Gold (CD)

Rod Stewart first gained notoriety as vocalist in the Jeff Beck Group in the late 1960s. He went on to sing for raucous bar-room rockers the Faces and started a simultaneous solo career that eventually eclipsed that of his band. Moving from folk-rock through pop, disco, jazz and more, Stewart carved out a multi-decade career as a strutting, soul-influenced singer with equal amounts of talent and charisma, and piled up an astonishing number of hit singles and platinum albums. Stewart's career has seen more than one rebirth; in 1993 his acoustic UNPLUGGED performance brought him renewed acclaim as a sensitive song interpreter. Ten years later, with the help of Clive Davis, he gained even more notoriety as a smooth crooner of orchestrated jazz standards.

• Category:  Music  »  Rock & Pop  »  General Rock & Pop
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: July 26, 2005
• Label: Mercury
• UPC: 602498812648
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106441784
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #100581 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #29928 in Rock & Pop (See Top 100 Rock & Pop Bestsellers)
• #19793 in General Rock & Pop (See Top 100 General Rock & Pop Bestsellers)

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Personnel include: Rod Stewart (vocals, guitar); Ron Wood (guitar, bottleneck guitar, bass guitar); Martin Quittenton, Martin Pugh (guitar); Gordon Huntley (steel guitar); Roy Jackson (mandolin); Dick Powell (violin); Pete Sears (piano, organ, bass guitar); Ian McLagan (piano, organ); Mike D'Abo (piano); Keith Emerson (organ); Spike Heatley (double bass); Ronnie Lane (bass guitar); Kenney Jones, Mick Waller (drums); Neemoi "Speedy" Acquaye (congas); Ray Cooper (percussion); Long John Baldry, Madeline Bell, Maggie Bell (background vocals).

Rod Stewart built much of his career on bold, distinctive cover tunes, a point driven home by 2005's two-disc GOLD collection, which showcases Stewart's interpretive skills during his initial solo years of 1969-1974. More than half of the tracks here are penned by some of the finest pop/rock songwriters of the time, including Bob Dylan (the spare, somber "Only a Hobo" and the lilting "Tomorrow Is a Long Time"), Paul McCartney (the steel-drum-enhanced "Mine for Me"), Elton John & Bernie Taupin (the nostalgic "Country Comforts" and the rollicking "Let Me Be Your Car," the latter featuring John himself), and Tim Hardin (the timelessly soulful "[Find a] Reason to Believe").

During this time, Stewart became an excellent songwriter in his own right, penning (or co-penning) a number of tunes here, including the transcendent "Maggie May" and the surging "Every Picture Tells a Story." More extensive than 1976's THE BEST OF ROD STEWART and slightly outshining '92's THE MERCURY ANTHOLOGY, GOLD is ideal for anyone seeking a thorough sampler of Stewart's early solo work.

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