NOT FOND ON BLONDE – Rod Stewart & BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN
BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN (1978): Rod scores another worldwide number one album, but receives only scorn from the critics.
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FANCIFUL – Rod Stewart & FOOTLOOSE & FANCY FREE
The punks broke through and disparaged Rod for making complacent music, Stewart meanwhile broke the bank with sales of FOOTLOOSE & FANCY FREE (1977).
KEEP SMILING THROUGH – Rod Stewart & ‘SMILER’ (1974)
‘SMILER’ (1974): As poignant as ‘Maggie May’ and resonant as ‘You Wear It Well’, ‘FAREWELL’ was another of his great lyrical ballads.
OH NO NO – Faces & ‘OOH LA LA’
Faces: ‘OOH LA LA’ (1973). On release Rod called it ‘a disgrace’ but over time would put his name to far lesser recordings.
HULL OF FAME – Alan Hull & ‘PIPEDREAM’
Brimming with wit, wisdom, purpose and poignancy, ‘PIPEDREAM’ (1973) is the great ‘lost’ masterpiece of 70s British rock.
WEARING WELL – Rod Stewart & ‘NEVER A DULL MOMENT’
NEVER A DULL MOMENT: At the end of ‘True Blue’ Rod revs his Lamborghini and drives home – which at this point is still closer to Holloway than Hollywood
OCEANS APART: Rod Stewart & ATLANTIC CROSSING…………
At the suggestion of girlfriend, Swedish actress Britt Ekland, Stewart divided ‘Atlantic Crossing’ into a ‘fast’ and ‘slow’ side.
PICTURE PERFECT – Rod Stewart & EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY
‘Every Picture Tells A Story’ is a work of true and lasting resonance – and a quintessential 70s album if ever there was one.
STRINGS ATTACHED: Two Rod Stewart albums and 50 years in between…………
‘Handbags & Gladrags’ now sounds even more affecting as Rod approaches 75.
THE POUR BOYS: smiles return thanks to the FACES
For aggro and anger it was the Stones or The Who – but for raucous revelry the Faces were the only party in town.