Rating: 4/5
Review:
Rod approaching his best
This is very good stuff from Rod Stewart. I have thoroughly disliked quite a lot of what he has recorded, which seems to me to be a monumental talent wasted on self- regard and pap, but the man is a superb singer at his best. This is something approaching his best.
Stewart, of course, has a fantastic voice with its unique half-strangled sound and remarkable power and range. He can also, when he chooses, give a song real depth, passion and meaning and when he does that there are few singers who can touch him for sheer class. A good deal of that is in evidence here: he is passionate, powerful and genuinely committed to these performances of a mixed set, featuring some of his greatest songs and some less well known ones. It's all really good, with an excellent band, Ron Wood on fine acoustic form and excellent recording quality.
Until the release of the very good Time I'd pretty well written Rod Stewart off since the late 70s. I did it with a heavy heart because he has the capability to be so brilliant, and it's good to see that he had still got it in the 90s, even of it was well hidden much of the time. I think "brilliant" might be going a little far in describing this album, but it is very good and has flashes of the genius which has always lurked in Rod Stewart. Recommended.
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