The Best of Rod Stewart (1976 album)


The Best of Rod Stewart is a compilation album released by Rod Stewart in 1976. It was released by Mercury Records to complete Rod’s contract before switching labels to Warner Bros. and moving to The United States. It includes tracks from all his Mercury albums and some non-album singles from the same time period.

Album information

The Best of Rod Stewart was originally released as a double album. It was re-released on Compact Disc in 1998 with all 18 tracks on a single disc. In order to fit the album onto one 80-minute CD, "Maggie May" was edited from 5:46 to 5:14, and the album version of "It's All Over Now" was replaced with the single version.
"Oh! No Not My Baby" and was originally released, with its B-side "Jodie" being credited to Stewart's band Faces. All other tracks were from previously released Rod Stewart solo albums. The original compilation reached #18 in the UK and #19 on the US charts.

Track listing

  1. "Maggie May" – 5:14
  2. "Cut Across Shorty" – 6:30
  3. "An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down" – 3:30
  4. " I'm Losing You" – 5:21
  5. "Handbags and Gladrags" – 4:24
  6. "It's All Over Now" – 3:35
  7. "Street Fighting Man" – 5:05
  8. "Gasoline Alley" – 4:02
  9. "Every Picture Tells a Story" – 5:57
  10. "What's Made Milwaukee Famous " – 3:24
  11. "Oh! No Not My Baby" – 3:38
  12. "Jodie" – 3:09
  13. "You Wear It Well" – 4:22
  14. "Let Me Be Your Car" – 4:57
  15. "Pinball Wizard" – 3:10
  16. "Sailor" – 3:34
  17. "Angel" – 4:03
  18. "Mine for Me" – 4:00

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