Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart

Always liked Rod - and thought he was an excellent vocalist... Tend to like the older material more than his "disco-era" stuff - so this album is up there for me for sure... Album is solid from start-to-finish, with several of Rod's all-time classics to boot... Top-shelf songs include the title track, "Maggie May", "Mandolin Wind" - and the best Rod tune of all - "I Know I'm Losing You"... The rest of the songs are fine, with the oddity being "That's All Right" - which is okay, but near the end, there is a 2-3 minute acoustic version of "Amazing Grace" - which is incredibly well-done - just not sure why they didn't just record it separately, as it's just weird to tack it on at the end... I'm sure the Google machine may have something on that, but I don't have time or inclination to effort that... Definitely more than a 3 based on the quality of the outstanding songs on this album, but not quite a 4 - so I'd give it a 3.50 if I could - and just have always had mad love for "I Know I'm Losing You", so it was good to be reminded of that song again...

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