The Great American Songbook

Rod Stewart

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The Great American Songbook Review

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

A month after Rod Stewart's fourth volume of his ongoing (some might say never-ending) Great American Songbook series was released, all four of the albums were rounded up in a cardboard box and released as The Great American Songbook. Apart from a biographical essay from Alan Light and a couple of photographs, there is no new material here -- even the cover image is recycled from the 2004 DVD One Night Only: Rod Stewart Live at Royal Albert Hall -- which means that anybody who already has these albums will have no need to pick this up. And while it could be argued convincingly that if you have one of the Great American Songbooks, you have them all -- each record has exactly the same sound, style, and attitude -- it is also true that if you like one, you'd like them all. And if you've liked any of them yet haven't gotten around to purchasing them quite yet, this box set does provide a convenient way to get them all in one handy package.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	You Go to My Head J. Fred Coots / Haven Gillespie	Rod Stewart	04:17	Spotify Amazon
2	They Can't Take That Away from Me George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin	Rod Stewart	03:25	Spotify Amazon
3	The Way You Look Tonight Dorothy Fields / Jerome Kern	Rod Stewart	03:49	Spotify Amazon
4	It Had to Be You Isham Jones / Gus Kahn	Rod Stewart	03:24	Spotify Amazon
5	That Old Feeling Lew Brown / Sammy Fain	Rod Stewart	02:54	Spotify Amazon
6	These Foolish Things Holt Marvell / Jack Strachey	Rod Stewart	03:48	Spotify Amazon
7	The Very Thought of You Ray Noble	Rod Stewart	03:20	Spotify Amazon
8	Moonglow Will Hudson / Irving Mills	Rod Stewart	03:32	Spotify Amazon
9	I'll Be Seeing You Sammy Fain / Irving Kahal	Rod Stewart	03:51	Spotify Amazon
10	Every Time We Say Goodbye Cole Porter	Rod Stewart	03:27	Spotify Amazon
11	The Nearness of You Hoagy Carmichael / Ned Washington	Rod Stewart	03:00	Spotify Amazon
12	For All We Know J. Fred Coots	Rod Stewart	03:24	Spotify Amazon
13	We'll Be Together Again Carl Fischer / Frankie Laine	Rod Stewart	03:54	Spotify Amazon
14	That's All Alan Brandt / Bob Haymes	Rod Stewart	03:03	Spotify Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Time After Time Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne	Rod Stewart	02:59	Spotify Amazon
2	I'm in the Mood for Love Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh	Rod Stewart	03:07	Spotify Amazon
3	Don't Get Around Much Anymore Duke Ellington / Bob Russell	Rod Stewart	02:48	Spotify Amazon
4	Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers	Rod Stewart	04:14	Spotify Amazon
5	Till There Was You Meredith Willson	Rod Stewart	02:51	Spotify Amazon
6	Until the Real Thing Comes Along Sammy Cahn / L.E. Freeman / Mann Holiner / Alberta Nichols	Rod Stewart	03:38	Spotify Amazon
7	Where or When Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers	Rod Stewart	03:10	Spotify Amazon
8	Smile Charlie Chaplin / Geoffrey Parsons	Rod Stewart	03:13	Spotify Amazon
9	My Heart Stood Still Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers	Rod Stewart	03:03	Spotify Amazon
10	Someone to Watch Over Me George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin	Rod Stewart	03:31	Spotify Amazon
11	As Time Goes By Herman Hupfeld	Rod Stewart	03:50	Spotify Amazon
12	I Only Have Eyes for You Harry Warren	Rod Stewart	03:08	Spotify Amazon
13	Crazy She Calls Me Bob Russell / Carl Sigman	Rod Stewart	03:28	Spotify Amazon
14	Our Love Is Here to Stay George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin	Rod Stewart	02:57	Spotify Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 3

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Embraceable You George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin	Rod Stewart	03:30	Spotify Amazon
2	For Sentimental Reasons William Best	Rod Stewart	03:01	Spotify Amazon
3	Blue Moon Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers	Rod Stewart	04:05	Spotify Amazon
4	What a Wonderful World Bob Thiele / George David Weiss	Rod Stewart	04:30	Spotify Amazon
5	Stardust Hoagy Carmichael / Mitchell Parish	Rod Stewart	04:01	Spotify Amazon
6	Manhattan Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers	Rod Stewart	02:53	Spotify Amazon
7	'S Wonderful George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin	Rod Stewart	03:24	Spotify Amazon
8	Isn't It Romantic Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers	Rod Stewart	03:50	Spotify Amazon
9	I Can't Get Started Vernon Duke / Ira Gershwin	Rod Stewart	03:23	Spotify Amazon
10	But Not for Me George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin	Rod Stewart	03:22	Spotify Amazon
11	A Kiss to Build a Dream On Oscar Hammerstein II / Bert Kalmar / Harry Ruby	Rod Stewart	03:13	Spotify Amazon
12	Baby, It's Cold Outside Frank Loesser	Rod Stewart	03:51	Spotify Amazon
13	Night and Day Cole Porter	Rod Stewart	03:08	Spotify Amazon
14	A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square Eric Maschwitz / Manning Sherwin	Rod Stewart	04:01	Spotify Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 4

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	I've Got a Crush on You George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin	Rod Stewart	03:08	Spotify Amazon
2	I Wish You Love Albert Beach / Charles Trénet	Rod Stewart	03:38	Spotify Amazon
3	You Send Me Sam Cooke	Rod Stewart	03:36	Spotify Amazon
4	Long Ago and Far Away Ira Gershwin / Jerome Kern	Rod Stewart	03:11	Spotify Amazon
5	Makin' Whoopee Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn	Rod Stewart	03:44	Spotify Amazon
6	My One and Only Love Robert Mellin / Guy Wood	Rod Stewart	03:25	Spotify Amazon
7	Taking a Chance on Love Vernon Duke / Ted Fetter / John Latouche	Rod Stewart	03:27	Spotify Amazon
8	My Funny Valentine Lorenz Hart	Rod Stewart	02:49	Spotify Amazon
9	I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm Irving Berlin	Rod Stewart	03:09	Spotify Amazon
10	Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You) Bert Kalmar / Harry Ruby	Rod Stewart	03:50	Spotify Amazon
11	Blue Skies Irving Berlin	Rod Stewart	02:43	Spotify Amazon
12	Let's Fall in Love Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler	Rod Stewart	03:15	Spotify Amazon
13	Thanks for the Memory Ralph Rainger / Leo Robin	Rod Stewart	03:10	Spotify Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 5

	Title/Composer	Performer	Stream
1	They Can't Take That Away from Me	Rod Stewart	Spotify Amazon
2	Blue Moon	Rod Stewart	Spotify Amazon
3	The First Cut Is the Deepest	Rod Stewart	Spotify Amazon
4	What a Wonderful World	Rod Stewart	Spotify Amazon
5	Time After Time	Rod Stewart	Spotify Amazon