Every Picture Tells a Story

Really nothing stands out as special to this album. The most interesting this was probably the repetitive portion towards the end of the last song with the stand up bass. Generally underwhelming. 2.4/5 -> 2/5

This one surprised me a bit, and made me realize Rod Stewart is very Rolling Stones-esque.

Never really thought to listen to a whole album by him, but it was a good listen. Like Stones if you cut out heavier blues stuff. Which I like a lot, because the deep blues stuff Stones do kinda has aged a lot to my ears.

While Stones I think are better in general on their big singles (Nothing on this album comes close to something like Gimme Shelter), I liked this album as a whole better than Let It Bleed.

Maggie May is a classic, and Every Picture Tells a Story and (Find a) Reason to Believe are fantastic. That's All Right is the only song I'm kinda "eh" on and even then, it's still solid, just doesn't justify it's length IMO.

Great album.

The bass parts rip on the fast songs, the gritty slide guitars are pretty on the ballads, the mandolins are a fun twist, and his raspy voice brings it a weary world-worn aura, but the songs are just pretty boring blues rock with way too much annoying honky tonk piano and an overall phony Americana feel.

This is a pleasant album, by an artist you definitely shouldn't purchase albums blindly from.

There’s like a 5 year period when Rod Stewart wasn’t a complete joke and this record is in that sweet spot.

Some good music can be found here, but my goodness. Not every song has to end with Rod repeating the same line for 3 minutes and/or an out of place hymn.

I was fully expecting to dislike this but I was pleasantly surprised and actually quite liked it. This was clearly before the terrible 80’s Rod Stewart and who knew he was actually quite good!

Obviously Maggie May is a class above the rest but a lot of other songs were pretty good and worth a few listens.

Another surprising win in the 1001 albums.

Otro disco que me sorprende de Rod Stewart. Me guardo como favoritas "Every picture tell a story", "Tomorrow is a long time", la famosa "Maggie May" y "Mandolin wind". Me ha encantado.

I would say this is Rods best solo album, but isn’t as good as the faces or the Jeff beck album, but still more than worthy of this list.

Easily recognizable voice. Okay album

I don't think they did a dance for it but for some reason I can see Pan's People swivelling their arms about to Maggie Mae.

Pretty mediocre, but a good voice.

I think I hate this era of rock, where if you weren't trying to figure out where you were in a post-Beatles world, you were copying the Rolling Stones' "I miss the old days of bluesy rock 'n' roll" shtick, and boy do I already dislike it when they do it, so when I have to listen to another lesser artist do it worst, with a voice that sounds like he's choking on gravel and instrumentation only fitting in a Celtic rock record, my blood boils. This is just not a good album, if it has hits I wouldn't be able to tell them apart because they all sound the same, and I knew this would be pandering to the "good ol' days" the moment a song that has already gone on too long ends with Amazing Grace. Talk about pandering, and while I know Rod Stewart can make good songs, I've heard them, I didn't find a single good one here.

one of my favorite rod stewart albums.

Good stuff! 3.625 per track

I’ve always really liked Rod Stewart’s hits, but not enough to seek out his other stuff, or listen to him past what I hear on the radio.

This was fine, but Maggie Mae is the standout. The rest, at times, creeps towards the cringy/eye-rolly Rod Stewart that society (perhaps unfairly) sometimes chalks his music up to.

The “That’s All Right” cover is pretty bad, but everything else is really damn good.

4/5

Klassisen varmaa klassikkorockia. Yllättävän hyvä kokonaisuus, 3.5/5

Rod Stewart has one of the most enigmatic and compelling voices in rock and roll. At its best moments, this record thumps away with tremendous energy. The bass guitar work is exceptional.

Frankly, I wasn’t planning to like this as much as I did. At times, it’s a bit corny, but I don’t know if there’s any other album that has made the mandolin sound cooler (maybe Led Zeppelin IV).

I bet Rod doesn’t play that opening track live anymore! Maggie May obviously slaps but reminds me of respected nonce John Peel. The rest is… whatever. Wonder if the Stereophonics have ever heard this.