Reviews (page 8 of 8)
It’s okay folky rock. The story songs wear a bit thin after the first few tracks. Nothing super memorable or great to latch on to.
lyrics and vocals weren't that great but the instruments were really varied and nice to listen to. Nothing really here really sticks out to me as great, like if I wanted this albums vibe I could listen to people who have done it better.
Average album
My perception of Rod Stewart has always been that he makes really boring music, this album has changed that perception somewhat as I liked it much more than I expected. But still not something I'm going to come back to
Je vais me fier à l'avis d'eltrapeze qui semble avoir relevé une quantité anormale de vomi.
Not his best. Just before he really found it
A pretty decent rock album with some nice ballads. 8.0/10
It's ok
Hmmm, not very interesting to me
Good album, never listened to it. More rock than I thought was going to be on there
boring af
ykw its not really my type but salute to the guitar guy those are some peng strings
1. Gasoline Alley- A simple song about going home. Has some kind of country influences to my ears. 2. It's All Over Now- I like this one a little better. It reminds me of something that would be played at a honky tonk bar. It's a long song though! 3. Only a Hobo- I think this is a Bob Dylan cover. Very depressing song. 4. My Way of Giving- Another country-rock type song. Not very memorable imo. 5. Country Comfort- Kind of reminds me of an Elton John song (not sure if this came first). I guess it's just a song about life in the country. Not bad- nice to listen to. Lyrically better than some others so far, I think. I think the end drags on just a little bit though 6. Cut Across Shorty- A good old story-type country song. Like some others on this album, I think it suffers from being too long. 7. Lady Day- Nice little shorter song. Pretty background guitar. 8. Jo's Lament- A sad song. A slow song. One of the better ones on the album I think. 9. You're My Girl- Upbeat closer to the album. Lyrics haven't aged very well. I don't think this is a bad album, but I would never listen to it in my leisure time. If someone else is listening to it in the background, sure. It's not very memorable to me- it's Rod's first album ever so it makes sense.
It’s quite a good album. The main selling point is Rod’s extreme vocal delivery.
dommage tout ce vomi, 3/5
Shit
Better than I expected. Maybe early Rod Stewart is actually good Rod Stewart.
skipped lots of tracks- don't like his voice and no pop singles to dance to....
I can't stand Rod Stewart. The stuff with Jeff Beck was saved by strong musicianship and writing, but this one is mostly just Rod crooning cover songs.
Favourite Song: Country Comfort
A nice arrangement of Dylan's Only a Hobo is the standout alongside Country Comforts. Hopefully there are other Rod albums in this as his has better albums.
Nothing to see here. Every song sounds like a Rod song.
Tough one to rate - really enjoyed it but upon discovering after listening that it's mostly a covers album then it almost feels like a bit of a cheat? Rated solely for that initial listening but I'm still none the wiser to any talent Stewart may or may not have. Best track: Gasoline Alley
A decent album. Stewart has an undeniably distinctive voice and takes control of all the songs. However, a full album of his froggy rasp is a bit jarring. Best songs: Country Comfort & Cut Across Shorty
1)4* 2)4* fun great boogie woogie piano. 3)3* 4)3* 5)3* 6)4* 7)3* 8)3* 9)4*
I wish I could give the a zero.
He's clearly a good songwriter, and the vocal style works. It's not hugely interesting but decent
Not as bad as I was expecting.
Rod is one of my all time favorites! Loved every minute
Turns out I hate Rod Stewart. There's just too much going on in this. Someone just randomly blows a whistle in the second track. Like really lays into it. Feels like whoever mixed it felt like the instruments were too loud, so they just turned up the vocal track.
Fuck this hoe ass shit
👍
Took this one in on i5 to Skamokawa and am perplexed by the heavy traffic during COVID, and how this album made it among the 1001. Perhaps I don't grasp how truly big of a number 1001 is. There must be so many albums that do folk, do folk rock, do ballads, do the James gang thing on the last track, and do it better. We're gonna see so many more British white guys doing this and doing it better. Rod himself did it much better on his next album, for which I will throw down ample stars. Only a hobo is a great song. Maybe I just get grumpy in traffic. B-
What do have against Rod Stewart? What did he ever do to me to deserve such ire (I think it was the feathered bleach tipped short hair like an Arizona golf retiree lady)? Anyhow, this album is great. Jumps back and forth between genres, folk, rock, a little blues, a little funk. Most impressive is the layering of string instruments, namely guitars. It seems almost all the songs have a depth imbued by the layers of guitars, 12 strings and mandolins, a few songs create a soundscape without a rhythm section. Every now and then he’ll throw in a rocking song with a bang in’ breakdown. Then at the end, sticking out like a sore thumb amongst all the folksy vibes is a funky electrified rock song to add a period to the album. Only strike against it is I found the lyrics a bit milk toast. It pains me to say it, but this album was dope. Giving it a well deserved 4.
Rip roarin cum guzzlin good time
Fone: Grado Sr60e Não escutei muito para definir uma música predileta No geral gostei muito das guitarras, Rod com uma voz de véio já nos anos 70 Agradável mas não me cativou
This is Stewart's golden era. Given the personnel and the sound it is basically a Faces record. And that is a good thing.
La verdad no entiendo porqué está incluido en esta lista. Soy de la idea que este men es un artista de singles y uno que otro deep cut pero no discos completos. Este disco no merece estar acá. Es desigual. Tiene unas 3 o 4 canciones bastante olvidables. Pero las otras, las que están bien, están muy bien. Es como country y blues, la voz rasposona de Rod es increíble, muy efectiva. Singular. Chido.
This never really grabbed me, some decent musicianship but very forgettable songs.
Pretty good.
Lots of good Rod Stewart songs I've not heard before.
Meh. It's Rod Stewart.
Started off ok but tailed of. Rod being Rod, not offensive but nothing remarkable about this
Pretty forgettable.
Middle of the road music for the masses. Not offensive, but not very interesting either. 5/10
Another album that was just a bit meh. Where are all the albums I really need to listen to before I die???
Not great. Nearly did a 1, but some moments weren’t too bad. Overall forgettable
2.4
Couple of decent tunes, the last one especially.
Rod Stewart's always catchy!
I have always enjoyed rod stewart and the faces but haven't listened through their albums much. I'm especially excited to be listening to an unknown album from 1970, an excellent year for rock albums. Immediately this sounds more like the 70's then the 60's. Which makes sence to me when I see Ronnie Wood listed on guitar. He was so important for giving the stones their sound in the early-mid 70's. The acoustic and sometimes irish folk sounding song really remind me of Led Zeppelin 3. I thought most of the fast songs sounded like 3am drunk music to stammer to. They all have that driving drum beat and piano banging away.
It's ok, decent for a bit of background but I wouldn't say there's anything stand out. Rods voice gets a bit grating
Chido en general, pero no puedo evitar sentirme algo underwhelmed. A comparación del primer disco de Rod que escuchamos, este no menparec wque tiene trabajos de guitarra tan emocionantes. Aun así divertido y a gusto. Mi favorita fue: Cut across shorty. Mood: can't stop, won't stop
its aight
This was a new one for me. I really liked it, and helped change my view that Rod Stewart isn't as much as a fuck boy as I thought.
I enjoy Rodney
This is the kind of stuff I wanted to find doing this. I'm a slut for slide guitar. Album cover sucks. Songs are great.
Muy Rod Stewart.
Another Rod Stewart album??
Discazo. Desde los primeros acordes de "Gasoline Alley" al crudo retrato en "Only A Hobo", pasando por ese final de "My Way of Giving" y el desenfado de "Cut Across Shorty", disfruté todo lo que escuché. Más pretencioso, acaso, diría que me gustaron todas las "texturas". La canción final estaría cancelada hoy, pero qué bien suena, por cierto, este cierre de repente me dio vibras de los RHCP. En fin, un renovado respeto por Rod Stewart y su peculiar voz rasposa. 10/10
Good album, love the songwriting. I'm just personally not a big fan of Rod Stewart's vocals.
Decent rock stuff, lots of songs about women, it's ok
Bueno! Interesante
Nice, not too exciting.
I like better some of the other stuff by Stewart
I'd rather not.
I like a the juice. I know Rod is English but something about this feels like Americana. Great title track, final track of the album reminds me of "I'm Losing You" by the Faces. Good old fashioned guitar driven rock. Rod's raspy voice is iconic. Country Comfort had me thinking I actually like the country for a few minutes. I want to give this a four... but can't imagine revisiting this. As we dig into this I think to get a four it has to be something I'm going to come back to...
Early Rod Stewart and the Faces were amazing. Beautiful songs, well produced. 4 stars.
Good songs.
I'm liking this album of mostly covers way more than the first Rod Stewart record I got here.
luv rod my man
It’s ok but to me it’s kind of like background music I would throw on and not pay attention to.
ya this was boring 😜
Really great
C - 4 S - 3
Wel redelijk album van rod, niet zoveel hits erop
The other side of the "oh that's where that song is from" coin: A name that's totally familiar but I don't know any of this music. I liked not just fine.
I thought he was a crooner for old ladies, not sounding like 30 packs a day.
Not vibing with this at all. Bland/repetitive country-esque fare.
A vision for things to come with his next album but some good jams on this one
Better than I thought it would be.
I would classify this album as blues rock. The album starts off strong with gasoline alley. Cut Across Shorty has great blues guitar solos. Otherwise filled with Rod Stewart's raspy voice, which I don't care for. I have a feeling this album won't be too memorable on this list.
Man, early Rod Stewart was so good! Not quite as good as his next album, but this is a really easy, fun listen
What does Rod Stewart do? He’s not writing songs or playing instruments so it’s all about his look and his tone? Hard Pass
not for me at all
Good fun, great voice.
Smooth
Not bad, but not my favorite Rod record
Didn't like at all. 0/5
Pegada blues abrindo o caminho sinais do que seria o hard rock. Destaque para Only a Hobo e Cut Across Shortly (as duas são cover)
I don't know, man. Rod Stewart. He's just... Rod Stewart. He's nothing special and he's never been something special. He's just a dude with a scratchy voice who can play piano but is only so-so when it comes to songwriting. This debut album... it's 110% a product of the time and hasn't aged well. I find it inoffensive with nothing realy exciting to recommend it. A little on the boring side, honestly. Just really middle-of-the-road background rock.
Stille og roligt, hyggeligt, nostalgisk, få standouts,
It's a music theory exercise solved in an uninteresting way. You can see flashes of cleverness in the way he covers songs, but once you get past the novelty, who cares? Best track: Only A Hobo
I should listen to more rod stewart
not bad but nothing stood out as deserving to be on this list, some good covers of elton john & dylan
3/17 3.5/5. Great Country-Blues-Rock album. Standout Tracks: It’s All Over Now, My Way Of Giving, Jo’s Lament,
this was a whole lot better than i expected, like it kinda rocks in a folksy bluesy way and rod stewart sounded haggard (in a good way) even back when he was like 25. i'll probably never listen to it again but 3/5 all the same lol