Every Picture Tells a Story

It's listenable. There's just so very little that would make me willingly put a Rod Stewart song on!

Standout : (I Know) I'm Losing You

In general, the band sounds really good, Ronnie Wood sounds great. But it's crazy how Rod Stewart is the worst part of every Rod Stewart song.

I liked this a fair bit; Rod is a compelling singer, with an interesting voice, and some of this material is quite good. It feels pretty much like a Faces album.

Legend! Favorites here are Maggie May and That’s All Right.

Every picture tells a story …
And most of those stories are really boring and end up sounding exactly the same.

I think it's better than Gasoline Alley. That's it. That's the review.

I understand why this album matters historically, and Rod Stewart is clearly capable of making strong, characterful music. But 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 doesn’t strike me as particularly special anymore. The rough production and the mix of folk, rock, blues and soul feel more like a loose scrapbook than a focused album, and the charm that once defined it doesn’t fully carry over for me. There are moments where everything clicks, but as a whole it feels dated rather than timeless, interesting rather than compelling.

do ya think i’m sexy? no i don’t.

my unresolved hatred of rod stewart may be negatively affecting this review but it negatively affected my experience of this album. it’s fine. two stars.

I liked Maggie May and that one cover of an Elvis cover. 3.5

This is at its best when it opts for a more light-hearted, straight rock and roll type of vibe - Stewart really does have that slightly gravelly, alcohol/nicotine weathered voice to match up perfectly with the music.

Every Picture... comes flying out of the traps with the sort of swagger and grit I've also come to expect from Faces. The various shifts towards folk rock from the album's midsection onwards, in the vein of Simon & Garfunkel, were slightly off-putting; not due to any gripes with the quality, but the jarring comedown-like manner in which they were introduced. It really disrupts the momentum built during the album's early exchanges.

Rod Stewart rocks.

I quite enjoyed this.

Guitar and mandolin work beautifully together with Rod's gravelly voice providing a pleasant foil.

Could do with more originals though!

Kind of an annoying voice - at least for the duration of a whole album.

On the artist bio page it said "Rod Stewart has one of the finest voices of his generation" which is hilarious because my first impression of this album is that the guitar playing sounds high skilled but these vocals aren't all that great. He does have a unique rasp in a high register, but it's not like he's wielding extreme control or range. (I Know) I'm Losing You is actually fucking great, and I don't feel like I've heard this before, no idea how.

Just a good old-fashioned bluesy rock album. It feels like something you'd find in an old, dusty record bin, the faded cover and yellowed inner sleeve telling stories of days long past. I'd buy it for $5 at a Goodwill and throw it on at home the next day, listening to the crackles and pops of the vinyl as the record plays out with a distinct analog warmness. Lyrics aren't great, but I never expected them to be. For many, it's trite, annoying rock with bad singing. For me, it's a trip back in time to the early 70s, even though I wasn't there when it happened.

Maggie May is a great song, and Reason to Believe is a good one, but the rest of this is pretty basic. I’d give it a 3.5, but don’t think I can get up to 4.
Footloose and Fancy Free is a better Rod Stewart album, but I don’t think it made the list.

There are some really great songs on this album and I enjoyed listening to it a lot. I will listen to this one, not just specific songs, again.

I always chalked Rod Stewart off as a piano crooner, I don't know why. He's definitely more rock than jazz though. Old school rock vibes from "that's all right," sounded a little like Paul McCartney.
Not really my kind of album, but better than expected. 2*.

Great background music. Solid music to listen to. Really interesting vocals in a good way. Pretty good songwriting.

Nothing to dislike here, just not exactly for me.

There's some raw quality to it with really nice melodies