The Best of Rod Stewart (1976 album)

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The Best of Rod Stewart
Ron Wood
Rod Stewart chronology
Atlantic Crossing
(1975) 		The Best of Rod Stewart
(1976) 		A Night on the Town
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

The Best of Rod Stewart is a

The United States
. It includes tracks from all his Mercury albums and some non-album singles from the same time period.

Release

The Best of Rod Stewart was released as a double album. It was re-released on Compact Disc in 1998 with all 18 tracks on a single disc. In order to fit the album onto one 80-minute CD, "Maggie May" was edited from 5:46 to 5:14, and the album version of "It's All Over Now" (6:23) was replaced with the single version (3:35).

"

Oh! No Not My Baby" and was originally released, with its B-side "Jodie" being credited to Stewart's band Faces
. All other tracks were from previously released Rod Stewart solo albums. The original compilation reached #18 in the UK and #19 on the US charts.

Track listing

  1. "Maggie May" (previously released on Every Picture Tells a Story) – 5:14
  2. "Cut Across Shorty" (previously released on Gasoline Alley) – 6:30
  3. "An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down" (previously released on An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down) – 3:30
  4. "(I Know) I'm Losing You" (previously released on Every Picture Tells a Story) – 5:21
  5. "Handbags and Gladrags" (previously released on An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down) – 4:24
  6. "It's All Over Now" (single released in support of Gasoline Alley; the album cut of this song is longer) – 3:35
  7. "Street Fighting Man" (previously released on An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down) – 5:05
  8. "Gasoline Alley" (previously released on Gasoline Alley) – 4:02
  9. "Every Picture Tells a Story" (previously released on Every Picture Tells a Story) – 5:57
  10. "
    B-side of "Angel
    ") – 3:24
  11. "Oh! No Not My Baby" (previously released as a non-album single) – 3:38
  12. "Jodie" (previously released as the B-side of "Oh! No Not My Baby," by the Faces) – 3:09
  13. "You Wear It Well" (previously released on Never a Dull Moment) – 4:22
  14. "Let Me Be Your Car" (previously released on Smiler) – 4:57
  15. "Pinball Wizard" (previously released on Sing It Again Rod) – 3:10
  16. "Sailor" (previously released on Smiler) – 3:34
  17. "Angel" (previously released on Never a Dull Moment) – 4:03
  18. "Mine for Me" (previously released on Smiler) – 4:00

Personnel

Charts

References

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ISBN 089919026X
    . Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ "Rolling Stone Album Guide". Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  4. ^ a b [1986&cat=a "Charts.nz – Rod Stewart – The Best Of Rod Stewart [1986]"]. Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Top Albums 1977" (PDF). Music Week. 24 December 1977. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021 – via worldradiohistory.com.
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