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Just had a listen to the samples. It definitely sounds like Rod's best album for a long, long time - probably since the late 70s.
It's true, no one is bigger than Rod.
When the Beatles said they were bigger than Rod they were wrong.
No one has a bigger rod than Rod.
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Yep.
Whatever happened to the likely lads?
Ha - just put that on the old CD player. One of the best albums ever made IMO. 
An album inhibit two songs like 'Maggie Mae' and 'Reason to believe' tends to be put there...but how about the other songs if we really listens...??..not too impressing to my ears....(just listened to the album and became a little dissappointed)...
Depends on how much of a Rod/Faces fan you are. If you're a true fan you'll know that it doesn't get much better than this.
Every Picture tells A Story - 10/10 classic
Seems Like A Long Time - 10/10 classic
That's All Right Mama - 8/10 OK
Amazing Grace - 7/10 OK
Tomorrow Is A Long Time - 10/10 classic
Maggie May - 10/10 classic
Mandolin Wind - 10/10 classic
(I Know I'm) Losing You - 10/10 classic
Reason To Believe - 10/10 classic
Did you pick the album up again, or was this your first spin of it?
If the latter, I can assure it grows on you!
Yup Dandy, I had to laugh at that one too. Heard it again driving in to work through the snow this morning and that line just jumps out at you.
The other thing I noticed is how generous he was to the fantastic Maggie Bell who completely shares the vocal duties when she comes in half way through the song. Rod does not relegate her to backing vocals and it's a joy to hear them singing in complete harmony. It always send tingles down my spine.
Absolutely! And then Mac excels it even further with his piano licks. A classic!
I have owned it for years...
Psss...Don't tell anybody but I honestly think Ronnies solo-stuff is much classier than Rods...
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OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
Silver Dagger
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Date: March 21, 2013 18:06
He said he'd never write another song but now there's good news for Rod Stewart fans as his first album of self-written tunes will be released in May.
The album called Time will features songs about Rod's early days as a rock'n'roll singer. Among them is a song called Brighton Beach about his relationship with his first child who me put up for adoption.
Here's the story from The Independent newspaper (UK).
She was the art student who broke the teenage Rod Stewart’s heart and placed their baby daughter, born out of wedlock, up for adoption.
Now rock’s great lothario has broken a 20-year song-writing silence by composing a heartfelt plea to the great lost love of his life.
After claiming he would never write a new lyric again, Stewart, 68, has surprised the music industry by unveiling a revelatory new album.
Time, released in May, includes songs about Stewart’s formative years as a struggling singer, divorce (“I know a little about the devastation it causes,” he admits) and a tribute to the sexual powers of his third wife and mother of his eighth child, the model Penny Lancaster.
The album’s centrepiece is Brighton Beach, which describes the passionate romance between the 17 year-old beatnik Rod, “a scruffy, teenage working class troubador” and the art student girl he idolised, which was consumated “under the stars” in 1963. “You were Greta Garbo, I was Jack Kerouac,” he sings.
But the girl’s father didn’t approve and one day Rod “woke to find you gone”, his “teenage heart scattered on the floor.”
Fifty years later, Stewart appeals to her in song: “I swear to God, I could not have loved you anymore…I sit here playing with my kids and wonder where you are in this world…do you ever stop and think about me?”
“It’s about a real girl, her name is Susannah Boffey,” Stewart told The Independent. “She was what I thought at 17 was my first love affair and she was the mother of my first child. She was adopted because we didn’t have a pot to piss in in those days.”
Stewart explained: “There was no consideration of marriage and it was a real blot on your character to get a girl pregnant in those days. I was frightened to tell my mum and dad so I told my brothers and they said ‘we’ll take care of you.’”
Stewart’s daughter, Sarah, was born in 1963 and spent several years moving between a series of children’s homes and foster carers. At the age of five, she was adopted by a couple in East Sussex.
Her mother, now Susannah Hourde, 68, who first met Stewart in a London nightclub in 1961, lives in Normandy, northern France.
Has Stewart told her she is the subject of his new song? “She doesn’t know and neither does Sarah but she will love it. I’m very much in touch with Sarah now and we’ve just begun to call each other father and daughter which was hard because I didn’t change her nappies or take her to school. Her mum doesn’t want much to do with us, unfortunately.”
After enjoying huge success with his collections from the Great American Songbook, Stewart, who has sold 200 million records, admitted: “My assumption was that I was finished as a songwriter. I was trapped down all sorts of unhelpful mental alleys.” Writing his autobiography unblocked the creative juices.
Time includes "Sexual Religion", which details Rod’s first observation of Penny at the Dorchester hotel nightclub dancefloor. “You bring me to my knees…I’m hypnotised by your sexual religion,” Stewart sings lustily.
Ms Lancaster danced along to the thumping track at a playback of Time at the Abbey Road studios. She sat patiently through the single “It’s Over”, a recriminatory song about her husband’s divorces. “Divorce is the ruination of man,” he says. “I know a little about the devastation it causes. It’s the heartbreak for the kids that does me in.”
Does Rod see a connection between his confessional return and Bowie’s comeback? “His album caught everybody by surprise. I wish him a lot of good luck and good health.” And then, with a twinkle, Stewart pretends to bite on his right arm.
[www.independent.co.uk]
The album called Time will features songs about Rod's early days as a rock'n'roll singer. Among them is a song called Brighton Beach about his relationship with his first child who me put up for adoption.
Here's the story from The Independent newspaper (UK).
She was the art student who broke the teenage Rod Stewart’s heart and placed their baby daughter, born out of wedlock, up for adoption.
Now rock’s great lothario has broken a 20-year song-writing silence by composing a heartfelt plea to the great lost love of his life.
After claiming he would never write a new lyric again, Stewart, 68, has surprised the music industry by unveiling a revelatory new album.
Time, released in May, includes songs about Stewart’s formative years as a struggling singer, divorce (“I know a little about the devastation it causes,” he admits) and a tribute to the sexual powers of his third wife and mother of his eighth child, the model Penny Lancaster.
The album’s centrepiece is Brighton Beach, which describes the passionate romance between the 17 year-old beatnik Rod, “a scruffy, teenage working class troubador” and the art student girl he idolised, which was consumated “under the stars” in 1963. “You were Greta Garbo, I was Jack Kerouac,” he sings.
But the girl’s father didn’t approve and one day Rod “woke to find you gone”, his “teenage heart scattered on the floor.”
Fifty years later, Stewart appeals to her in song: “I swear to God, I could not have loved you anymore…I sit here playing with my kids and wonder where you are in this world…do you ever stop and think about me?”
“It’s about a real girl, her name is Susannah Boffey,” Stewart told The Independent. “She was what I thought at 17 was my first love affair and she was the mother of my first child. She was adopted because we didn’t have a pot to piss in in those days.”
Stewart explained: “There was no consideration of marriage and it was a real blot on your character to get a girl pregnant in those days. I was frightened to tell my mum and dad so I told my brothers and they said ‘we’ll take care of you.’”
Stewart’s daughter, Sarah, was born in 1963 and spent several years moving between a series of children’s homes and foster carers. At the age of five, she was adopted by a couple in East Sussex.
Her mother, now Susannah Hourde, 68, who first met Stewart in a London nightclub in 1961, lives in Normandy, northern France.
Has Stewart told her she is the subject of his new song? “She doesn’t know and neither does Sarah but she will love it. I’m very much in touch with Sarah now and we’ve just begun to call each other father and daughter which was hard because I didn’t change her nappies or take her to school. Her mum doesn’t want much to do with us, unfortunately.”
After enjoying huge success with his collections from the Great American Songbook, Stewart, who has sold 200 million records, admitted: “My assumption was that I was finished as a songwriter. I was trapped down all sorts of unhelpful mental alleys.” Writing his autobiography unblocked the creative juices.
Time includes "Sexual Religion", which details Rod’s first observation of Penny at the Dorchester hotel nightclub dancefloor. “You bring me to my knees…I’m hypnotised by your sexual religion,” Stewart sings lustily.
Ms Lancaster danced along to the thumping track at a playback of Time at the Abbey Road studios. She sat patiently through the single “It’s Over”, a recriminatory song about her husband’s divorces. “Divorce is the ruination of man,” he says. “I know a little about the devastation it causes. It’s the heartbreak for the kids that does me in.”
Does Rod see a connection between his confessional return and Bowie’s comeback? “His album caught everybody by surprise. I wish him a lot of good luck and good health.” And then, with a twinkle, Stewart pretends to bite on his right arm.
[www.independent.co.uk]
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
gotdablouse
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Date: March 21, 2013 19:01
Interesting, that was unexpected for sure, especially since he hasn't written any new song of interest since what? Baby Jane? Lyric material is ok, but what about the music now?
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
dishevelmentblues
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Date: March 21, 2013 19:14
Samples
Sounds to me that hes just put his book to music.
Sounds to me that hes just put his book to music.
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
Silver Dagger
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Date: March 21, 2013 22:13
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dishevelmentblues
Samples
Sounds to me that hes just put his book to music.
Just had a listen to the samples. It definitely sounds like Rod's best album for a long, long time - probably since the late 70s.
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
GravityBoy
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Date: March 21, 2013 22:21
He needs Ronnie.
They were magic together.
They were magic together.
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
GRNRBITW
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Date: March 21, 2013 22:23
but doesn't Ronnie need Rod? I think you may be under-representing the inter-dependency here....
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
GravityBoy
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Date: March 21, 2013 22:31
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GRNRBITW
but doesn't Ronnie need Rod? I think you may be under-representing the inter-dependency here....
It's true, no one is bigger than Rod.
When the Beatles said they were bigger than Rod they were wrong.
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
jamesfdouglas
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Date: March 21, 2013 22:36
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
ZantiMisfit
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Date: March 21, 2013 22:44
His Voice *****
The Songs *1/2
Sounds like a collection of songs left off of albums from 1976-84, with the last one sounding like an out-take from the early 90's. Some cringe-inducing lyrics.
Rod--you made the right decision to retire from songwriting. Go back to singing standards.
The Songs *1/2
Sounds like a collection of songs left off of albums from 1976-84, with the last one sounding like an out-take from the early 90's. Some cringe-inducing lyrics.
Rod--you made the right decision to retire from songwriting. Go back to singing standards.
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
keefriffhard4life
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Date: March 21, 2013 22:51
sounds pretty good
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
runrudolph
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Date: March 21, 2013 22:56
i really like rod, much better than i like eric clapton.
he is a good bloke.
would be great if he and ronnie would get back together and make an album.
Jeroen
he is a good bloke.
would be great if he and ronnie would get back together and make an album.
Jeroen
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
lettingitbleed
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Date: March 21, 2013 22:57
looking forward to it!
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
GravityBoy
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Date: March 21, 2013 23:22
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jamesfdouglas
I thought they said they had a bigger rod?
No one has a bigger rod than Rod.
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
GravityBoy
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Date: March 21, 2013 23:24
If he makes one as good as this I'll be interested.
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
lettingitbleed
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Date: March 21, 2013 23:28
Ok, now after listing to the clips on itunes....I am no longer looking forward to it. However, that said, I would say it is still probably the strongest effort he has released in 20 years.
Pretty decent songwriting (for him) and some touching personal lyrics. The issue is it suffers from the same issue all this albums have post circa 1982: ADULT CONTEMPORARY ARRANGEMENTS.
Serious lack of balls, of guitars, of groove. Relying heavily on keyboards and sax. Nice songs but perhaps I will get it for my Mom on Mother's Day. "Parent's Music"
Pretty decent songwriting (for him) and some touching personal lyrics. The issue is it suffers from the same issue all this albums have post circa 1982: ADULT CONTEMPORARY ARRANGEMENTS.
Serious lack of balls, of guitars, of groove. Relying heavily on keyboards and sax. Nice songs but perhaps I will get it for my Mom on Mother's Day. "Parent's Music"
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
GravityBoy
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Date: March 21, 2013 23:29
This is what classic albums are all about.
Do yourself a favor if you've never listened to it.
1971... what a great year for music.
Do yourself a favor if you've never listened to it.
1971... what a great year for music.
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
Palace Revolution 2000
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Date: March 21, 2013 23:35
Somehow Rod always comes up a little short. Bowie came out of nowhere with a surprise new album. So here is Rod. I have to say: I liked the original Rod, and would love to love this. But the samples sound trite.
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
GravityBoy
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Date: March 21, 2013 23:53
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GravityBoy
This is what classic albums are all about.
Do yourself a favor if you've never listened to it.
1971... what a great year for music.
Comment on Amazon:
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This album comes from the time when he actually enjoyed making records - from the plaintive 'Mandolin Wind' to the hard-driven 'Losing You', you'll never hear him in better voice.
I just wish he'd ring Ronnie Wood and Martin Quittenton, book a cheap studio and do it all again.
Yep.
Whatever happened to the likely lads?
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
daytime
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Date: March 22, 2013 05:13
I sense a tour coming soon....
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
Silver Dagger
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Date: March 22, 2013 09:35
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GravityBoy
If he makes one as good as this I'll be interested.
Ha - just put that on the old CD player. One of the best albums ever made IMO.
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
DandelionPowderman
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Date: March 22, 2013 10:53
To many compromises in the sound, too "radio friendly". The samples sound like the best he's done since the 90s, though.
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
Come On
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Date: March 22, 2013 11:48
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Silver DaggerQuote
GravityBoy
If he makes one as good as this I'll be interested.
Ha - just put that on the old CD player. One of the best albums ever made IMO.
An album inhibit two songs like 'Maggie Mae' and 'Reason to believe' tends to be put there...but how about the other songs if we really listens...??..not too impressing to my ears....(just listened to the album and became a little dissappointed)...Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
Silver Dagger
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Date: March 22, 2013 11:56
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Come OnQuote
Silver DaggerQuote
GravityBoy
If he makes one as good as this I'll be interested.
Ha - just put that on the old CD player. One of the best albums ever made IMO.
Depends on how much of a Rod/Faces fan you are. If you're a true fan you'll know that it doesn't get much better than this.
Every Picture tells A Story - 10/10 classic
Seems Like A Long Time - 10/10 classic
That's All Right Mama - 8/10 OK
Amazing Grace - 7/10 OK
Tomorrow Is A Long Time - 10/10 classic
Maggie May - 10/10 classic
Mandolin Wind - 10/10 classic
(I Know I'm) Losing You - 10/10 classic
Reason To Believe - 10/10 classic
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
DandelionPowderman
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Date: March 22, 2013 12:00
Spot on review, Mike!
One of my absolute favorites, although Gasoline Alley isn't too far behind
One of my absolute favorites, although Gasoline Alley isn't too far behind
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
Come On
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Date: March 22, 2013 12:09
Depends on how much of a Rod/Faces fan you are. If you're a true fan you'll know that it doesn't get much better than this.
I can't help feel a little exposed...maybe I'm not that big fan I thought...
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I can't help feel a little exposed...maybe I'm not that big fan I thought...2 1 2 0
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
DandelionPowderman
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Date: March 22, 2013 12:22
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Come On
Depends on how much of a Rod/Faces fan you are. If you're a true fan you'll know that it doesn't get much better than this.
Did you pick the album up again, or was this your first spin of it?
If the latter, I can assure it grows on you!
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
DandelionPowderman
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Date: March 22, 2013 12:24
"my body stunk, but I kept my funk" - priceless stuff 
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
Silver Dagger
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Date: March 22, 2013 12:34
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DandelionPowderman
"my body stunk, but I kept my funk" - priceless stuff
Yup Dandy, I had to laugh at that one too. Heard it again driving in to work through the snow this morning and that line just jumps out at you.
The other thing I noticed is how generous he was to the fantastic Maggie Bell who completely shares the vocal duties when she comes in half way through the song. Rod does not relegate her to backing vocals and it's a joy to hear them singing in complete harmony. It always send tingles down my spine.
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
DandelionPowderman
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Date: March 22, 2013 12:37
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Silver DaggerQuote
DandelionPowderman
"my body stunk, but I kept my funk" - priceless stuff
Yup Dandy, I had to laugh at that one too. Heard it again driving in to work through the snow this morning and that line just jumps out at you.
The other thing I noticed is how generous he was to the fantastic Maggie Bell who completely shares the vocal duties when she comes in half way through the song. Rod does not relegate her to backing vocals and it's a joy to hear them singing in complete harmony. It always send tingles down my spine.
Absolutely! And then Mac excels it even further with his piano licks. A classic!
Re: OT: Rod Stewart announces first self-written album for more than 20 years
Posted by:
Come On
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Date: March 22, 2013 14:21
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DandelionPowdermanQuote
Come On
Depends on how much of a Rod/Faces fan you are. If you're a true fan you'll know that it doesn't get much better than this.
Did you pick the album up again, or was this your first spin of it?
If the latter, I can assure it grows on you!
I have owned it for years...
Psss...Don't tell anybody but I honestly think Ronnies solo-stuff is much classier than Rods...
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