Maggie May & Other Stories

Rod Stewart

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Maggie May & Other Stories Review

by Steve Leggett

With his Sam Cooke phrasing and rough as sandpaper voice, Rod Stewart has been both brilliant ("Maggie May") and shameless ("Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?") during his four-decade career, and if he now seems well past his sell-by date, there's no denying that his distinctive voice is a pop culture wonder. This two-disc, 34-track collection drawn from Stewart's Mercury years finds him at his true creative peak, and includes the epic "Every Picture Tells a Story," a wise cover of Tim Hardin's "Reason to Believe," the timeless "Maggie May," and wonderful gems like "Mandolin Wind" and "You Wear It Well," along with several tracks that drift in the same territory. After Mercury, Stewart kept on going, but although his voice remained arresting, his vision of what he should be doing seemed to diminish and he began to seem more like a cartoon character with a great voice than an inspired artist possessing one.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Handbags & Gladrags Michael d'Abo	Rod Stewart	04:23	Spotify Amazon
2	An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down Rod Stewart	Rod Stewart	03:03	Spotify Amazon
3	I Wouldn't Ever Change a Thing Rod Stewart	Rod Stewart	04:45	Spotify Amazon
4	Street Fighting Man Mick Jagger / Keith Richards	Rod Stewart	05:05	Spotify Amazon
5	Blind Prayer Rod Stewart	Rod Stewart	04:36	Spotify Amazon
6	Cindy's Lament Rod Stewart	Rod Stewart	04:26	Spotify Amazon
7	Gasoline Alley Rod Stewart	Rod Stewart	04:02	Spotify Amazon
8	Only a Hobo Bob Dylan	Rod Stewart	04:14	Spotify Amazon
9	My Way of Giving Ronnie Lane / Steve Marriott	Rod Stewart	03:56	Spotify Amazon
10	Cut Across Shorty Marijohn Wilkin	Rod Stewart	06:28	Spotify Amazon
11	Lady Day Rod Stewart	Rod Stewart	04:06	Spotify Amazon
12	Every Picture Tells a Story Rod Stewart / Ron Wood	Rod Stewart	05:57	Spotify Amazon
13	Tomorrow Is a Long Time Bob Dylan	Rod Stewart	03:43	Spotify Amazon
14	Maggie May Martin Quittenton / Rod Stewart	Rod Stewart	05:47	Spotify Amazon
15	Mandolin Wind Rod Stewart	Rod Stewart	05:32	Spotify Amazon
16	Reason to Believe Tim Hardin	Rod Stewart	04:08	Spotify Amazon
17	(I Know) I'm Losing You Cornelius Grant / Eddie Holland / Norman Whitfield	Rod Stewart	05:23	Spotify Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	True Blue Rod Stewart	Rod Stewart	03:34	Spotify Amazon
2	Italian Girls Rod Stewart	Rod Stewart	04:56	Spotify Amazon
3	You Wear It Well Martin Quittenton / Rod Stewart	Rod Stewart	04:23	Spotify Amazon
4	I'd Rather Go Blind Bill Foster / Ellington Jordan	Rod Stewart	03:55	Spotify Amazon
5	Twistin' the Night Away Sam Cooke	Rod Stewart	03:16	Spotify Amazon
6	What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser out of Me) Glenn Sutton	Rod Stewart	02:52	Spotify Amazon
7	Angel Jimi Hendrix	Rod Stewart	04:05	Spotify Amazon
8	Mama You Been on My Mind Bob Dylan	Rod Stewart	04:30	Spotify Amazon
9	Oh! No Not My Baby Gerry Goffin / Carole King	Rod Stewart	03:39	Spotify Amazon
10	Sweet Little Rock 'N' Roller Chuck Berry	Rod Stewart	03:44	Spotify Amazon
11	Girl from the North Country Bob Dylan	Rod Stewart	03:54	Spotify Amazon
12	Let Me Be Your Car Elton John / Bernie Taupin	Rod Stewart	04:54	Spotify Amazon
13	Farewell Martin Quittenton / Rod Stewart	Rod Stewart	04:34	Spotify Amazon
14	Hard Road Harry Vanda	Rod Stewart	04:28	Spotify Amazon
15	Mine for Me Linda McCartney / Paul McCartney	Rod Stewart	04:03	Spotify Amazon
16	Missed You Rod Stewart	Rod Stewart	03:59	Spotify Amazon
17	You Put Something Better Inside Me Joe Egan / Gerry Rafferty	Rod Stewart	03:48	Spotify Amazon

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