This was the follow up to "Every Picture Tells A Story" and while it was not as commercially successful , it is still a great album. Keeping the same line up and a similar mix of songs to it's predecessor , Rod Stewart managed to produce another gem of an album.
The title of the album ... Read review
Advantages: Another Great Rod Stewart Album Disadvantages: Possibly His Last Great Album
This was the follow up to "Every Picture Tells A Story" and while it was not as commercially successful , it is still a great album. Keeping the same line up and a similar mix of songs to it's predecessor , Rod Stewart managed to produce another gem of an album.
The title of the album is very descritive of the content , although , with deliberate irony, the cover features a painting of Mr Stewart, slumped ... ...
The Album opens with the upbeat self-deprecatory "True Blue", before launching into the gorgeous "Lost (sic) Paraguayos", keeping the same folksy / Faces hybrid sound of "Every Picture Tells A Story". The album slows don for the first cover , Bob Dylan's "Mama You Been On My Mind". Things pick up with "Italian Girls" before slowing down with another cover, this time Jimi Hendrix's "Angel". more
This was the follow up to "Every Picture Tells A Story" and while it was not as commercially successful , it is still a great album. Keeping the same line up and a similar mix of songs to it's predecessor , Rod Stewart managed to produce another gem of an album.
The title of the album is very descritive of the content , although , with deliberate irony, the cover features a painting of Mr Stewart, slumped in an armchair looking more than a little bored.
The Album opens with the upbeat self-deprecatory "True Blue", before launching into the gorgeous "Lost (sic) Paraguayos", keeping the same folksy / Faces hybrid sound of "Every Picture Tells A Story". The album slows don for the first cover , Bob Dylan's "Mama You Been On My Mind". Things pick up with "Italian Girls" before slowing down with another cover, this time Jimi Hendrix's "Angel".
The second part of the album kicks off, as did "Every Picture Tells A Story", with an instrumental from Martin Quittenton , "Interludings" , before launching into the now evergreen "You Wear It Well" , the single that sold the album, the equivalent of "Maggie May" from the previous outing. The pace slows again for gorgeously soulful rendition of "I'd Rather Go Blind" before capping the album on a high not with a full tilt reading of Sam Cooke's "Twisting The Night Away" featuring a stunning drum break , from , I assume, Mr Kenny Jones.
Another of Rod Stewart's masterpieces available at mid price. If you've been brought up on his later stuff you would do well to discover the early albums which contain lots of great music. The sound is timeless, and I wish he'd get this line up together again.
He recently did and unplugged album with Ronnie Wood which is probably the nearest we'll get to this these days. But then again we can always live in hope.
The album is on the Mercury Label , Catalogue number 5580612 and should cost around 7.99 GBP.
Advantages: Unerringly good songs and playing Disadvantages: Total playing time a little on the short side
When Rod Stewart returned to the studio to follow up the massively successful "Every Picture Tells a Story", he had a lot to live up to. Wisely he stuck to the tried and tested formula, switching from acoustic folksy ballads to good-time rock'n'roll with ease, sometimes in the same song. While "Moment" didn't have quite the same impact as "EPTAS" - expectations were sky-high, after all - it was just as good, and certainly fulfilled its swaggering ... ...cover versions, taking on Hendrix's love-lorn "Angel" with ease, going into roistering party mode with Sam Cooke's "Twistin' The Night Away", a version which for a while became even better-known than the original, and best of all treating us to a beautiful reading of the obscure Dylan song "Mama You Been On My Mind", making skilful use of accordeon and steel guitar. Four of the songs were original, the best-known being another collaboration with ...
JOHNV 21.07.2000
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Product details
Title
Never A Dull Moment [Remastered]
Performer
Rod Stewart
Genre
Rock & Pop
Release Date
03/08/1998
Recomended Retail Price
8.99 GBP
Original Release Year
1972
Label / Distributor
Mercury / Universal Music
Engineer
Mike Bobak; Glyn Johns
Producer
Rod Stewart
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
731455806120
Catalogue Number
5580612
Additional notes
Album Notes
Personnel: Rod Stewart (vocals); Ron Wood (acoustic & electric guitar); Martin Quittenton (acoustic guitar); Gordon Huntley (steel guitar); Dick Powell (violin); Ian McLagan (piano, organ); Pete Sears (piano); Brian (chest piano); Spike Heatley (acoustic bass); Ronnie Lane (bass); Kenny Jones, Micky Waller (drums); Speedy (congas). All tracks have been digitally remastered. NEVER A DULL MOMENT picks up where EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY left off....more raucous rock'n'roll with healthy dollops of soul and twang thrown in for good measure. Always looking for a good songwriter to cover, Stewart's honorees here include Jimi Hendrix ("Angel"), Dylan ("Mama You Been On My Mind") and Rod's personal hero, Sam Cooke ("Twistin' The Night Away.") Sidling up nicely next to these heartfelt interpretations are some of Stewart's finest original songs. Teaming with spiritual brother Ron Wood, Stewart offers up the cheeky "Italian Girls" and "True Blue," a track that goes along at a mid-tempo clip before exploding into a heartfelt rave-up. Most notable is a collaboration with the Martin Quittenton on "You Wear It Well," an irresistable addition to the Stewart canon. Although the Sam Cooke cover is the one spot where the soulful Scot would be expected to indulge his R&B jones, Etta James' "I'd Rather Go Blind" is where Rod brings it all back home with a slow-burning vocal that wraps itself around the strolling tempo of the song.
Titles on disc 1
1.
True Blue
2.
Los Paraguayos
3.
Mama You've Been On My Mind
4.
Italian Girls
5.
Angel
6.
Interludings
7.
You Wear It Well
8.
I'd Rather Go Blind
9.
Twistin' The Night Away
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