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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
Consistently Fine!, 26 Feb 2002
By A Customer
I had apprehensions about this album at first, but it's really great stuff overall, about 75% is pure pop gold. Rod's earlier stuff is obviously head and shoulders above the other stuff, especially 'You Wear It Well', 'Stay With Me' and 'The Killing Of Georgie'. It's brilliant to see 'In A Broken Dream' on here too, it's a very chilled and smooth track with some wicked guitar work. My only gripe with the album is, predictably, the stuff they've overlooked. Rod's got decent versions of 'Get Back', 'Cigarettes And Alcohol', and 'Your Song' in his back catalogue, but they've been forgotten in favour of rubbish like 'Love Touch', as has 'Handbags And Gladrags', which is just a criminal decision. Still recommemded, though!
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
They Wont Make Many More Like This..., 16 Nov 2001
By A Customer
As a nineteen-year-old guy with a love for music I have bought many compilation packages in the past - admittedly, most are worthy of being nothing more than just another moneymaking spin for the record company. But then every once in a while a real treasure comes along & The Very Best Of Rod Stewart is probably the Very Best Of them all! Id never call myself a fan, I mean Rod Stewart? Come on, my mother used to listen to him - that just doesn't do for being cool!I apologise now for such dumb thoughts - the music that I hear on these two disks is beyond cool! Disk one is called "A Night Out" (Rather, cheeky, sexy & flamboyant!) Its got Maggie May, Baby Jane, Hot Legs, What Am I Gonna Do? (Woa so groovy!), Rhythm Of My Heart, Downtown Train, Oh La La (with The Corrs), It Takes Two (with Tina Turner!) & many more. I had a no idea I would love each & every song - & I had no idea just how many Rod Stewart songs I know! The second disk is called "A Night In" & it has got those gut wrenching ballads, including: Sailing, I Don't Wanna Talk About It, The First Cuts The Deepest, You're In My Heart, Every Beat Of My Heart, Ruby Tuesday (Always admired this song - but this version is even more awesome!), Waltzing Matilda, All For Love (with Sting & Bryan Adams) & one exceptionally beautiful track called The Killing Of Georgie, which pays tribute to a young gay guy - & all he endures until his death at such an young age - very, very moving. On a personal note, I am Scottish & some of these songs remind me about certain things. But more so, they all remind me about all the things that matter most in life - companionship, loyalty, love, going home ...(& timeless rock songs!) I can't help noticing that most of these magical songs are written by Rod himself. Its easy to throw five stars about - I've done it in the past - but I promise that this title is most worthy. All the tracks seem to be the originals & they say "Digitally Re-mastered" - another plus. The package has even got half decent sleeve notes - unusual these days. If you want a criticism then I say that one song that is missed from this compilation is When We Were The New Boys (1998) - it really sums everything up; but the disks run for almost 80 mins each - no room for more I guess! PURE ENJOYMENT >> A MUST HAVE!
(In my humble opinion...)
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21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
Some great stuff ,but too much 'new'crap and missing classic, 23 Dec 2001
What a shame that people new to Rod , or just catching up , will think that this is the best he can do . There are some great tracks on here , Maggie May and Stay with me etc , but only a couple of Faces tracks ? !..no Miss Judy's farm , Around the Plynth, Had me a real good time and solo where the hell are Gasoline Alley , mandolin wind , I know I'm losig you , True Blue, Angel and I'd rather go blind . But the most criminal act of the lot ...where is Handbags and Gladrags !
Intead we get Hot legs ( a pathetic rocker when compared to Faces output ) and the abominable 'Do you think I'm sexy '. Either the complier is tone deaf or has a sense of humour , and has decided to provide incontrevertible evidence that Rod's song selection post 1975 has often wasted his talent .Come to think of it , Rod probably compiled this lot !!
Don't bother with the 'Story so far' , go and buy Rod's 'Every Picture tells a story' ,'Gasoline Alley' , and 'Never a dull moment' + Snakes and Ladders the 'Best of' Faces compilation. Oh and the Stereophonics version of handbags and Gladrags( written by Mike D'Abo ) , not because its better than Rod's ( although its still very good) , but because they deserve your money for such excellent song selection .
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