A side with "Reason To Believe", it became his first number one single and as the album hit number one at the same time, he became the first artist to simultaneously hold the number one single and album in both the US & the UK. Though he would continue to record excellent music and have albums that sold more copies, Rod Stewart never release a more influential or important album.
Rod Stewart the faces - Maggie May - 1971
THE best bassline of any song ever written ..
..its hard to believe all the big groups ron wood has been in ..
This was the best pop record of 1971 - by a mile
ROD STEWART - Reason to believe
Rod, you really outdone yourself with this one
Rod Stewart & Ronnie Wood - Reason to Believe
Rod Stewart - Mandolin wind
this is when rod sang great songs
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