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The Definitive Rod Stewart (2 CD) | 
| Artist: Rod Stewart
Label: Rhino
Category: Music
List Price: $19.98
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 1558
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.8 x 0.4
MPN: 514093
UPC: 081227989941
EAN: 0081227989941
ASIN: B001DMJAMI
Release Date: November 18, 2008
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Maggie May | | • | Mandolin Wind | | • | Every Picture Tells A Story | | • | Stay With Me (Faces) | | • | You Wear It Well | | • | Sailing | | • | The Killing Of Georgie (Part I And II) | | • | Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) | | • | The First Cut Is The Deepest | | • | You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim) | | • | I Was Only Joking | | • | Hot Legs | | • | Da Ya Think I m Sexy? | | • | Passion | | • | Young Turks |
Disc 2
| • | Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me) | | • | Baby Jane | | • | Infatuation | | • | Some Guys Have All The Luck | | • | Love Touch | | • | Forever Young | | • | My Heart Can't Tell You No | | • | Downtown Train | | • | This Old Heart Of Mine (1989 Version with Ronald Isley) | | • | I Don't Want To Talk About It (1989 Version) | | • | Rhythm Of My Heart | | • | The Motown Song - with The Temptations | | • | Tom Traubert's Blues (Waltzing Matilda) | | • | Have I Told You Lately (Unplugged Version) | | • | Reason To Believe (Unplugged Version with Ronnie Wood) | | • | Two Shades Of Blue (Previously Unreleased) |
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Product Description
This newly compiled 2-CD anthology presents stellar tracks spanning 1971-2004 including a Faces favorite, decades of solo hits, unplugged gems, soundtrack selections and more.
Album Description
This 2008 compiled two CD antholgy presents stellar tracks spanning 1971-2004 including a Faces favorite, decades of solo hits, unplugged gems, soundtrack selections and more. Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Rod Stewart is one of contemporary music's most distinctive voices and all-time most enduring legends. With roots in the British blues-rock and folk scenes of the '60s, Stewart's diverse career has encompassed major success as a member of the Jeff Beck Group and Faces, solo superstardom since the early '70s, and a recent incarnation as a premiere interpreter of the Great American Songbook.
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 Rod At The Top November 19, 2008
Michael Kerner (Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
It is so hard to believe that it has been 40 years since Rod Stewart first broke out of the scene, and became one of the most beloved Rock and Pop vocalists of all time. While he has had his shares of heartbreak and loss, he has still maintained a hard core following that is sure to please anyone who still thinks he is sexy. While the past several years have brought him fame as a crooner, because of his Great American Songbook series, there are those who still want him to deliver more of the great pop songs. Now to celebrate his 40th Anniversary as a great legendary icon, there is a new collection that reflects Rod Stewart at nothing but the top of his game.
The Definitive Rod Stewart is a double album anthology that delivers well at his biggest songs from the 70's, 80's and 90's. The collection showcases a lot of his greats from those eras, while doing a strong job at those who've never owned a Rod Stewart record, or those teeny-boppers who seem to be interested in the wannabe acts like Britney Spears or anyone from High School Musical. The collection has been remastered well, and does a welcomed and decent job of reintroducing Rod's classic voice. The album includes nothing but his nearly all of Rod's biggest staples including the heartfelt Forever Young, the intimate 70's anthems from Do Ya' Think I'm Sexy, Tonight's The Night, and Hot Legs, all the way to his 80's guilty pleasures like Some Guys Have All The Luck and Downtown Train. While the collection highlights a lot, there are a few dissapointements though. The album does overlook some of Rod's great songs like Lost In You and his driven covers of Robbie Robertson's Broken Arrow and his delightful 1995 rendition of Carole King's So Far Away, to just name a few. Also, the album does overlook a lot of Rod's 90's era of records that does dissapoint some die hard fans knowing that records like A Spanner In The Works and When We Were The New Boys weren't showcased at all.
All in all, while The Definitive Rod Stewart does have a few songs that were overshadowed, it still does the job well, and displays nearly a almost absolutely flawless reflection of what has made Rod Stewart timeless after all these years. While newer fans might also be upset that songs from his Great American Songbook series were also not delivered, it still welcomes them into the simplicity of Rod's dynamic voice heart and soul. If you haven't yet owned a Rod Stewart album, than this would be an excellent place to start.
Album Cover: B
Songs: B 1/2+
Price: B+
Remastering: B+
Overall: B 1/2+
 A great overview to Rod the Mod November 26, 2008
Terrence J. Reardon (Port Saint Lucie, FL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Rod Stewart's new 2-CD compilation entitled The Definitive Rod Stewart lives up to its title and then some as it cobbles many of his Mercury Records and Warner Bros Records classics.
Singer/songwriter Rod Stewart (or as Rod the Mod as many call him) has been one of the most popular and prolific recording artists in a career that's spanned now for almost 45 years. Ever since his voice debuted on former Yardbird Jeff Beck's album Truth in 1968, he's tackled every genre in rock and pop (hard rock, folk, disco, ballads, pop standards). Nothing from his first two solo albums The Rod Stewart Album and Gasoline Alley are featured here, they were stepping stones towards his third solo album from 1971 Every Picture Tells A Story which launched him as a great singer/songwriter in his own right.
Every Picture Tells a Story's well represented here with "Maggie May", "Mandolin Wind" and the title cut ("Reason to Believe" is on disc two in its 1993 Unplugged version with Ron Wood). Some lament that his cover of "I Know I'm Losing You" is not here gives one a reason to own Every Picture Tells a Story. Then we have "Stay With Me" which was a track he did with the band he was in at the time called The Faces (which featured future Rolling Stones guitarist and Rod's close friend Ron Wood, former Small Faces and future Who drummer Kenney Jones) still a rock radio staple today. Next is "You Wear it Well" from 1972's Never a Dull Moment. After The Faces imploded and his solo effort Smiler didn't do as well as previous solo efforts, Rod signed to Warner Bros. Records (his label with The Faces) in 1975 and released Atlantic Crossing which is represented here by the hit "Sailing". Two other tracks "This Old Heart of Mine" and "I Don't Want to Talk About It" are featured in their 1989 re-recorded versions from the Storyteller box set (the former with Ronald Isley). 1976's A Night on the Town (which reached #2) is represented by the #1 hit ballad "Tonight's the Night", his superb cover of Cat Stevens' "The First Cut Is the Deepest" (later desecrated by Sheryl Crow IMHO) and Rod's ode to a good friend who was killed in a hate crime called "The Killing of Georgie" (proved Rod was a great songwriter). 1977's Footloose and Fancy Free (his best Warner Bros Records album) is represented by the smash hits "You're In My Heart" (a great ballad) and "Hot Legs" (one of his best rockers) plus the epic closer "I Was Only Joking". 1978's chart-topper Blondes Have More Fun is represented by the #1 rock-disco hit "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy". 1980's Foolish Behaviour is represented by "Fashion" (a great rocker). Disc one closes with the monster hit "Young Turks" from 1981's Top 20 Platinum selling Tonight I'm Yours (his best 1980s effort).
Disc two begins with the title cut to Tonight I'm Yours. 1983's flop Body Wishes is represented by "Baby Jane" (the big hit from the album). 1984's Gold selling Camouflague is represented by the big hits "Infatuation" and "Some Guys Have All the Luck". His cover of "All Right Now" was left off but c'est la vie. His 1986 self-titled flop (though a great album) is represented by the hit "Love Touch" which appeared in the Robert Redford/Debra Winger film Legal Eagles. 1988's comeback Out of Order is represented by the classic "Forever Young" and "My Heart Can't Tell You No". The other two smashes on this album ("Lost in You" and "Crazy About Her") aren't here but c'est la vie. 1989's box set Storyteller is represented by the definitive version of Tom Waits' "Downtown Train" and the aforementioned re-makes of tracks from his 1975 album Atlantic Crossing. 1991's Vagabond Heart is represented by the monster smashes "Rhythm Of My Heart" and "The Motown Song" (with The Temptations). Sadly, "Broken Arrow" is absent due to time constraints. Another Tom Waits cover "Tom Traubert's Blues" appears and is a great number. 1993's Unplugged...And Seated is represented by his version of Van Morrison's "Have I Told You Lately" and the aforementioned "Reason to Believe". Nothing from 1995's A Spanner in the Works is featured nor is 1998's When We Were the New Boys but you get an outtake from the latter which is a Rod original called "Two Shades of Blue".
If one wants to buy a Rod Stewart best of to start their intro to Rod Stewart, this is the best bet.
Recommended!
VERY NICE November 27, 2008
Michael Swofford (Pacific Palisades, California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an amazing album, esp. for those of you familiar only with his last three albums ... this is quit a histoory of his efforts & the two CDs neatly cover much of his music that we grew up with. Excellent collection.
Probably the best Rod Stewart collection I have seen to date. November 22, 2008
Paul Tognetti (Cranston, RI USA)
While Rod Stewart was never really one of my favorite artists I certainly cannot deny that he has been among the most popular and prolific recording artists of the past 40 years. Ever since the release of his debut LP "Every Picture Tells A Story" and the double sided smash single "Maggie Mae/Reason To Believe" back in 1970, the music of Rod Stewart has been fixture on lierally thousands of American radio stations. Even today, whether you gravitate to classic rock, enjoy oldies but goodies or prefer adult contemporary you are likely to hear a Rod Stewart tune on your radio in the not too distant future. Over the years the folks at Mercury and Warner Brothers have issued any number of "Greatest Hits' packages. But never has there been one as comprehensive as "The Definitive Rod Stewart". This extraordinary 2 disc set features 31 of Rod Stewart's biggest and best hit singles from his days at Mercury records in the early 1970's right on through the mid 1990's at Warner Brothers. If you have been in the market for a Rod Stewart collection then believe me this is definitely the one you want!
"The Definitive Collection" kicks off with a handful of Rod's earliest Mercury hits. I have always been of the opinion that this stuff has stood the test of time and remains among his best work. Despite the fact that "Maggie Mae" was played to death throughout the 1970's and beyond this one continues to be one of Stewart's most popular recordings. It may surprise some of you to discover that it was the actually the flip side "Reason To Believe" that was originally released as the single. To this day "Reason To Believe" remains one of my very favorite Rod Stewart recordings. Towards the end of Disc 2 you also get to sample the marvelous "unplugged" version of this tune that Rod recorded with Ronnie Wood in the early 1990's. It was a hit all over again! In 1975, Rod Stewart signed a new long term recording deal with Warner Brothers records. Over the next two decades Rod Stewart would record dozens of hit records for his new label. You will find more than 20 of these popular singles on "The Definitive Collection". Among my personal favorites in this group are 1984's "Some Guy's Have All The Luck", "Forever Young", "I Was Only Joking" and one of Rod's earliest WB singles "The Killing of Georgie (Part 1 & 2)". I was also quite pleased to see that the hard-to-find Faces recording of "Stay With Me" featuring Rod on lead was also included here. And I would be remiss if I failed to make mention of Rod's terrific collaboration with The Temptations on "The Motown Song".
Now the enhanced edition of "The Definitive Collection" includes a DVD featuring 14 of Rod's music videos. This added bonus does nothing for me as I am not into music videos at all. That is the reason I opted for this less expensive 2 CD edition. Since there more than a dozen of Rod's charted singles missing from this compilation each of us may quibble with why Rhino chose to omit 1 or 2 of our personal favorites. For example, I was a bit disappointed that Rod's fine cover of the Sam Cooke classic "Twistin' The Night Away" from 1975 was not included here. But for most folks I think that "The Definitive Collection" has to be the finest Rod Stewart collection released to date. A really great value! Recommended.
Rod Stewart The Difinitive December 4, 2008
Michael Kopec (USA)
This Is A Great Rod Stewart Cd. The Remastering Is Great And The Songs Are Great. My Only Problem With This Is The Packaging. The Booklet Is Hard To Get Out And The Cd's Are Also Hard To Get Out. It Feels Like You Might Creak The Cd. But Overall A Great Collection.
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