![]() It’s not just his first album of original material for nearly two decades it also represents a concentrated burst of songwriting activity which is unprecedented in his five-decade career and signals the rediscovery of a gift that Stewart long since thought had deserted him. ![]() ![]() ![]() You wait decades for a brand new Rod Stewart song to show up, and eleven come along all at once.Ĭonsequently this new collection from the two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Living Legend is a double landmark. If ever any rocker chose the role of everyman and lived up to it, it was Rod Stewart.” – The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll (1980) His solo albums were defined by two special qualities: warmth, which was redemptive, and modesty, which was liberating. “Rarely has a singer had as full and unique a talent as Rod Stewart - a writer who offered profound lyricism and fabulous self-deprecating humor, teller of tall tales and honest heartbreaker, he had an unmatched eye for the tiny details around which lives turn, shatter, and reform-and a voice to make those details indelible. ![]()
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