| Product Summary | | Label: J RECORDS/SBME | | UPC: 00828768264126 | | Release Date: 10/10/2006 | | Buy.com Sku: 202990402 | | Item#: M36CX2 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 27966 | Format:  CD |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel include: Rod Stewart (vocals); Dean Parks, John Shanks, Tim Pierce (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Greg Leisz (pedal steel guitar); Jamie Muhoberac (piano, Hammond b-3 organ); Patrick Warren (keyboards); David Stone (bass instrument); Paul Bushnell, Leland Sklar (bass guitar); Kenny Aronoff (drums); Lenny Castro (percussion); James Grundler, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters (background vocals). | | There's one great, straightfaced joke on Rod Stewart's return to classic rock following his trio of standards: ever since it was a hit in 1978, casual AM radio listeners have mistaken Bonnie Tyler's "It's A Heartache" for a Rod Stewart single, given how much the scratchy-voiced Welsh singer sounded like 1970s-vintage Rod the Mod. On STILL THE SAME: GREAT ROCK CLASSICS OF OUR TIME, Stewart does a dead-on impersonation of Tyler's impersonation of himself; it's a great giggle and a good version of a good song. The rest of the set is perhaps less inspired, but equally fine: in arrangements that recall the no-frills, pubby rock-and-roll of his best solo albums, Stewart performs tunes familiar to any fans of '70s and '80s pop, from Badfinger's "Day After Day" to the Pretenders' power ballad "I'll Stand By You." His comfortable take on Bob Seger's title track is particularly well-suited. |
Producer: John Shanks; Clive Davis |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 10/10/2006 | | Original Release Date : 2008 | | Catalog ID : 82641 | | Label : J-Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00828768264126 |
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| | Bio | | Rod Stewart first gained notoriety as vocalist in the Jeff Beck Group in the late 1960s. He went on to sing for raucous bar-room rockers the Faces and started a simultaneous solo career that eventually eclipsed that of his band. Moving from folk-rock through pop, disco, jazz and more, Stewart carved out a multi-decade career as a strutting, soul-influenced singer with equal amounts of talent and charisma, and piled up an astonishing number of hit singles and platinum albums. Stewart's career has seen more than one rebirth; in 1993 his acoustic Unplugged performance brought him renewed acclaim as a sensitive song interpreter. Ten years later, with the help of Clive Davis, he gained even more notoriety as a smooth crooner of orchestrated jazz standards.
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