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ROD STEWART
Every Picture Tells A Story
Released -1973 , Mercury/Polygram Records. Produced by Rod
Stewart
Rod Stewart - Lead & Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Ron Wood - Electric, Pedal Steel & Bass Guitars
Martin Quittenton - Acoustic Guitar
Pete Sears - Piano
Mick Waller - Drums
Additional Personnel:
Maggie Bell - Backing Vocals
Ian McLagan - Organ
Sam Mitchell - Slide Guitar
Dick Powell - Violin
Andy Pyle - Bass
Danny Thompson - Bass
| SONG (written by) | RATING |
| Every Picture Tells A Story (Stewart/Wood) | 8.9 |
| Seems Like A Long Time (Anderson) | 5.9 |
| That's All Right (Croup) | 6.4 |
| Tomorrow Is A Long Time (Dylan) | 6.2 |
| Maggie May (Stewart/Quittenton) | 10.0 |
| Mandolin Wind (Stewart) | 10.0 |
| (I Know) I'm Losing You (Whitfield/Holland/Grant) | 10.0 |
| (Find A) Reason To Believe (Hardin) | 8.2 |
| Ave | 8.2 |
REVIEW
A truly grand LP put out by Rod Stewart. Every Picture Tells A Story opens with the title cute and this song just builds until its ending. The next three songs are covers, with "That's All Right" the best of them. Then Rod's all time great song, "Maggie May", what a knock-out of a tune, one or Rock's best songs! That true classic is followed by two more, with the wonderful "Mandolin Wind", and then another cover, "(I Know) I'm Losing You", which features some great drumming by Mick Waller. The album closes with a nice cover version of Tim Hardin's "Reason To Believe".
Another of the reasons why this album is so grand is the guitar playing of Ron Wood, especially his slide guitar on a few cuts. All in all, the whole band shines on this one, as does Rod's voice. Yes, a true rock-n-roll masterpiece.
-- Keno 2001
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